Video: Concussion, Stitches For Man Beaten By Cops Over Phone Call:
Video has surfaced showing Arizona police officers slamming a man to the ground and punching him in the face for not putting up his cellphone when they told him to last week. Ref. Source 7y
Lawsuit: FBI raided New Mexico home with sleeping children:
A new federal lawsuit says FBI agents used military-grade stun grenades against three sleeping children during a 2013 pre-dawn raid of a New Mexico home. The lawsuit alleges that agents blindly detonated multiple explosive devices during the raid, inflicting shrapnel wounds and severe emotional trauma against the children. Ref. Source 8b
Video shows deputies beat man, steal necklace
Enhanced surveillance footage from the brutal beating of a man in San Francisco by Alameda County sheriff's deputies in 2015 has revealed a new twist: the alleged theft of a gold necklace by a deputy. Said a public defender: "I could not believe what I was seeing." Ref. Source 5g.
It only takes a couple of idiotic cops to bring the whole police force into disrepute. People are less trusting of the police when they learn of acts like this.
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I'm really worried about where all these protests are going. Its getting really bad for police now. In a couple of cases they're calling police so when they respond they can shoot at them. That's crazy!
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Yes it is very hard on all people. But to make a bogus 911 call to lead officers into ambushes is just going to make the violence worse. Or the police will stop responding and innocent people will suffer because of the actions of a few.
I hope with all that's going on against policemen across America that we do not see an increase in trigger happy cops looking for revenge.
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