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cali

(114,904 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 03:09 PM Apr 2015

Michigan Cops Want In On That Whole ‘Beating Unarmed Black Guy’ Civil Unrest

It’s difficult to keep track of all the unarmed black men receiving treatment on a scale of illegal-to-lethal at the hands of American law enforcement. But hopefully you remember Floyd Dent. He is the retired auto worker who was pummeled by police officers following a routine traffic stop in Inkster, Michigan. In addition to the dash-cam video showing Officer William Melendez using his fists to protect and serve all over Dent’s head, new video has emerged purporting to show the manly and tough Inkster police officers guffawing and fist-bumping about the savage beat down they just gave the 57-year-old man.

WDIV Detroit obtained the video, which the town “somehow” failed to turn over to Dent’s attorney. The tape seems to show officers wiping Dent’s blood off their persons, and joking and “pounding fists” in bro-tastic celebration, while one cop stages a “hilarious” re-enactment of the beating. This bit of theater results in a much needed laugh for everyone in the room except the injured Dent. There’s no audio with the video, so maybe they were giggling about an old Jay Leno monologue. Maybe they were chortling at the officer’s depiction of a scene from the department’s favorite Oscar Wilde play. Maybe they were LOL’ing about how stupid Melendez was for allegedly planting crack cocaine on a man with no criminal record (while on video) who would end up testing negative for drugs. In any event, the laughter is real and taking place mere feet away from Dent, who claims all of this happened before the police called an ambulance to treat his broken ribs and orbital fracture.

WDIV Detroit obtained the video, which the town “somehow” failed to turn over to Dent’s attorney. The tape seems to show officers wiping Dent’s blood off their persons, and joking and “pounding fists” in bro-tastic celebration, while one cop stages a “hilarious” re-enactment of the beating. This bit of theater results in a much needed laugh for everyone in the room except the injured Dent. There’s no audio with the video, so maybe they were giggling about an old Jay Leno monologue. Maybe they were chortling at the officer’s depiction of a scene from the department’s favorite Oscar Wilde play. Maybe they were LOL’ing about how stupid Melendez was for allegedly planting crack cocaine on a man with no criminal record (while on video) who would end up testing negative for drugs. In any event, the laughter is real and taking place mere feet away from Dent, who claims all of this happened before the police called an ambulance to treat his broken ribs and orbital fracture.
Read more at http://wonkette.com/584025/michigan-cops-want-in-on-that-whole-beating-unarmed-black-guy-civil-unrest#z6iRHWbDyei7SKJg.99

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Michigan Cops Want In On That Whole ‘Beating Unarmed Black Guy’ Civil Unrest (Original Post) cali Apr 2015 OP
Always remeber that Martin Luther King was Malraiders Apr 2015 #1
I think that's a different kind of thing cali Apr 2015 #2

Malraiders

(444 posts)
1. Always remeber that Martin Luther King was
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 03:20 PM
Apr 2015

a God fearing, intelligent, peaceful and non-violent rational man, and they murdered him.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
2. I think that's a different kind of thing
Tue Apr 28, 2015, 03:23 PM
Apr 2015

He wasn't murdered because he was viewed as disposable. He was murdered because he was seen as meaningful and a potent threat.

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