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In reply to the discussion: Footage reveals U.S. police shooting homeless man 46 times [View all]tblue37
(68,445 posts)one grabs his leg and drags him, another shoves his body with a foot, and then yet another one uses his foot to shove the body. They treat his body like old trash that is in the way but that they didn't want to touch.
He didn't look threatening before they shot him--he looked scared of the dog. He was hunched down in a self-protective stance and even the way he was holding his little knife looked like he was trying to keep it between himself and the dog, in case the dog attacked him. He wasn't close enough to hurt any of them, not even when they started shooting.
That was a combination mob action and firing squad. People should be enraged by the way those cops behaved, absolutely enraged.
I do think, too, that whenever there are multiple cops, as soon as one shoots, they all start shooting, and as far as I can tell, once a cop starts shooting, he doesn't stop until his weapon is empty--and not even then in many cases, since we have seen videos in which some of them reload and keep shooting long after their target is down.
Use of force regulations in war zones are stricter than what the cops follow in this country. There seem to be no limitations on when, where, or why they get to shoot at us, and they clearly have no concept of excessive or unjustifiable force.
Obviously they view citizens as the enemy, not as citizens whose taxes pay their salary and whom they are supposed to serve and protect.