carry for myself
Regular Member
I could not sleep last night. having some issues with me and the pillow being friends so i stayed up watching COPS. Saw an episode that seriously disturbed me and it got me thinking quite a bit.
An officer was en-route to a shoplifting call at a 7-11. when he arrived and was running behind the store you could clearly hear a child like voice pleading and screaming loudly "please stop hitting me". over and over you heard it until the camera came into focus and there was a image of a man, mid 30's 6'2 250lbs, spider man tee, pajama pants.
he was standing with his back towards a 10 foot stone wall, clutching a stuffed animal, tears coming from his eyes as a older LEO *50's or 60s" was smashing his fully extended 36" police baton back and forth across the mans legs.
the man being hit was not combative, clearly scared, confused and crying. for almost 5 seconds i watched this so called enforcement officer beat this unarmed man in the legs, arms, stomach, and groin with a collapsible baton screaming "get on the ground"........the only response he got was cry's of "please stop hitting me". and who knows how long this had been going on before the other officer and camera crew arrived. the camera was on in the car for at least 25 seconds before the other officer arrived.
when the other officer arrived he put himself between the older LEO and the man. turned him around calmly and placed cuffs on him. and took him away.
when the new officer asked the man what happened he said in clearly scared voice "i took a candy and tried to go home, then that man started hitting me"
it was clear the man was mentally disabled. and probably had the mindset of a 5 year old. the rest of the scene was all the cops talking to each other and justifying the older officers use of force, probably to protect him in court when he gets sued for excessive use of force.
this highly disturbed me. and i started to wonder. when a cop does wrong. i mean really wrong. is there not one single officer on the force who sees this? is there not one officer who maintains his oath? or do they all just flock to protect each other..........even when one has gone too far?
An officer was en-route to a shoplifting call at a 7-11. when he arrived and was running behind the store you could clearly hear a child like voice pleading and screaming loudly "please stop hitting me". over and over you heard it until the camera came into focus and there was a image of a man, mid 30's 6'2 250lbs, spider man tee, pajama pants.
he was standing with his back towards a 10 foot stone wall, clutching a stuffed animal, tears coming from his eyes as a older LEO *50's or 60s" was smashing his fully extended 36" police baton back and forth across the mans legs.
the man being hit was not combative, clearly scared, confused and crying. for almost 5 seconds i watched this so called enforcement officer beat this unarmed man in the legs, arms, stomach, and groin with a collapsible baton screaming "get on the ground"........the only response he got was cry's of "please stop hitting me". and who knows how long this had been going on before the other officer and camera crew arrived. the camera was on in the car for at least 25 seconds before the other officer arrived.
when the other officer arrived he put himself between the older LEO and the man. turned him around calmly and placed cuffs on him. and took him away.
when the new officer asked the man what happened he said in clearly scared voice "i took a candy and tried to go home, then that man started hitting me"
it was clear the man was mentally disabled. and probably had the mindset of a 5 year old. the rest of the scene was all the cops talking to each other and justifying the older officers use of force, probably to protect him in court when he gets sued for excessive use of force.
this highly disturbed me. and i started to wonder. when a cop does wrong. i mean really wrong. is there not one single officer on the force who sees this? is there not one officer who maintains his oath? or do they all just flock to protect each other..........even when one has gone too far?