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Originally Posted by timalkin
I watched the video and cannot see how any of you are so pissed off at what happened. It's a grainy film of something that happened at night, and you can't even see the suspects. I'd be the first one to call for the police officer's badge and see him sent to prison if his actions were clear. His actions and the actions of the suspects were not clear. We should reserve judgment on this until all of the facts become clear in a court of law.
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I think that you've missed the point of most of these posts. I don't think that anyone is responding based on what they've
seen. They are basing their accusations on what they've
heard. Based on what I can hear on the tape, the command to get up is pretty clear as is the response from the victim.
As for things that "become clear in a court of law", please let me know when facts have ever clear in a case like this. The judicial system is not about truth and facts, it is about presenting your version of the truth and facts in such a way that the jury of the people who couldn't get out of the duty to make an (un)educated guess. Having been involved in several court proceedings of various types (albeit in civil court), the truth rarely, if ever, makes an appearance. Any good attorney is going to spin the facts in their direction to make their arguement seem like the most logical and sensible to the folks in the jury box. Just ask your favorite lawyer or cop for proof.
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And seriously, are we "real close to a reckoning in this country?" That's the most absurd statement I've read on this entire forum. Do you seriously want to know what happens when there are no police officers to protect you? Obviously you don't know what police do every single day that directly benefits the good citizens of this country. Give me a break.
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This country has been "due" for a serious reckoning for the past 141 years if you listen to the right people. The reason changes from time to time - race, religion, politics - but anyone who's ignorant enough to think that the vox populi of America is really going to rise up against itself anytime soon needs to screw their tinfoil hat on a little tighter. Civil wars and rebellions don't happen in times of prosperity in any society without outside influence, and when the Cletus and Britney of Newport, TN (as opposed to the Cletus and Britney of Malibu) can go down to their local Sears and pick up a flat screen TV for $100, they're not going to be able to forment rebellion.