Miami cops choke a teenager holding a puppy for giving them "dehumanizing stares", kid gets charged - Polidicks

[QUOTE=RobbL;40867063]"Dehumanising stares"? What a lame superpower[/QUOTE] Depends on the definition of "dehumanising". Maybe it turns them into animals?

[QUOTE=NotAName;40867076]Depends on the definition of "dehumanising". Maybe it turns them into animals?[/QUOTE] Still would rather laserbeam stares

[QUOTE=Iago;40864295]I see a lot of people complaining about injustice everyday yet no action or protesting against abuses even worse then this.[/QUOTE] This is because Americans have been - and I hate using this word - conditioned to be complacent about the abuse of authority. In England, when one boy was shot by the police, rightfully or not, it sparked huge riots and protests across the entire country, something which caused millions of pounds in damages. Of course, the main purpose of the protest was later on blurred and distorted by simple opportunists looking to steal things amidst the chaos, but the main point stands regardless - people rose up and they rose up in huge numbers. In the United States, this rarely happens. This is because the American police force has been militarized to hell and back, and have become easily aggravated at the mere sign of disobedience or aggressiveness. Some might even say that they exist simply to keep society in check, rather than to protect it. But I think that's an exaggeration. I'll be the first person to stand up and protect the police against baseless accusations of "being pigs" or widespread corruption, but in the United States police misconduct statistics are far higher than in any other Western nation and it is flat out unacceptable. There is no running from the truth of the situation, American police officers are very likely to abuse their authority, I'm not claiming that all officers are, but statistically they are very prone to this type of behavior ( [url]http://www.policemisconduct.net/statistics/[/url] ). And I'm afraid that saying stuff like "good cops just dont make it unto the news thats why you think all cops are pigs" is not helping the situation. Because 'good cops' are doing their jobs. Why should the media report on people doing their jobs in the first place? And how is saying "there are 5 good cops per 1 bad cop" helping anything at all but to serve as blind justification or create a false sense of comfort?

[QUOTE=Bynine;40865060][video=youtube;nlJWis5wH54]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlJWis5wH54[/video] Theme of the thread.[/QUOTE] But Dogs is about the ruthless business world, not the police. Also if you're gonna post it post the full song. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lgOo8yEIPs[/media]

[QUOTE=RobbL;40867089]Still would rather laserbeam stares[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=NotAName;40867076]Depends on the definition of "dehumanising". Maybe it turns them into animals?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=RobbL;40867063]"Dehumanising stares"? What a lame superpower[/QUOTE] what the fuck is a "DEHUMANIZING STARE" anyways?

What people don't understand is that it all depends on a number of things. 1. What area you live in. 2. What are the social conditions like. 3. Sad to say but, what do you look like. 4. What is going on around you. 5. What are you doing. All of these things matter when interacting with cops as well as other people. The list goes on and on.

[QUOTE=SelfishDragon;40859599]I fucking hate cops who think they can get away with beating on innocent people because of their position. They give good cops a bad name. It's like they haven't realized the Internet was invented.[/QUOTE] I don't know, I wouldn't mind the people thinking it. The ones doing it on the other hand...

I hope those police officers are ok, too many people fall victim to dehumanizing stares these days.

[QUOTE=RentAhobO;40885084]What people don't understand is that it all depends on a number of things. 1. What area you live in. 2. What are the social conditions like. 3. Sad to say but, what do you look like. 4. What is going on around you. 5. What are you doing. All of these things matter when interacting with cops as well as other people. The list goes on and on.[/QUOTE] Everyone understands this.

[QUOTE=zakedodead;40885546]Everyone understands this.[/QUOTE] From the looks of this thread some people seem to be confused.

"knocked a puppy out of the 14 year old's hands and began to choke him" is this a parody or

That's fucking it American continent doesn't exist anymore have a good day

God. "Stop resisting" when he is completely still.

[quote] that McMillian tried to pull away, so that constituted a "threat." [/quote] Running away is a threat now? :/

[QUOTE=r0b0tsquid;40887527]Running away is a threat now? :/[/QUOTE] Welcome to america.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;40864752]This is probably why half of police get the job in the first place: The ability to fuck up people who look at you the wrong way.[/QUOTE] More like people with any capacity for rational thinking can probably get a better job so all you're left with is idiot cops.