I don't know why this is such a contentious issue with some. Police officers are considered the guardians of our society, at least they're supposed to be. We are taught as children to seek out an officer if lost or in peril. This was a pool party with kids as young as 15 in attendance?!!
Why does one officer, the same one that grabs the other officers arm when he unholstered his weapon, take the time to calmly tell some of the teenagers not to run when they see police while the other one is throwing 90 pound girls on their face?
This has nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with whether or not it was a public or HOA pool. It has nothing to do with what might have happened if. It was a completely mixed crowd. White kids were swimming with black kids and enjoying some summer fun. According to all reports, not just one, ALL REPORTS, state that 911 was called and the complaint was that there were "too many black kids at the party that weren't residents". How is that acceptable to anyone? How many parties and bar fights do police break up on a weekly basis without pulling a weapon, yet teenagers in swimsuits require it?
Some of you are even insinuating that a kid was going for a gun, yet you don't even recognize that there isn't a single white kid in custody, not a single white kid restrained. As a matter of fact the one cop that spoke calmly about not running when police show up is talking to white kids? How the hell do you ignore that? How many times do we have to see this on film before some of you actually acknowledge that maybe, just fucking maybe, there is some difference between being white in America and non-white. Time and time again the majority of white America diminishes this notion as ridiculous when there is a mountain of evidence to the contrary. How long do you expect an entire race to continue taking it on the chin. It just astounds me how many people would rather pretend there is justifiable deniability than just say the cop was out of control. Not all of them, not every cop ever, just the one you can see right there on film losing his shit.
Hedge, remember when you said Ebola was a secret plan by the president so he could install martial law? I didn't realize that you actually want martial law in the U.S. as long as it's only exercised against the coloreds am I right?
Hope this helps,
FDC