Police Officers use Excessive Force on Homeless Man with ONE Leg
Okay. I am at a complete loss of words. Send in 4 police officers to detain a man who was waving around a STICK! Thank God no one got POKED from the STICK! This is ridiculous. From what I saw, that man had not resisted until the officers put pressure on his leg and caused him a great deal of pain. But did 4 officers really need to work together to detain that man? 4 officers on top of one man who needed a stick to walk properly, and a sore and infection on his leg. This is just not right. Those police officers deliberately harassed and humiliated that man. For ten minutes his pants were down exposing him to anybody around, clearly the police have no respect for anyone who does not wear a badge. It's so sad to see bystanders just watching helplessly taking videos because that is basically all they can do, record what happened, and hope that justice will be served.
Unfortunately, it's quite hard to find a police officer guilty, In the best case, the officer will lose his job. They can certainly use many excuses blaming the incident on training or they thought the man was a threat and many others. Unless there is a detailed video that shows everything, it will be a tricky situation.
ReplyDeleteInteresting insight Lauren. Reading your post leads me to a lot of different questions. Where did this occur? Like you said, why didn't anyone offer to help? Why did they feel the need to have his pants down? There are so many things wrong with another unfortunate incident.
ReplyDeleteI agree Lauren, that is awful. Still, today it is sad to see police use such excessive force on our community. I know they are only being told to do what they are trained but sometimes it is taken too far and they need to be aware of their own actions instead of just hiding behind a badge. They need to do what they're trained but also use their own brain and thoughts on how far they should go with their training.
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