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DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Sun May 31, 2020, 08:38 AM May 2020

Cops shove old man with cane to the ground while he's trying to leave area.

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Cops shove old man with cane to the ground while he's trying to leave area. (Original Post) DetlefK May 2020 OP

And it's two other cops who come to help him up Maeve May 2020 #1

Watch it again.... A HERETIC I AM Jun 2020 #7

Heroes in blue! Dread Pirate Roberts May 2020 #2

Do these cops pop an Amphetamine to start their day? Submariner May 2020 #3

That was just cruel Leith May 2020 #4

Looks like the guy might have been just waiting for a bus Ms. Toad May 2020 #5

And the chyron says "Swat teams respond to violent protesters" nilram Jun 2020 #6

They put a word in the wrong place, should say "Violent SWAT teams respond to protesters" Cal Carpenter Jun 2020 #8

What a disgusting piece of shit that officer was who shoved him! ElementaryPenguin Jun 2020 #9

What could the other officers have possibly said to that man? phylny Jun 2020 #10

Maeve

(42,288 posts)

1. And it's two other cops who come to help him up

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2020, 08:41 AM

May 2020

Not the one who knocked him down--it wasn't an accidental use of excessive force; it was a choice.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,378 posts)

7. Watch it again....

Reply to Maeve (Reply #1)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 11:52 AM

Jun 2020

The short cop who pushed him the hardest and made him fall, backed off for a minute, then another came up to help the man up and THEN the one who pushed him came back to help him up. The one helping the man from his left side is the one who pushed him down.

It looks to me like one of the other cops told him to help lift the man back to his feet.

He needs to be relieved of duty at minimum.

That is an authoritarian mindset, clearly. A bully with a badge and a gun.

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)

2. Heroes in blue!

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2020, 08:45 AM

May 2020

Hit him from behind too! Remember, these guys are trained. Old cogger like that could easily have broken a hip or something from a fall like that.

Submariner

(12,509 posts)

3. Do these cops pop an Amphetamine to start their day?

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2020, 11:14 AM

May 2020

they act like a bunch of hopped up speed freaks.

Leith

(7,813 posts)

4. That was just cruel

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2020, 11:24 AM

May 2020

There was no violence going on at that place. Shoving both of them was entirely unnecessary. Notice that the cops that helped him up were not the one who shoved him down - that jerk couldn't be bothered.

Ms. Toad

(34,092 posts)

5. Looks like the guy might have been just waiting for a bus

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2020, 11:32 AM

May 2020

He was leaning against a pole adjacent to the bus stop sign.

nilram

(2,893 posts)

6. And the chyron says "Swat teams respond to violent protesters"

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 11:48 AM

Jun 2020

Cal Carpenter

(4,959 posts)

8. They put a word in the wrong place, should say "Violent SWAT teams respond to protesters"

Reply to nilram (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 1, 2020, 11:54 AM

Jun 2020

Although I sorta doubt that guy was even a 'protester'.

You can tell by the reporter's voice that she really wants to say WHAT THE FUCK!

Sick motherfuckers.