You can't reform this: Arkansas cops beating unarmed man

[Nevilledog]

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#BREAKING: Arkansas State Police launch investigation into this incident, captured on camera, outside a convenience store in Crawford County. ASP says two county deputies and a Mulberry police officer were involved. #ARNews

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3:06 PM · Aug 21, 2022 from Little Rock, AR

[magicarpet]

1. Back on the plantation....

..... white man wants his cotton picked faster or there will be a price to pay.

[Solly Mack]

2. Damn

Yep. No amount of money thrown at re/"training" or classes will change that.

[Aristus]

3. What a dumpster fire of a state.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. It's not the state. It's the institution.

[Aristus]

11. The state perpetuates the institution.

I have a few fond memories of my few visits to Arkansas. But then, I wasn't beaten up by a bunch of out-of-control cops, either.

[Higherarky]

13. Wow. That's harsh.

And true.

And it's only gotten worse since so many folks moved here from New Orleans after Andrew & so many west coasters seeking low cost of homes, low taxes, and lower cost of living. Locations that definitely trended blue 30 years ago are blood red now.

Sad situation. And it will get even worse if sarah suckabee sanders gets elected for governor. That possibility is terrifying!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. FTP.

[Arazi]

7. ACAB

[sop]

5. Looked like the beating finally stopped when the three thugs noticed they were on video.

[Mariana]

16. Stupid fuckers forgot that everybody and his brother has a video camera.

Oopsie.

[tishaLA]

21. It was a total deer in the headlights moment.

The person recording is lucky he or she wasn't the next victim of an attack. I'm sure they could invent a fairly tale to justify it.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Pigs are out of control

No way I don't walk up and yell that they're out of fucking control.

Maybe get beat too, but fuck it.

I could not stand by.

These guys need to go to JAIL!!!

[BSdetect]

9. That is uncontrolled savagery

[BSdetect]

10. That is uncontrolled savagery

[A HERETIC I AM]

12. I'm sorry, but there are no "Good Cops" any more.

There just aren't.

I say that because I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that even the best of them have directly witnessed a fellow officer deliberately break the law and/or violate someones civil or constitutional rights AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT.

Of the very few who do say or do something about it, they are subsequently ostracized and often threatened by the fucking criminal gang that police departments have become. Witness the female Florida State Trooper back in 2011 who got 3 colors of shit for chasing down and ticketing a City of Miami cop speeding on the Turnpike.

Or the new cop who last November, pulled a Sergeant away from brutalizing a man in custody and was grabbed by the throat by that same asshole. He now faces charges, thankfully.

The list of such incidents is limited, because it happens so infrequently, but the brutalization and killing of the citizenry goes on unabated and is VERY well documented, thanks to the ubiquitous cell phone camera.

Fuck the god damn cops. And yes, DEFUND THE POLICE and put the money where it needs to go. We don't need to be occupied by an armed gang that is above the law and whose primary purpose is to extract money from the people. Cops regularly bring violence to non-violent situations, routinely enter premises without warrants and regularly brutalize and terrorize Americans in their own homes.

ACAB
All Cops Are Bastards.

FTP
Fuck The Police.

[Higherarky]

14. Those cops are creaming their britches

with their microscopic chubbies.

[Mariana]

15. Once again, all the cops on the scene joined in the fun.

Please, someone else tell me how it's just a few bad apples. FTP.

[EnergizedLib]

17. I saw. Disgusting.

Here’s some good news, though.

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[Nevilledog]

18. Sure it will be suspended with pay.

[icymist]

23. Paid vacation.

Now they're going to Disney Land!

[LiberalArkie]

19. From KTHV

According to Sheriff Jimmy Damante with the Crawford County Sheriff's Office, Alma police were called to the convenience store Sunday morning in regards to a man making terroristic threats to one of the employees.
The suspect allegedly spat on the convenience store employee and then proceeded to make threats, and said they would "cut off their face."
Police stated that the man then left on a bike towards Exit 20 in Mulberry and that's where the Mulberry officer and deputies were able to catch up with him.
The conversation began in a calm and civil manner but a sheriff said the man then allegedly began to attack one of the deputies and pushed him into the ground while punching the back of his head. This is what lead to what is shown in the video.

https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/arkansas-state-police-investigation-two-crawford-county-deputies-alleged-beating/91-f4431adc-083c-442e-ab6a-f865df176939

[Bettie]

22. The guy was down

why did they keep beating on him. Punching him repeatedly in the head?

[icymist]

24. Because he kept hitting the officer's fist with his head!

[sop]

27. Let's see the body cam video to support the cops' version.

All I see is three thugs repeatedly punching, kicking, kneeing and pounding a man's head into the pavement while he's flat on his face, on the ground and not resisting.

[tishaLA]

20. "They need better training," the copagandists say

Looks like they've received more training than they needed instead. Anybody not wearing a badge would already be behind bars. These assholes will get a paid vacation during the investigation, so taxpayers get to pay for terrible policing, for the vacation they get when caught engaging in terrible policing, and the civil settlement that will invariably result from the terrible policing.

[LudwigPastorius]

25. OINK!

[Samrob]

26. This should be shown on MSM as often as TTIFG's rallies. In fact right before and after each time

they show any photo or video of Trump and MAGAs.