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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Call my momma! Oh God!" This is "mouthing off"? Only when a black girl does it.
This is the best response I've seen to the pool attack yet.
http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/a-shame-for-mckinney-and-for-all-of-us.html/
The words that keep coming back to me in this video from McKinney came from the mouth of a petite girl in a pink and yellow bikini as shes pulled to the ground by a police officer twice her size.
Call my momma. Oh God! she cries.
Shes weeping in fear as Cpl. Eric Casebolt pushes her face into the ground and then straddles her back shouting demands for her to stop struggling.
What struggle? Shes a child on the ground in handcuffs crying for her mother.
SNIP
But its impossible not to wonder how different a scene this would have been if these kids had been white instead of black. Would Casebolt have dared to drag a blond-haired, blue-eyed girl to the ground screaming ON YOUR FACE! at a pool in an affluent suburb?
If your answer is yes, let me know the next time that happens.
SNIP
ladjf
(17,320 posts)Your post could infer the mother was negligent for not being there, is that your intent? If not, what exactly do you mean.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)word "different" before the word scenario.
I certainly wasn't implying that the mother was negligent for not being at the party.
However, my thought was, had the mother found out that a cop was dragging her around on the ground and abusing her, she may have been able to put a stop to it. For that matter, any sensible and caring adult might have been able to diffuse the rage being displayed by the policeman.
I still haven't heard who the big white guy was and why he seemed to be facilitating the crazy policeman's actions.
Spazito
(50,649 posts)it's appreciated.
yardwork
(61,821 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)yardwork
(61,821 posts)I think that you are not a parent. Teens get invited to pool parties. Their mothers don't go with them.
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)that call, so there is no incident if they are white.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,038 posts)were either racist, ignorant, hateful or a combination...
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)TBF
(32,160 posts)and "it's not racism if a white kid gets attacked occasionally too" memes ...
gollygee
(22,336 posts)but that this specific scenario - at the pool, pushing a teenage girl to the ground and screaming at her - wouldn't have happend to a white teenage girl. So the Occupy movement seems irrelevant as they aren't 14-year-old girls at swimming pools trying to swim.
yardwork
(61,821 posts)TBF
(32,160 posts)yardwork
(61,821 posts)There are a lot of personal attacks on DUers lately, and it's getting a little tiresome.
TBF
(32,160 posts)or that Occupy was targeted. I do think there is a lot to the argument that folks are targeted for class more than anything else. But we've got clear evidence on video many times over that blacks are being disproportionally attacked.
I don't think we should minimize that. But thank you for the comment - I know you were sincere.
yardwork
(61,821 posts)There is no question that African Americans are being disproportionately targeted by police. It's quite obvious and a real problem.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...and by going to the pool party had expected to encounter and to resist conflicting demands of police to "leave" and "stay".
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Unfortunately I don't have a video of the encounter my daughter had with the cops.
They actually managed to get a drug charge put on her record with no arrest, evidence, arraignment, plea, trial or conviction. She was extremely lucky to ever get it off her record.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6148067#6148476
phil89
(1,043 posts)a drug charge on her record with no due process? Prove it.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)That conversation then was about Professor Gates who was arrested on his front porch back in 2009..
I also said this about Gates and Crowley..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6148067#6148171
Crowley had far more power on the porch than inside Gates home.
I've had both extremes of dealing with police, seeing them go far above and beyond their duty and also seeing some extremely power hungry, belligerent and completely uncalled for behavior, both examples in the very same department.
My opinion is that Crowley engaged in the latter behavior rather than the former.
I want to hear the recordings of Crowley's transmissions on his police radio, I won't believe a thing Crowley says until those recordings are released.
Not to say I completely buy what Gates says either but of the two, Crowley was the one charged with acting in a professional manner during the encounter.
JustAnotherGen
(32,067 posts)And she's very lucky to not have that on her record.
Ask Kalief Brower who spent 3 years in jail and near two of it in solitary without a trial or grand jury or reading rights. It is possible and believe it
heaven05
(18,124 posts)especially if you perceive them as not of the privileged class. What is up with you accusing people of lying and demanding proof? Who are you to think you're that important?
Hekate
(91,055 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,542 posts)byronius
(7,414 posts)I find it extremely relevant. Really, you don't see it?
I live in the town this photo was taken in. I can tell you, I felt exactly the same way as I feel about the McKinney incident.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)that was awful but for different reasons. It was an example of how the government responds to people who stand up to it.
This is an entirely different situation. This was a kid who was swimming at a pool.
byronius
(7,414 posts)Casebolt was exerting undue authority, Pike was exerting undue authority. Casebolt committed a crazy and brutal act while in uniform, as did Pike. The only differences I can see are a slight difference in age and the color of the victims.
Pike profited in the end, so will Casebolt. The criminally insane third of this nation takes care of their own. They laud and reward this behavior. Similarities or differences aside, these men are functioning psychopaths who should never be allowed near a gun, much less a badge.
Just for you to read --
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Davis_pepper-spray_incident
gollygee
(22,336 posts)and there are some similarities but they were still different situations and I find this comparison to be an attempt, which appears to be deliberate, to minimize racism. No white person gets treated like this when swimming at a community pool. When standing up to the government? Yes, and it's also wrong. But not when swimming at a pool.
byronius
(7,414 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)romanic
(2,841 posts)Affects everyone.
But lbr a political rally and a pool party are teo completely different situations.
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Actually had a fake drug charge that wound up on her record without her ever being charged, arraigned, going to court, convicted, sentenced or even knowing about it. It would have ruined her life if she hadn't happened to marry the son of high ranking officer in the local police who launched an investigation after she was denied a concealed carry permit. Even with her father in law pulling every string and a high powered lawyer it took quite some time to get the completely fake charge dismissed.
It's a sore point with me due to personal experience, I wrote about it here in 2009.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6148067#6148476
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)I'm glad she finally got out from under the false charges.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)It is obviously worse for minorities and I wouldn't be surprised knowing my daughter if she gave the cops a bit of attitude but some cops will screw around with anyone who irritates them in the slightest, they will cut whites more slack than blacks but the hammer can come down on anyone.
The funny thing is we knew the local DA personally through school functions, he had a daughter in the same class as our daughter yet even that level of connectedness didn't help my child avoid a really nasty incident. I can only imagine how hard and frustrating it is for those who have it worse.
Solomon
(12,324 posts)Impossible if you've Black.
kcr
(15,331 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Maedhros
(10,007 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)while horrible and disgustingly fascist, pales in comparison to the ongoing harassment and murder of POC.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Except she ended up with a drug conviction on her record without evidence, charges, arraignment, plea, trial or conviction, in fact she never knew about the drug conviction until years later when she tried to get a concealed carry permit.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6807268
heaven05
(18,124 posts)has she had any luck getting her record expunged because of the lies of the 'authorities'?
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Even with that level of help and a good lawyer it took nearly a year to straighten it out.
No one would ever tell me how a cop could put a conviction that never happened on someone's record, I had no idea that was even possible.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)No less than you've quickly forgotten the difference between a standard and an aberration.
Ilsa
(61,721 posts)I'd probably rush him and body block him. The adrenaline would probably get me thrown in jail.
phil89
(1,043 posts)of control and aggressive you should be in jail. Attacking cops is not ok
some things are worth jail...just sayin'
NOLALady
(4,003 posts)murdering unarmed men, women, children and family pets who were not attacking them.
Attacking cops is not OK. Not attacking cops is not OK either.
sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)is working my kid over. But your comment does raise an interesting question: Is it legal to defend yourself against police misconduct? Is it legal for a group of people? How about a whole country?
Vattel
(9,289 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,542 posts)can be proven, you would be let off after a trial.
However, there is a bigger chance you will end up dead and never able to stand trial, so the better advice would be to keep your cool.
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)by the child's father is not only OK, but perfectly natural due to paternal instinct.
The problem of course is that because the maniac assaulting the man's child was a cop, the father would likely have been murdered for the sin of trying to protect his child and the maniac that attacks children and murders their fathers would get away with his crimes. They are not supposed to be above the law you know, he did assault a child after all.
Attacking children is never OK "friend"
Ilsa
(61,721 posts)Hekate
(91,055 posts)bluesbassman
(19,387 posts)The agenda is clear as the abuse that young girl endured.
Hekate
(91,055 posts)pnwmom
(109,028 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)What do you recommend people do when a cop attacks little black kids, then?
ieoeja
(9,748 posts)You know what you call a cop wrongfully beating the shit out of someone? A criminal.
And sometimes the only way to stop a crime is by attacking the criminal. Hell, he had a gun. He was beating up an innocent person. At that moment shooting him would have been justified.
A badge does not make a crime not a crime. I honestly can not imagine how your mind even works so that a badge turns a murderous thug into a saint.
coyote
(1,561 posts)NOLALady
(4,003 posts)would have probably landed me six feet under.
frylock
(34,825 posts)sulphurdunn
(6,891 posts)watching your kid take a beating from a roid raging cop who might kill him or engaging in a kill or be killed fight with the cop is a dilemma I hope never to face. No parent should ever have to worry about such a confrontation. Something is very wrong when so many do.
frylock
(34,825 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Touching a person with a gun in an aggressive manner is never a good idea.
Ilsa
(61,721 posts)That's one of the problems with seeing your child imperiled: your own safety becomes irrelevant.
TBF
(32,160 posts)and the cops would drive her straight home to my mom with a "you deal with her". The officers were the age of my mom and had known her back in high school. White, midwest, small town. My guess is that it's like that in many places.
Camera person must have been white as well though I haven't read that much about the story to know all the details (but they were close up so my guess is that they would've been on the ground also if they were black).
marym625
(17,997 posts)And he said there's no doubt that it was the black kids that were targeted
There's a thread somewhere here today with an interview with the camera kid
marym625
(17,997 posts)Who is the big white guy that needs to be so close to the crazy cop? Just stands there, no reaction, watching this asswipe of a cop manhandle that poor kid. It hurts.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Identified in another of the many threads on this topic.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)"coincidentally" in the upper torso region.
A pervert using the situation as an opportunity to try to cop a feel on the breasts of minors.
Any man that age laying hands on teenage girls has problems with pedophilia fantasies IMO. It is never OK to lay hands on young girls like that, explains also why he "just had to" get in the middle of it even tho he was neither LE or parent. He should be charged with inappropriate touching of minors.
The man is a pervert IMO.
marym625
(17,997 posts)So I can't really see everything too well. It is hard enough watching a tiny screen of this. I did think I saw him handle a kid but I wasn't sure.
That needs to be addressed.
By the way, the latest press release says nothing was racially motivated.
Fuckers.
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)He reached out with both arms stopping the two girls from getting closer, the point of contact was the upper torso. I just think that he had no business touching minor girls at all, and had his intentions been less instinctively pervy, he would have stopped them at the waist, not the breast height area.
He should not have touched them at all, but the fact that he took it upon himself to do so makes me immediately think he has issues, when issues result in laying hands on young girls the first thing that comes to mind is pedo (self aware or repressed, but pedo).
I may be wrong, but a man his age touching girls in a case where he had no business intervening at all makes my radar go ping.
marym625
(17,997 posts)He should be changed with assault. Plain and simple
I am going to watch again and start tweeting it
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)logosoco
(3,208 posts)the cops dealt with her was acceptable are either oblivious to what the 1% have done to this country and how so many get away with destroying the planet or they think it's okay.
I have not been able to stomach watching the actual video, just seeing the pictures makes me hurt. Those young women look so vulnerable in their swimming suits! And when I see the one young woman being held on the ground by the cop I worry about lawn chemicals!
Hekate
(91,055 posts)...strange.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)she was face down in grass treated with lawn chemicals? That stuff is not good for you!
Perhaps the least of her worries at the moment, yes, but still another factor in the ugly situation.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)onecaliberal
(33,016 posts)Wouldn't have called cops if the kids were white. But we don't have a race problem in America.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)and whites wouldn't have called the cops on other whites?
Wrong! A lot of parents would be calling the police if a large group of teens was arguing with the lifeguards and then started climbing the fence. Heck, all of our lifeguards are in high school, and are not equipped to deal with a large belligerent crowd that gets ugly when they are told they can't swim.
onecaliberal
(33,016 posts)The only reason anything occurred at all was because a white racist woman told children to go home to their section 8 housing. These children LIVED in the complex. They were also called the N word, and an adult assaulted a child! Then had the intestinal fortitude to call the police. If you treated your own child like the cops treated those children; child protective services would remove your kids from your custody.
There is NO defense of this incident. The fact that you make excuses for this behavior tells me you support racists.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)And I'm NOT making any excuses for the behavior of the one cop. He deserves to go. CLEARLY. The two woman that said awful things were...well...awful. But you are mistaken if you think that is what I'm talking about.
You clearly can't advertise on Twitter and then expect the lifeguards to let a hundred kids into the pool. That's not racist! Several people called the cops when some of the teens became very belligerent with the lifeguards and started climbing the fence to get in. I really don't think you need to be racist to call the cops about that. If dozens of white kids were arguing with our lifeguards, you can bet that I would have called the cops. Period.
Craig Ranch rules: 2 guests. Up to twenty guests with a $250 deposit. And the rules are for everybody.
onecaliberal
(33,016 posts)With the life guard and I've seen 3 different interviews with people who were there today. The event WAS pre cleared with management. The racists whites started the whole incident, called the police and then left the scene. I'm done arguing with you about this. I don't give two fucks how many kids were there, this is more bullshit excuse making for the indefensible. I'm done with this conversation.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Just pointing out that you are clearly wrong about the events that led up to the video we saw.
Take it up with Benet Embry, a black man who was there and clearly pointed out that some teens started behaving badly. Not all. Not a majority. Just some, but he's being vilified because he dared to state the truth and defend his neighbors and neighborhood. God bless him. I fear he may be in danger since he's been getting threats.
onecaliberal
(33,016 posts)Enjoy the dust bin!
U4ikLefty
(4,012 posts)Solomon
(12,324 posts)thru this one. Whew! What bullshit."Hundreds of black teens jumping the fence.". Just making up shit.
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)I will say I doubt that person is what I would call an Austin type Texan, but rather the type of Texan that might assume all of the kids at the pool were maybe section 8 housing residents and might be worried about the state of mind of children in swimsuits that would live in such a place and go where they don't belong.
That is just me trying to grok the poster's "state of mind" mind you.
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)one mostly white and one mostly black, and only the latter was told to leave (though that party had also been organized and approved in advance)?
Also, a white mother was accused of telling a black kid to go back to section 8 housing, and then hitting her. How come that woman wasn't arrested?
It doesn't sound like the rules were enforced the same for everybody. The white teen who took the video didn't think so. He said the cops ignored him and the other white kids and only went after the black kids.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Maybe you don't like the source, but if you wanted to learn the truth it's easy to find. This article kind of puts all the info in one place.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3117475/Brawling-racist-slurs-profane-rap-music-gatecrashers-really-happened-Texas-invite-pool-party-cop-drew-gun-bikini-girl-15.html
It's possible to hold multiple thoughts in one's head. Cop was wrong. White women were wrong. Young woman who threw party was wrong in advertising on social media. Those kids got there expecting to swim because of her.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)I am not confident in The Daily Mail, seeing as their source appears to be the abusive woman in the video.
JustAnotherGen
(32,067 posts)So it didn't happen. Someone has to have video of the hundred or so kids jumping the fence.
uponit7771
(90,378 posts)... and there was a mother of the girl who was slapped there and she was never talked to by the pool manager
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)not at all. i am sure more of the defend-cops-at-all-times contingent will surface shortly.
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)I think he hurt his own feelings when he took that ridiculous, ungainly fall, and so he went charging after the kids (even blamed them for having to carry 30 pounds of gear -- clearly trying to make excuses for the fall even then.)
And there were two parties going on in that pool at the same time -- one predominantly black and one predominantly white. Isn't it curious that they only went after the black partygoers? The white boy who took the video thought so.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Which goes to show, the morons on Fox will even try to thugify a 14 year old girl.
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)Plus she spells her name oddly.
Enthusiast
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JI7
(89,290 posts)uponit7771
(90,378 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I did my annual quota of watching five minutes of Fox while changing stations last night.
Almost got whiplash at her red carpet welcome for a convicted felon.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)You have to be a saint in order to deserve to be treated differently. I wonder how many African Americans the people at Fox consider to be saints. Ben Carson? I suppose there are probably a few.
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)the injustice playing out before her eyes. She had just witnessed two white, racist women verbally and physically attack her friends, and who then had the audacity to call the police, give a false report, and run away before the police arrived. When the police came rolling in, literally, just a few minutes later, she saw her friends verbally and physically attacked again, when in reality, it was the two white racist women who should have been arrested for assault. I think I would be verbalizing my outrage of it all had I been in her bikini as well. It is galling to me to see the original assault get lost in the stories I've read so far. I also hope this young girl can keep her fighting spirit and isn't permanently scarred by this total shit stain of a cop. When I saw her cry for her mama, I cried with her.
phil89
(1,043 posts)complied with his orders and fought it in court if possible. Resisting cops isn't going to end well, emotions aside.
onecaliberal
(33,016 posts)Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)Or how about the part where he told them to leave and also sit down at the same time? Your comment is absurd.
NOLALady
(4,003 posts)He yelled at her to leave and she left. He dragged her back and threw her on the ground because she obeyed his orders to leave.
Resisting cops do not end well. Not resisting cops do not end well, emotions aside.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)He was completely out of control and has no business being in law enforcement.
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)and he was probably embarrassed, too -- and so he just went into hyper-drive after those kids.
I was glad to hear that the police captain said there was no excuse for his behavior. I agree.
Omaha Steve
(99,896 posts)Chief: Actions 'indefensible': http://bigstory.ap.org/article/07ffa5093c3e4e60a5b6d9f77a3db4fd/latest-pool-incident-officer-faced-suit-arrest
And the officer resigned.
Seems he might have been the one in the wrong!
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)to come and drive her home. She was an invited visitor -- she didn't live there.
But he took her explaining about waiting for her mom as "mouthing off."
Watch the video again. He came running up and then tripped and took a header. That obviously got his adrenaline going, and he took out his anger on the kids. None of the other cops acted like he did. As another pro-police observer said, "he went rogue."
Ilsa
(61,721 posts)uponit7771
(90,378 posts)... to tell her mother.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)he had to RESIGN, so clearly his actions weren't exactly kosher. and she will no doubt win a settlement from the city for the cop's actions.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)but even if she did mouth off, so what? That give a 200+ lb man to kneel (with both knees) on the back of a 90 lb 14 year old?
WillyT
(72,631 posts)bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)And we would have seen it on T-shirts.
The cop is a thug.
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)He's damn lucky she didn't.
Clayguy61
(31 posts)Talking with my friend Andre the greatest invention for black people is the camera. I added smart phone with camera. It has been invaluable in bringing the horror stories to light. The only chance for justice has been video recordings.
locdlib
(176 posts)for making fake calls might deter some of this bullshit.
byronius
(7,414 posts)The apologist resident, The Belly (guy in the tan shirt jus' helpin' out), and the two women who called. I'd like to see a documentary on those people, because they are the Root. Of the Problem.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Look, a nineteen year old woman named Tatiana Rhodes hosted this event in conjunction with Twinzz Productions. Either she hired them or she "is" the company - I don't know. Apparently, money was collected under the name of Twinzz Productions, and teens who saw the instagram ad had an expectation of swimming. Unfortunately, Miss Rhodes and/or Twinzz Productions had no right to invite that many people to the pool. Her guest limit was 20 people with a deposit, or just two people with no deposit. (This is very much like most other pool associations.)
So, unfortunately, these teens really didn't have a right to be there, but they came with the understanding that they would have access to the pool, which is why "some" of them got belligerent, started arguing with the lifeguards and the lone security person, and then began jumping the fence.
Of course, the residents of Craig Ranch know that these teens shouldn't be there because the rules are simple: two guests or up to twenty guests with a hefty deposit. They hear arguing, and they see teens jumping the fence.
When the crowd couldn't be controlled, some called the cops, apparently. Some also called the cops over the fight started by the behavior of two white women.
It was a very nasty situation, but I would not say that it was wrong to call the cops. You can't expect lifeguards to handle this situation.
uponit7771
(90,378 posts)... was spoken to by Blart Cop or the pool manager.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)That does not in any way excuse what the police did.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)sure those idiot adults escalated the situation, a fact the you fail to mention...not a surprise.
JustAnotherGen
(32,067 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)nt
JustAnotherGen
(32,067 posts)That would be helpful.
Also - you should look for video to back up your claim that there was a bunch of fence jumping going on.
Also - do you have recordings of these 911 calls?
These aren't rational claims without video, tweets, instagrams, etc etc. I mean . . .
Am I just supposed to go in hear say?
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)Urban dictionary:
Dime Piece
When a girl is bangin', hot, beautiful, "A perfect ten."
There's plenty of information out there to give a reasonable picture of what happened: Kids upset that something promised was not going to happen.
Peace.
JustAnotherGen
(32,067 posts)And the Dime Piece thing - that's used on DListed.com a great deal. I think Dan Quayles kid used to 'write reports' there!
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)nt
cilla4progress
(24,804 posts)I'm sick of these scared white cops. Get some people in there with balls or ovaries who don't feel like they have to draw a gu every time they encounter more than 1 person, especially those with more skin pigment, in a group situation.
Champ50
(10 posts)Hekate
(91,055 posts)Where is the soul of this nation?
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)the 13 year old Tacoma girl who jumped off the bridge after her father hacked off her hair because she had disobeyed him -- and then let someone post it on youtube. Did you hear about how she jumped off a bridge and killed herself?
I just don't understand people who can deliberately hurt children. I just can't.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)The cops should thank god those kids behaved rationally. I'm proud of them
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)and the adult female who apparently started the whole thing.
still_one
(92,552 posts)problem
ladjf
(17,320 posts)He chose to attack the black children because he thought he could get away with it.
Bullies try to prove their "power" by beating up on anyone who is not likely to retaliate either physically or politically, hence blacks, older people, homeless, women and pets. In other words individuals are aren't protected adequately by Government.
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)just passed over the white kids who were there and attacked the black kids. The white teen said he felt invisible.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)able to provide repercussions. But, in a sense, if one chooses to bully a black kid instead of a white one, it's racism, regardless of how the choice was made.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)who did not pursue any of the white kids. he could attack the black kids because he knew FOX and a lot of racists would support him. black people most definitely are not protected adequately by government.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)JustAnotherGen
(32,067 posts)Who refuses to release the "video" that back up Texasmomma's claims.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)He tries to shove the little girl's face in the dirt! Why?
What possible justification is there for shoving someone's face in the dirt?
Does the officer take some kind of perverse satisfaction from humiliating kids? WTF?
Look how quick he is to draw his gun. Again, WTF?
This guy is exactly the kind of cop that needs to look for a different sort of job.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)They can be quite threatening...
Ino
(3,366 posts)pushing her head down to the ground.
I despise bullies.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,787 posts)What if we reenact that same scene, but have a police man take down a blonde fourteen year old in a bikini? Maybe the visual image will be more effective in communicating to the doubters why we're so enraged?
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)not Fox, and not the 'cops-are-always right' contingent here. no one would be lying about hundreds of kids showing up or the rules or the complex, etc. it would be a clear case of police abuse, with NONE of the parsing, hair-splitting an excuse-making that happens when the victim is black. no one on Fox would be claiming the victim 'was no angel' either. nor would racists set up a fund for the cop.