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Originally Posted by claricecolin
The looters should be punished, full stop.
That being said, I have several issues. The other security videos show George being taken out of car and handcuffed with no incident. None of those show him resisting. The officer was kneeling on his neck for minutes despite he and bystanders begging him to stop. I realize most cops are not bad but why do they not speak up? There were 3other officers there and they did nothing to stop the other one.
George was suspected of passing a bad check or bill(not sure if which) in my 20 plus years of retail management have never called cops on either. Policy was refuse sale try to keep suspect bills if safe to do so. In any case they were to detain him not murder him.
Why is there a segment of cops that seem to be terrified of black men? Do they need training or should they not be on the force? They all seem to say I feared for my life, he was super human, resisting arrest and the like. Fear is understandable in any arrest but it always seems like a special level of fear in these cases.
I am not saying all cops but I am tired of seeing the same thing over and over again.
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The looters won't be punished. So, the next time an event like this occurs, there will be more looting.