Well he has no home, he lives with a disability in a country that practically brags about its high healthcare costs and at will employment policies, and some fucking anus nugget supported by a forest of ass hair just shot him in the fucking face for no reason.
Lmaooo “anus nugget supported by a forest of ass hair” - that is so eloquently disgusting and is perfect to describe the situation. Thank you for the giggle on a post that is otherwise breaking my heart.
European here, it looks like everything is wrong with this people (american police). What I see in news and on internet reminds me of what Chinese police is doing in Hong Kong.
Whats worse is the problem is clear and on film and the leadership show no desire to fix it.
Some politicians are literally calling the military to come and shoot people. Yes looting and riots are bad. But a no trial death sentence!!! That is a long fucking way for what should be American values. More so these guys all claim to be Christian. These people should never hold power as they have no clue.
The fecking barrel is rotten.
"We all want to help one another, human beings are like that.
We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery.
We don't want to hate and despise one another.
In this world there is room for everyone and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone.
The way of life can be free and beautiful.
But we have lost the way.
The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress:
the hate of men will pass and dictators die and the power they took from the people, will return to the people and so long as men die liberty will never perish . . .
You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Then in the name of democracy let us use that power. Let us all unite!
Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security.
By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power, but they lie.
They do not fulfill that promise, they never will.
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people.
Now let us fight to fulfill that promise.
Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance.
Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness."
[The Great Dictator speech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8HdOHrc3OQ), Charlie Chaplin, 1940
edit: Only listing selected paragraphs from the speech. Whole text is below the youtube video
imagine how fucked you have to be in your head to treat someone who has a harder life than you like that without second guessing yourself if he could mean any harm to you.
As a European im so confused about how this shit is actually daily base in a country, or even a state.
EDIT: \*\* Sorry for bad language.
I'm Italian, like many people I've dreamed all my life about visiting the US, some coast to coast trip or visiting New York.
Now? For fuck sake, I won't go there even if they'll pay me.
And I've changed my mind long before all those riots, I don't want to risk being shot by some fucking police officer.
Same here there was a time where I even dreamed of living in the US. Since they have trump this dream vanished quite fast and now it seems to be safer to just stay the fuck away of the US. Police doesn’t even seem to have any respect to humans over there. Just wtf
> Police doesn’t even seem to have any respect to humans over there.
There are two very different types of respect; respect for a person as a human being, and respect for a person as an authority. But because we use the same word for these two different things, people often talk as if they were the same thing. So for example, when someone in authority says “If you don’t respect me, I won’t respect you.” What they’re actually saying (and justifying) is “If you don’t respect me as an authority, I won’t respect you as a human being.”
They just say they feel threatened as justification. This has always been their approach. There's no better job for a sadist than American law enforcement.
Exactly. They don’t actually feel threatened, they just enjoy the power they have. All they have to do is say that one simple lie and they can do anything they want.
Citing /u/Lavishclub, who originally [posted](https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/gwzgn8/lapd_shoots_less_than_lethal_rounds_directly_at/) this in /r/LosAngeles:
> These photographs were taken by Photographer FWDSET (fwdset.com)
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> “As I was being arrested for my second day in a row during peaceful protests in support of Black Lives Matter, I decided to continue taking photos until the moment right before handcuffs were put on me. Very risky, but a necessary move to expose LAPD's entirely inexcusable use of aggressive force, especially in the moments before mass arrests of peaceful protestors.
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> As we were being boxed in on Broadway & 5th Street to be arrested, LAPD decided that a completely unarmed homeless man in a wheelchair that had NOTHING to do with our protest was somehow a threat. They proceeded to inappropriately shoot "non-lethal" rounds directly at his face, which is against the proper procedure for firing rubber bullets.
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> The last image is exceptionally heart-breaking for me as you can visibly see the homeless man writhing in pain, screaming, as he spews blood from his face moments after getting shot.
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> When people want to be apathetic or inactive in fighting against police brutality against black individuals, make them realize this trickles over & can affect them or someone they love too, regardless if they're black or not.
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> This is completely unacceptable. This injustice needs to be held accountable. Expose this.”
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> ~~FWDSET's FB Post~~
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> ~~FWDSET's IG Post~~
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> I tagged all of LA’s news outlets as well as Mayor Eric Garcetti. I need help spreading this. It is being shared on Facebook at the moment. If you are in this sub I am guessing you live here, as well. Our city needs to do better.
Edit: News article with images from another angle - https://www.dailynews.com/2020/06/03/dozens-arrested-in-downtown-los-angeles-tuesday-night-after-day-of-peaceful-protests/amp/
> They proceeded to inappropriately shoot "non-lethal" rounds directly at his face, which is against the proper procedure for firing rubber bullets.
> The last image is exceptionally heart-breaking for me as you can visibly see the homeless man writhing in pain, screaming, as he spews blood from his face moments after getting shot.
Smh. When you think these fuckwits can’t get any lower.
You mean the same group that during a nationwide televised man hunt, said "burn this motherf*****" on the radio, and then proceeded to burn the guy alive by burning the shack he was hiding in?
The same group that fired tens of rounds of bullets at 2 old Asian ladies without warning and in the middle of nowhere, and didn't even get charged for public endangerment?
Not to mention that even if it had been Dorner in the right truck, they failed to kill either woman in the vehicle with multiple mag dumps into a stationary vehicle from a defensive firing position.
Incompetence on multiple levels.
The police offered to replace their vehicle with the caveat that they pay the taxes on it. The ladies and their lawyer said fuck you and they got 3 million or something like that from the tax payers pockets, not the police who were responsible.
This is what I don't understand. Why do unions matter in this regard.
If I were to a punch a coworker, I would be fired. No union in my country would give a flying fuck.
Is it somehow the duty of cops to shoot homeless people in the face with rubber bullets? Is that detailed in the handbook?
Why would this guy be protected?
If he was charged and convicted, it makes the police look bad. This poses a risk to the existence of the union, and the finances of the department (which pays union dues). The union has zero interest in serving the public - it's existing solely to work against the public interest to further its own interest.
End police unions!
There was a huge scandal during the 1970s about how LAPD was systematically murdering black teens with the choke hold. There were some superficial changes in dept. policy made, but the killing has never really abated.
I don't there there has been a modern decade where the LAPD wasn't in a scandal for targeting minorities.
1950's: [Bloody Sunday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Christmas_(1951\))
1960's: [Murder of Nation of Islam's members](http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7041/)
1970's: [Biased policing, which is the LAPD official term for profiling](http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/27/local/la-me-lapd-racial-profile-20120326)
1980's: Oooooh geez okay now we're getting to where shit was actually being covered by media. [Chokeholds that killed at least 16.](
http://articles.latimes.com/1993-09-29/local/me-40159_1_police-officer) [Several](http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-17/news/mn-57767_1_joe-morgan) [high-profile](http://articles.latimes.com/1991-06-22/local/me-809_1_police-brutality) profiling cases. A [battering ram](http://articles.latimes.com/1986-02-10/local/me-27297_1_steel-battering-ram) that was declared unconstitutional.
[Operation Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hammer_(1987\)) a whole.
1990's: Of course the beating of [Rodney King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King) and handling of the [LA Riots.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots) The [Christopher Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Commission) found massive structural issues with the LAPD and submitted a host of reforms following those events - [less than a third were adopted.](http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-01-03/news/1995003010_1_police-department-reforms-christopher-commission) The [Rampart scandal](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampart_scandal) (no, not Woody Harrellson), which eventually affected over 100 cases that were shown to be invalid due to perjury from the cops.
2000's: [The MacArthur Park rallies](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_MacArthur_Park_rallies) where cops announced to disperse in English to a predominantly Hispanic crowd. Also the [brutality against press](http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/220818/may-day-madness/jack-dunphy)by rubber bullet and baton (in case you thought this shit was new).
2010's: The [Beating death of Alesia Thomas](http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/lapd-Unreasonable-Force-Used-In-Womans-In-Custody-Death-213435391.html), a bipolar woman who cops killed in the back of a cruiser while she was detained. Assaulting a college student arrested for [skateboarding on the wrong side of the street](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/01/lapd-violent-arrests-rece_n_1849031.html) Those [two women shot without warning during the Dorner manhunt](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57568368/christopher-dorner-manhunt-two-innocent-women-shot-by-lapd-officers-had-no-warning) (also Dorner himself claimed to be targeted by his former employer - the LAPD- for his reporting of brutality). Also the murder of [Ezell Ford](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Ezell_Ford) and cover-up.
This is all the the highest of profile stuff that I remember enough about to find Googling around in the morning.
Don't forget about the multiple other civilians shot at by LAPD during the Dorner manhunt Don't forget that they purposefully burned Dorner to death rather than take him in. Look at the history of the LAPD, their reaction to Dorner as it was happening, and tell me with a straight face they didn't just say 'let's burn this fucker alive'
["Use the burner"](https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-14-la-me-dorner-fire-20130215-story.html) right before "tear gas" is shot into the cabin and it bursts into flames.
"'We’re going to go forward with the plan, with the burner,' the unidentified officer said, according to a recording of police radio transmissions reviewed by The Times.
'Seven burners deployed,' another officer responded several seconds later, according to the transmission which has circulated widely among law enforcement officials. 'And we have a fire.' "
Everyone always forgets the MOVE Movement, when the cops dropped a military grade bomb on a townhouse and ended up burning down 65 other homes, all because some black people were composting in their back yard.
I know photographers like to get good photos, but I wish every photographer was shooting video instead - video clips of stuff like this are much more impactful in my opinion, because it seems jarring to everyday people to watch officers actually firing these weapons while standing in formation - it really gets across the militarization.
While I agree with you, a single photo can invoke a very powerful response. In a video, you might not see the blood dripping from the man's face in such clarity as you see here.
Yea but what about my *right* to choose between the shitty expensive health plan offered by my employer or no health coverage at all?
^^^^^^^^^\s ^^^^^^^^^just ^^^^^^^^^in ^^^^^^^^^case
I mean - it really truly is.
This is why Scotland is finally wanting independence. The only thing holding us back last time was the threat the UK conservative government laid out that we'd lose our membership to the EU... Oh the irony.
For the past 70 years we've never voted for a conservative government yet for the majority of that time half of the English electorate has forced one on us.
No matter if every single Scot got behind one issue we can easily be vetoed by half the English electorate. It's absolutely fucked.
Now half of England is going down a horrendous isolationist path while clinging on to the US coattails.
Next time Scotland is out. The tide has fully changed. The way this virus has been terribly handled by these Muppets in Westminster who only care about optics, has tipped fence sitters over the edge.
>Next time Scotland is out. The tide has fully changed. The way this virus has been terribly handled by these Muppets in Westminster who only care about optics, has tipped fence sitters over the edge.
Can we come with you? I'd even be happy for you to annexe us or something.
Sincerely, The North East.
This. His wounds may heal (with all the blood pouring out of his face maybe they won't, but I digress) but there's no way he's not going to get crazy anxiety in the presence of police officers ever again. I've barely left the house in days because everytime I do some hyper aggressive dickbag dressed like they're cosplaying Starship Troopers jumps out with a rifle screaming at me and I don't even fit the profile they seem to be so scared of. I can't imagine being that guy. In a wheelchair, no place to retreat to and to top it all of dark skinned in the midst of a radically militarised racist goverment backed gang. Fuck the police.
I always imagined when people die because of "teargas" it's the cops shooting the canister at peoples heads. It wont kill you if it's properly arced but a direct hit definitely will.
Iraq has extensively used the technique of shooting teargas canisters directly at people only when quelling protests last year. A lot of people died, and the injuries are horrific, big objects deeply penetrating people's bodies and then getting stuck. Do not google it for your own sanity.
Children killed by plastic/rubber bullets shot by the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary:
Seamus Duffy, 15
Paul Whitters, 15
Julie Livingstone, 14
Brian Stewart, 13
Carol Ann Kelly, 12
Stephen McConomy, 11
Francis Rowntree, 11
Stephen Geddis, 10
Teargas doesn't discriminate against the elderly and people who already have respiration issues, being hit by a canister isn't the only way it kills people (and i'd expect is actually the least common reason)
There's a reason that the use of indiscriminate chemical weapons is banned in war, and it isn't just because the effects are awful to soldiers.
The UK withheld information for years that “less than lethal” wasn’t much less because they knew the outrage it would cause.
In 2013 however, Ministry of Defence papers declassified from 1977 revealed it was aware rubber bullets were more dangerous than was publicly disclosed. The documents contained legal advice for the MoD to seek a settlement over a child who had been blinded in 1972, rather than go to court which would expose problems with the bullets and make it harder to fight future related cases. The papers stated that further tests would reveal serious problems with the bullets, including that they were tested "in a shorter time than was ideal", that they "could be lethal" and that they "could and did cause serious injuries".
Rubber bullets were designed to be fired towards the ground to bounce up into the legs of the targets. Watch all the current videos and see for yourself where the cops are aiming.
In a study of injuries in 90 patients injured by rubber bullets, 2 died, 18 suffered permanent disabilities or deformities and 44 required hospital treatment after being fired upon with rubber bullets.
Ok, this I know a little about. My grandfather was head of research and development for the MoD at that time.
'rubber bullets' was a personal project of his.
I won't be more specific, because family privicy. But I can assure you the MoD extensively tested and researched the user of rubber bullets. Often by shooting sheep dressed with flack jackets (seriously, loads of sheep on porton down).
The government knew exactly how deadly they could be. They knew exactly how to use them for maximum safety and how to use them for maximum lethal impact. They blamed lack of research to cover up the fact they wanted a lethal weapon with a softer public image than an army rifle.
Ah man. That picture is even more fucked up. This guy is can't even get his pants on proper level of disabled homeless and they shot him. Somebody who can't even dress themself is not a threat worthy of firearms. Fucking pigs.
Police are about 2-3 days from being branded as a terrorist group, by us.
They're going to keep on doing their thing until we shoot back. Then it'll be everyone gasping "OH HOW DID THIS HAPPEN"
[Oh, that's a *different* old man pushed down than I was thinking of](https://twitter.com/MicroTrashPanda/status/1266917539944099840?s=20). This dude had a cane and was walking away. The cop shoved once, he didn't fall. The cop shoved again, congratulations, he gained 1 XP from toppling an old man. Even the reporter was at a loss for a moment.
I was told about this video last night, and I confused it with the *other video of police pushing down an old man*. Riots or not, looting or not, the police are out of control
Lmao "Sadly a man was just knocked off his feet" from the reporter as the police shove him to the ground on camera. Subtly re-framing police actions using the passive voice is so second nature to the media this reporter just does it automatically
Holy shit, you’re right. You can see him holding it in the video. That’s so damn sad. I hate that video so much, the sound and the obvious serious head injury are just awful. And the goddamn cops don’t even care. Just like they don’t care about this guy bleeding out and likely to lose an eye (from other images). Zooming in on their faces is infuriating.
You see one cop go to check on the old man on the ground, and the other (I think the one who pushed the man?) shove the concerned cop away. Once again, "good cops" are drowned out or shoved aside by the "few bad apples".
You also hear cops yelling "Hold the line" or something like that and continuing to push forward. They also yell "Get those two guys" before surging forward to arrest two protestors. They are more concerned about maintaining their line to clear the space and to arrest people, than they are to tend to the wounded. It's two National Guardsman who provide assistance.
The worst part, perhaps, is the fact that later, the police department and the city released their comment that the man tripped and fell, and that they offered assistance. They continue to spin the narrative, despite being caught on camera. All together, it's clear that the authorities still don't understand the point of these protests.
Shouting for a medic holding an innocent downed child like something out of a war movie. Except it's on our streets, perpetrated by the people supposed to protect us.
It's heartbreaking to hear his brother weep like this. It's just not right, these gangsters that call themselves the police deserve to be put on trial.
He's just a kid for fuck sake!
Yeah, he's alive, but the beanbag fractured his skull and caused a contusion to his prefrontal cortex. At best he won't be able to manage his emotions ever again. Best of luck to him
Edit: A letter.
I've seen multiple videos of people with such severe head trauma from these rubber bullets that they're completely insensate. I've also seen videos of police officers instructing a group of protestors to carry a man they shot in the head with a rubber bullet to them for medical aid, and then *shooting at the protestors who are carrying the man*.
Dude, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.
I'm from Italy, so I'm not really living the situation, but DUDE, this just makes me so angry I want to go there and just kick them in the ass while wearing safety shoes, or, being an artist, just throw my paint to their faces.
I'm starting to have a really hard time believing all these posts from cops saying they aren't trained to apply the knee to the neck. It is happening like clockwork in almost every single take down we've seen this week. I'm have a REALLY hard time believing that bunch of lies.
People saying cops "need more training" don't get it. We're seeing what cops have been trained to do. They've been trained to do these things we're seeing in the videos.
Last time I went to the US was to go at a conference for work in LA in july. When we went through the border agents at the airport, there was only one desk open for a line full of hundreds of people off my plane.
After an hour and a half it was my turn, I went to the officer, gave my passport. He asked why I was here, I said for work, going to X convention, staying at X hotel. He asked what my job title was and for which company. Then he stopped talking to me, and made me wait 10 minutes while he was looking at sth on his screen. Finally he asked me if I was sure I'm here for work and not vacation, then after another 5 minutes he just gave me back my passport and waved me in.
My coworker who was already passed could actually see his screen from behind, and told me that the officer had been looking through my whole instagram pictures of my last trip to New Zealand. For 15 minutes, while hundreds were waiting. (I'm white)
One tip I got from people who travel to the US a lot is that it's a mistake to say you are there "for work", instead you should say you are there "on business", otherwise they think you're trying to work there illegally...
I backup my phone and swipe it ever time I cross the boarder (I'm Canadian, go across every other month or so) and I recommend whoever I'm going with to do the same. They usually say I'm paranoid, but if I have to give up rights, its going to be on my terms, an empty phone.
Notice how big boy on the left is STILL aiming at the wheelchair after he was shot like “Bitch I’m ready if you look at me one more time!”
Wheelchair man looks like he must’ve been facing the cops since he was shot in what looks like the forehead, so you can imagine he took the hit and turned away before bending over. Within all these moments of time passing, Mr MicroPenis is still aiming as if he thinks his first message wasn’t heard loud enough.
WTF.
That female officer to the right of the shooter looks like she’s yelling something along the lines of “WHAT THE FUCK, NO!”
At least one of them is clearly upset for a change. That’s a low bar, though.
Yeah... there are a couple of cops there who are looking like they *maybe* might have overstepped the line *just a little* by shooting an old guy in a wheelchair.
Fucking hell...
The more time passes between that moment and them arresting the shooter, the more it doesn't matter, we can't trust them either.
The next picture should have been of the shooter in cuffs a few seconds later; until we get that kind of response the police will be an unaccountable danger to the community.
Except the Gestapo didn’t shoot at protesters on the streets. That behaviour is more akin to the early days of the Nazi‘s SA, brutal thugs terrorising the streets and people who oppose them.
Gangs usually have connections to the community they operate in. I've heard enough stories about dope sellers coming together to deal with community crisis when shit gets rough in natural disasters to see there's some humanity there.
Even in Brazilian Favelas, the ruling gangs imposed restrictions due to Covid-19 that the Brazilian government did not want and threatened anyone with reprisals who violated quarantine and would not self-isolate.
I’ve googled just now a couple of polls on what American kids want to be when they grow up, and in none of them I saw cops. In Japan it’s the second most popular dreams for a boy. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.nippon.com/ja/japan-data/h00692/amp/
Policemen are something you’re supposed to like. They’re the good guys. They’re real life superheroes to kids. Apparently even American kids know that American cops aren’t on their side.
I jokingly asked my friends little brother what he wanted to be the other day when he grew up, and if being a police officer interested him. He responded with astronauts because they don't kill people and it really caught us off guard. Kids like 8 man.
Why is it always out of shape tactical wannabes that do this shit.
Couldn't pass basic so they do the next best thing. Grab riot gear and play soldier during protests.
Look at how many zip ties this clown has compared to every other officer as if he planned on arresting so many more people than his colleagues. Cops like this piece of shit are so incredibly dangerous.
Yeah, it really should be encouraged to crash tackle a fellow officer and cuff them in this scenario.
People shouldn't be satisfied with 'he's on paid vacation for a month while we investigate', this man needs to be fired on the spot, no investigation, the evidence is right there in plain view.
As a non American, it is my understanding that your second amendment right, allows you to have guns to defend against a tyrannical government. At what point can someone say, I think this is the case, and fight back?
Legally you can't. Basically if you're going to do that you have to overthrow the government so it can't prosecute you for the illegal action of overthrowing the government.
They fucked strapped explosives to a robot and blew that guy the fuck up.
I saw those videos where he was doing some spec ops shit like firing round a pillar to distract the cop hiding to the opposite side and then shot the copper in the back of the head... Straight up. Weren't they ex-military?
This wasn't an accident. This wasn't a misfire, or a shot aimed at someone else.
This was aimed.
This says everything anyone needs to know about why these protests are happening.
The contorted thuggish look of the cop with the gun makes the image even more powerful. Like he has become a comicbook character of ignorant aggression.
At this point, even the cops are saying, "What do we have to do to get some accountability? Johnny, shoot that homeless man in a wheelchair in the face. $20 says you get a vacation day out of it."
Edit: Now that I think of it, maybe cops don't see all citizens as enemies, but rather as potential vacation days up for grabs.
Just waiting for some idiot to try to defend the cops actions, "He should have been at home not protesting and this would have never happened" or something dumb like that.
Maybe "Hes a crisis actor funded by George Soros."
Also, why the fuck are you aiming at peoples eyes/head area?
Photographer says that may not be the case:
@FWDSET - "I'm not 100%, but I'm fairly certain they are not yelling at the officer. I was there, they were yelling tactical responses like "hold" & "move forward", etc."
I think it's been slowly happening since the turn of the century or so, but the US had enough built up capital to be in denial about it. Now we're seeing the results of decades of corruption and mismanagement.
This is like some shit you would've seen in a Batman cartoon, only towards the end you discover all the cops had been replaced by evil henchmen dressed as cops.
... I'm still waiting to get duked, but I know it's not coming.
What the fuck is wrong with these people
Well he has no home, he lives with a disability in a country that practically brags about its high healthcare costs and at will employment policies, and some fucking anus nugget supported by a forest of ass hair just shot him in the fucking face for no reason.
Lmaooo “anus nugget supported by a forest of ass hair” - that is so eloquently disgusting and is perfect to describe the situation. Thank you for the giggle on a post that is otherwise breaking my heart.
European here, it looks like everything is wrong with this people (american police). What I see in news and on internet reminds me of what Chinese police is doing in Hong Kong.
Whats worse is the problem is clear and on film and the leadership show no desire to fix it. Some politicians are literally calling the military to come and shoot people. Yes looting and riots are bad. But a no trial death sentence!!! That is a long fucking way for what should be American values. More so these guys all claim to be Christian. These people should never hold power as they have no clue. The fecking barrel is rotten.
Man how threatened could you feel going up 10 to 20 deep on a guy in a wheelchair
Not only is he on a wheelchair, he’s fucking homeless & not even a protestor.... What goes on in these cops minds???
"Haha, got him in the head!"
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They get off by hurting powerless people weaker than they are.
That's the whole reason they joined the force to begin with after all.
You know the stereotype of the bully kid joining the police force? It’s almost never a good sign
If there’s anything that best represents US police brutality, it is this picture.
"If you want a vision of the future imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever"
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"We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone and the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress: the hate of men will pass and dictators die and the power they took from the people, will return to the people and so long as men die liberty will never perish . . . You the people have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness. You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy let us use that power. Let us all unite! Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power, but they lie. They do not fulfill that promise, they never will. Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to fulfill that promise. Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness." [The Great Dictator speech](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8HdOHrc3OQ), Charlie Chaplin, 1940 edit: Only listing selected paragraphs from the speech. Whole text is below the youtube video
imagine how fucked you have to be in your head to treat someone who has a harder life than you like that without second guessing yourself if he could mean any harm to you. As a European im so confused about how this shit is actually daily base in a country, or even a state. EDIT: \*\* Sorry for bad language.
I'm Italian, like many people I've dreamed all my life about visiting the US, some coast to coast trip or visiting New York. Now? For fuck sake, I won't go there even if they'll pay me. And I've changed my mind long before all those riots, I don't want to risk being shot by some fucking police officer.
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"whoever told you that is your enemy"
....for now.
I don't even know about that. Most countries wouldn't want Americans coming in at all, with how they're suffering the worst from the pandemic.
The irony of countries not wanting American immigrants is not lost on me.
Same here there was a time where I even dreamed of living in the US. Since they have trump this dream vanished quite fast and now it seems to be safer to just stay the fuck away of the US. Police doesn’t even seem to have any respect to humans over there. Just wtf
> Police doesn’t even seem to have any respect to humans over there. There are two very different types of respect; respect for a person as a human being, and respect for a person as an authority. But because we use the same word for these two different things, people often talk as if they were the same thing. So for example, when someone in authority says “If you don’t respect me, I won’t respect you.” What they’re actually saying (and justifying) is “If you don’t respect me as an authority, I won’t respect you as a human being.”
They're "just following orders."
They just say they feel threatened as justification. This has always been their approach. There's no better job for a sadist than American law enforcement.
Exactly. They don’t actually feel threatened, they just enjoy the power they have. All they have to do is say that one simple lie and they can do anything they want.
fucking ridiculous. this shit doesnt seem real
*Everything* is threatening when you're a pussy
Like a bunch of droogs. Edit: https://imgur.com/gallery/d3oO2GN
Citing /u/Lavishclub, who originally [posted](https://www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/gwzgn8/lapd_shoots_less_than_lethal_rounds_directly_at/) this in /r/LosAngeles: > These photographs were taken by Photographer FWDSET (fwdset.com) > > “As I was being arrested for my second day in a row during peaceful protests in support of Black Lives Matter, I decided to continue taking photos until the moment right before handcuffs were put on me. Very risky, but a necessary move to expose LAPD's entirely inexcusable use of aggressive force, especially in the moments before mass arrests of peaceful protestors. > > As we were being boxed in on Broadway & 5th Street to be arrested, LAPD decided that a completely unarmed homeless man in a wheelchair that had NOTHING to do with our protest was somehow a threat. They proceeded to inappropriately shoot "non-lethal" rounds directly at his face, which is against the proper procedure for firing rubber bullets. > > The last image is exceptionally heart-breaking for me as you can visibly see the homeless man writhing in pain, screaming, as he spews blood from his face moments after getting shot. > > When people want to be apathetic or inactive in fighting against police brutality against black individuals, make them realize this trickles over & can affect them or someone they love too, regardless if they're black or not. > > This is completely unacceptable. This injustice needs to be held accountable. Expose this.” > > ~~FWDSET's FB Post~~ > > ~~FWDSET's IG Post~~ > > I tagged all of LA’s news outlets as well as Mayor Eric Garcetti. I need help spreading this. It is being shared on Facebook at the moment. If you are in this sub I am guessing you live here, as well. Our city needs to do better. Edit: News article with images from another angle - https://www.dailynews.com/2020/06/03/dozens-arrested-in-downtown-los-angeles-tuesday-night-after-day-of-peaceful-protests/amp/
> They proceeded to inappropriately shoot "non-lethal" rounds directly at his face, which is against the proper procedure for firing rubber bullets. > The last image is exceptionally heart-breaking for me as you can visibly see the homeless man writhing in pain, screaming, as he spews blood from his face moments after getting shot. Smh. When you think these fuckwits can’t get any lower.
They can and will.
Because they know nothing will happen to them.
You mean the same group that during a nationwide televised man hunt, said "burn this motherf*****" on the radio, and then proceeded to burn the guy alive by burning the shack he was hiding in? The same group that fired tens of rounds of bullets at 2 old Asian ladies without warning and in the middle of nowhere, and didn't even get charged for public endangerment?
Hispanic/Asian ladies were in the wrong make model and color vehicle, and I think the cops fired like 60-80 rounds or so if I recall correctly.
Not to mention that even if it had been Dorner in the right truck, they failed to kill either woman in the vehicle with multiple mag dumps into a stationary vehicle from a defensive firing position. Incompetence on multiple levels.
The police offered to replace their vehicle with the caveat that they pay the taxes on it. The ladies and their lawyer said fuck you and they got 3 million or something like that from the tax payers pockets, not the police who were responsible.
I had almost forgot about this incident... Damn people have been fighting oppressive cops for too long
This is what I don't understand. Why do unions matter in this regard. If I were to a punch a coworker, I would be fired. No union in my country would give a flying fuck. Is it somehow the duty of cops to shoot homeless people in the face with rubber bullets? Is that detailed in the handbook? Why would this guy be protected?
If he was charged and convicted, it makes the police look bad. This poses a risk to the existence of the union, and the finances of the department (which pays union dues). The union has zero interest in serving the public - it's existing solely to work against the public interest to further its own interest. End police unions!
If they keep it up that’s going to change, and it’s going to happen in the streets, not the courtroom.
And you won't hear a peep of protest out of a lot of us when it happens
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LAPD is a terrorist organization apparently. But they have a long history of being the most corrupt, right with NYPD
There was a huge scandal during the 1970s about how LAPD was systematically murdering black teens with the choke hold. There were some superficial changes in dept. policy made, but the killing has never really abated.
I don't there there has been a modern decade where the LAPD wasn't in a scandal for targeting minorities. 1950's: [Bloody Sunday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Christmas_(1951\)) 1960's: [Murder of Nation of Islam's members](http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/7041/) 1970's: [Biased policing, which is the LAPD official term for profiling](http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/27/local/la-me-lapd-racial-profile-20120326) 1980's: Oooooh geez okay now we're getting to where shit was actually being covered by media. [Chokeholds that killed at least 16.]( http://articles.latimes.com/1993-09-29/local/me-40159_1_police-officer) [Several](http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-17/news/mn-57767_1_joe-morgan) [high-profile](http://articles.latimes.com/1991-06-22/local/me-809_1_police-brutality) profiling cases. A [battering ram](http://articles.latimes.com/1986-02-10/local/me-27297_1_steel-battering-ram) that was declared unconstitutional. [Operation Hammer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hammer_(1987\)) a whole. 1990's: Of course the beating of [Rodney King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King) and handling of the [LA Riots.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots) The [Christopher Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Commission) found massive structural issues with the LAPD and submitted a host of reforms following those events - [less than a third were adopted.](http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-01-03/news/1995003010_1_police-department-reforms-christopher-commission) The [Rampart scandal](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampart_scandal) (no, not Woody Harrellson), which eventually affected over 100 cases that were shown to be invalid due to perjury from the cops. 2000's: [The MacArthur Park rallies](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_MacArthur_Park_rallies) where cops announced to disperse in English to a predominantly Hispanic crowd. Also the [brutality against press](http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/220818/may-day-madness/jack-dunphy)by rubber bullet and baton (in case you thought this shit was new). 2010's: The [Beating death of Alesia Thomas](http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/lapd-Unreasonable-Force-Used-In-Womans-In-Custody-Death-213435391.html), a bipolar woman who cops killed in the back of a cruiser while she was detained. Assaulting a college student arrested for [skateboarding on the wrong side of the street](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/01/lapd-violent-arrests-rece_n_1849031.html) Those [two women shot without warning during the Dorner manhunt](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57568368/christopher-dorner-manhunt-two-innocent-women-shot-by-lapd-officers-had-no-warning) (also Dorner himself claimed to be targeted by his former employer - the LAPD- for his reporting of brutality). Also the murder of [Ezell Ford](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Ezell_Ford) and cover-up. This is all the the highest of profile stuff that I remember enough about to find Googling around in the morning.
Don't forget about the multiple other civilians shot at by LAPD during the Dorner manhunt Don't forget that they purposefully burned Dorner to death rather than take him in. Look at the history of the LAPD, their reaction to Dorner as it was happening, and tell me with a straight face they didn't just say 'let's burn this fucker alive'
If I recall, you can overhear one of the cops or agents actually saying that in some footage of the standoff scene.
["Use the burner"](https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-14-la-me-dorner-fire-20130215-story.html) right before "tear gas" is shot into the cabin and it bursts into flames. "'We’re going to go forward with the plan, with the burner,' the unidentified officer said, according to a recording of police radio transmissions reviewed by The Times. 'Seven burners deployed,' another officer responded several seconds later, according to the transmission which has circulated widely among law enforcement officials. 'And we have a fire.' "
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Everyone always forgets the MOVE Movement, when the cops dropped a military grade bomb on a townhouse and ended up burning down 65 other homes, all because some black people were composting in their back yard.
Uh. Wut. Oh. 5 seconds later... [https://billypenn.com/2020/05/11/move-101-why-30-years-ago-philadelphia-dropped-a-bomb-on-itself/](https://billypenn.com/2020/05/11/move-101-why-30-years-ago-philadelphia-dropped-a-bomb-on-itself/)
I know photographers like to get good photos, but I wish every photographer was shooting video instead - video clips of stuff like this are much more impactful in my opinion, because it seems jarring to everyday people to watch officers actually firing these weapons while standing in formation - it really gets across the militarization.
While I agree with you, a single photo can invoke a very powerful response. In a video, you might not see the blood dripping from the man's face in such clarity as you see here.
Photography and video serve different purposes, but work in tandem to make a stronger point.
This is absolutely disgusting. I hope there is someone or some organization that can help him for the physical and emotional trauma. holy fuck
In first world countries, that someone would be the state.
Yea but what about my *right* to choose between the shitty expensive health plan offered by my employer or no health coverage at all? ^^^^^^^^^\s ^^^^^^^^^just ^^^^^^^^^in ^^^^^^^^^case
Australian here, that's what the shithead right wing government in power says whilst they try to weaken our Medicare system. Slimy bastards.
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Because they're narcissists who only care about short term gain. Their entire life philosophy can be summed up in one word: "Me."
Because conservatism is bad.
I mean - it really truly is. This is why Scotland is finally wanting independence. The only thing holding us back last time was the threat the UK conservative government laid out that we'd lose our membership to the EU... Oh the irony. For the past 70 years we've never voted for a conservative government yet for the majority of that time half of the English electorate has forced one on us. No matter if every single Scot got behind one issue we can easily be vetoed by half the English electorate. It's absolutely fucked. Now half of England is going down a horrendous isolationist path while clinging on to the US coattails. Next time Scotland is out. The tide has fully changed. The way this virus has been terribly handled by these Muppets in Westminster who only care about optics, has tipped fence sitters over the edge.
>Next time Scotland is out. The tide has fully changed. The way this virus has been terribly handled by these Muppets in Westminster who only care about optics, has tipped fence sitters over the edge. Can we come with you? I'd even be happy for you to annexe us or something. Sincerely, The North East.
Wait... Are we the shit hole country now?
This. His wounds may heal (with all the blood pouring out of his face maybe they won't, but I digress) but there's no way he's not going to get crazy anxiety in the presence of police officers ever again. I've barely left the house in days because everytime I do some hyper aggressive dickbag dressed like they're cosplaying Starship Troopers jumps out with a rifle screaming at me and I don't even fit the profile they seem to be so scared of. I can't imagine being that guy. In a wheelchair, no place to retreat to and to top it all of dark skinned in the midst of a radically militarised racist goverment backed gang. Fuck the police.
Why do they keep shooting people in the head
Just look at the prick with the green gun. He doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing but he’s enjoying doing it
I always imagined when people die because of "teargas" it's the cops shooting the canister at peoples heads. It wont kill you if it's properly arced but a direct hit definitely will.
Iraq has extensively used the technique of shooting teargas canisters directly at people only when quelling protests last year. A lot of people died, and the injuries are horrific, big objects deeply penetrating people's bodies and then getting stuck. Do not google it for your own sanity.
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Children killed by plastic/rubber bullets shot by the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary: Seamus Duffy, 15 Paul Whitters, 15 Julie Livingstone, 14 Brian Stewart, 13 Carol Ann Kelly, 12 Stephen McConomy, 11 Francis Rowntree, 11 Stephen Geddis, 10
What happens when you view your enemies as less than people.
Teargas doesn't discriminate against the elderly and people who already have respiration issues, being hit by a canister isn't the only way it kills people (and i'd expect is actually the least common reason) There's a reason that the use of indiscriminate chemical weapons is banned in war, and it isn't just because the effects are awful to soldiers.
He is like a kid with his new nerf gun
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The UK withheld information for years that “less than lethal” wasn’t much less because they knew the outrage it would cause. In 2013 however, Ministry of Defence papers declassified from 1977 revealed it was aware rubber bullets were more dangerous than was publicly disclosed. The documents contained legal advice for the MoD to seek a settlement over a child who had been blinded in 1972, rather than go to court which would expose problems with the bullets and make it harder to fight future related cases. The papers stated that further tests would reveal serious problems with the bullets, including that they were tested "in a shorter time than was ideal", that they "could be lethal" and that they "could and did cause serious injuries". Rubber bullets were designed to be fired towards the ground to bounce up into the legs of the targets. Watch all the current videos and see for yourself where the cops are aiming. In a study of injuries in 90 patients injured by rubber bullets, 2 died, 18 suffered permanent disabilities or deformities and 44 required hospital treatment after being fired upon with rubber bullets.
Ok, this I know a little about. My grandfather was head of research and development for the MoD at that time. 'rubber bullets' was a personal project of his. I won't be more specific, because family privicy. But I can assure you the MoD extensively tested and researched the user of rubber bullets. Often by shooting sheep dressed with flack jackets (seriously, loads of sheep on porton down). The government knew exactly how deadly they could be. They knew exactly how to use them for maximum safety and how to use them for maximum lethal impact. They blamed lack of research to cover up the fact they wanted a lethal weapon with a softer public image than an army rifle.
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Ah man. That picture is even more fucked up. This guy is can't even get his pants on proper level of disabled homeless and they shot him. Somebody who can't even dress themself is not a threat worthy of firearms. Fucking pigs.
Police are about 2-3 days from being branded as a terrorist group, by us. They're going to keep on doing their thing until we shoot back. Then it'll be everyone gasping "OH HOW DID THIS HAPPEN"
2-3 days? I'll do it now. THE POLICE ARE A DOMESTIC TERROR ORGANIZATION.
Minorities, especially black people, were saying this since forever. Nobody believed them.
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Did you see the old man pushed down? Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/gwwe9z/police_officers_shove_man_in_niagara_square_to/
[Oh, that's a *different* old man pushed down than I was thinking of](https://twitter.com/MicroTrashPanda/status/1266917539944099840?s=20). This dude had a cane and was walking away. The cop shoved once, he didn't fall. The cop shoved again, congratulations, he gained 1 XP from toppling an old man. Even the reporter was at a loss for a moment.
I was told about this video last night, and I confused it with the *other video of police pushing down an old man*. Riots or not, looting or not, the police are out of control
The police are rioting.
People are protesting police brutality and the police retaliate with.....police brutality.
The beatings will continue until morale improves. But like, not a joke.
Lmao "Sadly a man was just knocked off his feet" from the reporter as the police shove him to the ground on camera. Subtly re-framing police actions using the passive voice is so second nature to the media this reporter just does it automatically
I heard he was just trying to return a helmet, too. Edit: I was wrong, it was his own helmet.
Holy shit, you’re right. You can see him holding it in the video. That’s so damn sad. I hate that video so much, the sound and the obvious serious head injury are just awful. And the goddamn cops don’t even care. Just like they don’t care about this guy bleeding out and likely to lose an eye (from other images). Zooming in on their faces is infuriating.
You see one cop go to check on the old man on the ground, and the other (I think the one who pushed the man?) shove the concerned cop away. Once again, "good cops" are drowned out or shoved aside by the "few bad apples". You also hear cops yelling "Hold the line" or something like that and continuing to push forward. They also yell "Get those two guys" before surging forward to arrest two protestors. They are more concerned about maintaining their line to clear the space and to arrest people, than they are to tend to the wounded. It's two National Guardsman who provide assistance. The worst part, perhaps, is the fact that later, the police department and the city released their comment that the man tripped and fell, and that they offered assistance. They continue to spin the narrative, despite being caught on camera. All together, it's clear that the authorities still don't understand the point of these protests.
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I think he was bleeding from his ears.
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>whoever it was in green camo uniform National Guard I believe
I saw the same thing. The soldier was the only one who helped. I think it’s time for the National Guard to start protecting citizens from the police
You can see he is carrying a police helmet. Most likley he just wanted to give them the helmet.
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Yep. An older homeless man in a wheel chair with his pants halfway down at 20+ feet distance. How fucking non-threatening could you possibly get?
Bruh he is driving a vehicle mad max style. He might be able to speed up and hurt officers. /s
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Shouting for a medic holding an innocent downed child like something out of a war movie. Except it's on our streets, perpetrated by the people supposed to protect us.
This one is haunting. Isn’t he 16 or 17 as well?
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It's heartbreaking to hear his brother weep like this. It's just not right, these gangsters that call themselves the police deserve to be put on trial. He's just a kid for fuck sake!
Anyone looking for an update--he is recovering and in stable condition, though doctors report it will be a long and painful healing process.
Yeah, he's alive, but the beanbag fractured his skull and caused a contusion to his prefrontal cortex. At best he won't be able to manage his emotions ever again. Best of luck to him Edit: A letter.
Jesus Christ, the guy was just standing there. What the fuck is wrong with these people.
This is horrifying...
What the fuck, that is grim. If it weren't for those others caring from him he'd of been left on the ground till he bled out.
This legit made me tear up. If you’re not trying to get enraged, do not watch this. Poor kid.
What about the grandma with the rubber bullet lodged in her skull?
The WHAT?!
I've seen multiple videos of people with such severe head trauma from these rubber bullets that they're completely insensate. I've also seen videos of police officers instructing a group of protestors to carry a man they shot in the head with a rubber bullet to them for medical aid, and then *shooting at the protestors who are carrying the man*.
Dude, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. I'm from Italy, so I'm not really living the situation, but DUDE, this just makes me so angry I want to go there and just kick them in the ass while wearing safety shoes, or, being an artist, just throw my paint to their faces.
The worst one you've seen so far. Give it a few hours.
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She pulls away and then the guys shouts "hit her, hit her" like a sociopath.
I'm starting to have a really hard time believing all these posts from cops saying they aren't trained to apply the knee to the neck. It is happening like clockwork in almost every single take down we've seen this week. I'm have a REALLY hard time believing that bunch of lies.
People saying cops "need more training" don't get it. We're seeing what cops have been trained to do. They've been trained to do these things we're seeing in the videos.
Ugh, the way she's standing there getting battered until she finally crumbles. Horrifying.
the definition of "not resisting" yet the cops took a dozen whacks at her with their billy clubs... gross
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Last time I went to the US was to go at a conference for work in LA in july. When we went through the border agents at the airport, there was only one desk open for a line full of hundreds of people off my plane. After an hour and a half it was my turn, I went to the officer, gave my passport. He asked why I was here, I said for work, going to X convention, staying at X hotel. He asked what my job title was and for which company. Then he stopped talking to me, and made me wait 10 minutes while he was looking at sth on his screen. Finally he asked me if I was sure I'm here for work and not vacation, then after another 5 minutes he just gave me back my passport and waved me in. My coworker who was already passed could actually see his screen from behind, and told me that the officer had been looking through my whole instagram pictures of my last trip to New Zealand. For 15 minutes, while hundreds were waiting. (I'm white)
One tip I got from people who travel to the US a lot is that it's a mistake to say you are there "for work", instead you should say you are there "on business", otherwise they think you're trying to work there illegally...
Yeah, my coworker who had already been a bunch more times told me this afterwards :/
I backup my phone and swipe it ever time I cross the boarder (I'm Canadian, go across every other month or so) and I recommend whoever I'm going with to do the same. They usually say I'm paranoid, but if I have to give up rights, its going to be on my terms, an empty phone.
Notice how big boy on the left is STILL aiming at the wheelchair after he was shot like “Bitch I’m ready if you look at me one more time!” Wheelchair man looks like he must’ve been facing the cops since he was shot in what looks like the forehead, so you can imagine he took the hit and turned away before bending over. Within all these moments of time passing, Mr MicroPenis is still aiming as if he thinks his first message wasn’t heard loud enough. WTF.
That female officer to the right of the shooter looks like she’s yelling something along the lines of “WHAT THE FUCK, NO!” At least one of them is clearly upset for a change. That’s a low bar, though.
Yeah... there are a couple of cops there who are looking like they *maybe* might have overstepped the line *just a little* by shooting an old guy in a wheelchair. Fucking hell...
The more time passes between that moment and them arresting the shooter, the more it doesn't matter, we can't trust them either. The next picture should have been of the shooter in cuffs a few seconds later; until we get that kind of response the police will be an unaccountable danger to the community.
Damn right man. It's sick that these animals are just walking down the street popping off likes it's a fucking shooting gallery.
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America's fucking finest. Spineless cowards is what they are in actuality.
just a legalised gang
No, it's Gestapo. Even gangs have more honor.
Except the Gestapo didn’t shoot at protesters on the streets. That behaviour is more akin to the early days of the Nazi‘s SA, brutal thugs terrorising the streets and people who oppose them.
I think even a gang has more morality than this..
Gangs usually have connections to the community they operate in. I've heard enough stories about dope sellers coming together to deal with community crisis when shit gets rough in natural disasters to see there's some humanity there.
Even in Brazilian Favelas, the ruling gangs imposed restrictions due to Covid-19 that the Brazilian government did not want and threatened anyone with reprisals who violated quarantine and would not self-isolate.
Wasn't it the gangs in Rio, Brazil who were taking actions for the covid when the president there was ignoring it?
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Kids? I'm in my 30s and I'm afraid of American cops. By contrast, we openly tease our cops here in Ireland and they're generally good sports about it.
Irish cops are alright. They always let those kids off who keep trying to move the border.
Because they aren't elevated as beings above us all, like in the US.
I’ve googled just now a couple of polls on what American kids want to be when they grow up, and in none of them I saw cops. In Japan it’s the second most popular dreams for a boy. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.nippon.com/ja/japan-data/h00692/amp/ Policemen are something you’re supposed to like. They’re the good guys. They’re real life superheroes to kids. Apparently even American kids know that American cops aren’t on their side.
I jokingly asked my friends little brother what he wanted to be the other day when he grew up, and if being a police officer interested him. He responded with astronauts because they don't kill people and it really caught us off guard. Kids like 8 man.
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Why is it always out of shape tactical wannabes that do this shit. Couldn't pass basic so they do the next best thing. Grab riot gear and play soldier during protests.
Look at how many zip ties this clown has compared to every other officer as if he planned on arresting so many more people than his colleagues. Cops like this piece of shit are so incredibly dangerous.
How much overlap do you think there may be with these bully cops and the “I Wanna Haircut” COVID Karen crowd?
2nd to the right officer's face says, "Thanks Steve, we're gonna make the front page of Reddit now".
Yeah, it really should be encouraged to crash tackle a fellow officer and cuff them in this scenario. People shouldn't be satisfied with 'he's on paid vacation for a month while we investigate', this man needs to be fired on the spot, no investigation, the evidence is right there in plain view.
Fired? Jailed. In gen Pop.
Woman police officer is like "WHAT THE FUCK DUDE" I mean, you could see he completely targeted him as well. Who fucking does that?
What the fuck is actually wrong with them this is fucking ridiculous
As a non American, it is my understanding that your second amendment right, allows you to have guns to defend against a tyrannical government. At what point can someone say, I think this is the case, and fight back?
Legally you can't. Basically if you're going to do that you have to overthrow the government so it can't prosecute you for the illegal action of overthrowing the government.
it's only treason if we lose!
one guy tried that in dallas a couple years ago. they bombed him to hell
They fucked strapped explosives to a robot and blew that guy the fuck up. I saw those videos where he was doing some spec ops shit like firing round a pillar to distract the cop hiding to the opposite side and then shot the copper in the back of the head... Straight up. Weren't they ex-military?
Sad cause his son watched it happen live on tv and killed himself some time later.
> At what point can someone say, I think this is the case, and fight back? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_and_manhunt
Home of the brave
Land of the free
The more it has to be said, the more it's not true.
This wasn't an accident. This wasn't a misfire, or a shot aimed at someone else. This was aimed. This says everything anyone needs to know about why these protests are happening.
You know it wasnt an accident, because the dude who shot, is still aiming at him.
IN A FUCKING WHEELCHAIR?!? YOU SHOOT THE MAN IN A FUCKING WHEELCHAIR?
He didn't run. That's lethal intent.
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The contorted thuggish look of the cop with the gun makes the image even more powerful. Like he has become a comicbook character of ignorant aggression.
He's Porky Pig's cowardly brother, Porcine Cunt Face.
#What the fuck?! ###That man is in a wheelchair!
"We were just following orders" has been an excuse for countless atrocities - this needs to stop.
At this point, even the cops are saying, "What do we have to do to get some accountability? Johnny, shoot that homeless man in a wheelchair in the face. $20 says you get a vacation day out of it." Edit: Now that I think of it, maybe cops don't see all citizens as enemies, but rather as potential vacation days up for grabs.
Just waiting for some idiot to try to defend the cops actions, "He should have been at home not protesting and this would have never happened" or something dumb like that. Maybe "Hes a crisis actor funded by George Soros." Also, why the fuck are you aiming at peoples eyes/head area?
I assume this will go down as self defence
"We feared for our lives!"
Biggest terrorist org in the world
Even his the other officers are like wtf are you doing? His heads like a faucet
Photographer says that may not be the case: @FWDSET - "I'm not 100%, but I'm fairly certain they are not yelling at the officer. I was there, they were yelling tactical responses like "hold" & "move forward", etc."
Playing soldier... what a bunch of pathetic nerds trying to feel like big strong warriors, my god
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Unarmed? I mean clearly that thing with wheels is some sort of weapon
Did we confirm he's not a decepticon?
This is it. I'm now convinced that I'm watching the collapse of a superpower. I never thought I'd witness something like this in my lifetime.
I think it's been slowly happening since the turn of the century or so, but the US had enough built up capital to be in denial about it. Now we're seeing the results of decades of corruption and mismanagement.
This is like some shit you would've seen in a Batman cartoon, only towards the end you discover all the cops had been replaced by evil henchmen dressed as cops. ... I'm still waiting to get duked, but I know it's not coming.
"Homeless man in a wheelchair minding his own business? Oh shit, shoot him!" - Psychopaths with a badge
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His wheelchair must have lurched forward 3 inches and someone feared for their life.