• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    They try to claim he reached for a knife on the floor, the video is pretty clear in the fact that he is no threat and isn’t reaching for anything from before the window is broken till after he is dragged out.

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      2 days ago

      Given that nobody even spotted the knife until they had already arrested him and removed him from the scene… I’m pretty sure the knife wasn’t there until after the arrest.

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      In fact, it’s very clear his entire intent is to try to make it impossible for them to claim he was reaching for something. And they still claimed it… like, if he had complied and reached to take off his seatbelt, they probably would have shot him…

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        3 days ago

        Yea but did you notice he’s black? What are they supposed to do? Not brutalize him?

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Making false charges to protect their own ego and fascist oinkery should be a felony, especially since it can and frequently does cause egregious harm such as loss of job, possible loss of relationship, possible loss of children, etc etc.