Civilization is Doomed.

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

No convictions for 3 white St. Louis cops accused of beating Black undercover officer during protest

No convictions were returned for three white St. Louis police officers accused of beating a Black undercover colleague so severely during a protest over another officer’s acquittal that he ha…

www.chicagotribune.com

No convictions for ex-officers accused of beating colleague at St. Louis protest

Officer Luther Hall, who was mistaken for a protester during the demonstration, described the 2017 attack to jurors as a “free-for-all.”

www.nbcnews.com

There is no other explanation.

 

[dank69]

Do you want riots? Because this is how you end up with riots.

 

[Dave_5k]

So the most severe penalty for the accused police officers was... 4 years of paid leave?

And one of the primary defenses that got them off the hook was that the defendants didn't know there were undercover officers in the protest... as if police brutally beating random black people is otherwise fine. Which according to our current Supreme Court and multiple precedents, is in practice the current law in the US - police have, in practice, basically zero legal accountability for their actions.

 

[Homerboy]

So the most severe penalty for the accused police officers was... 4 years of paid leave?

And one of the primary defenses that got them off the hook was that the defendants didn't know there were undercover officers in the protest... as if police brutally beating random black people is otherwise fine. Which according to our current Supreme Court and multiple precedents, is in practice the current law in the US - police have, in practice, basically zero legal accountability for their actions.

Well, I actually think that is what the ruling is saying. America!

 

[MrSquished]

I saw this yesterday, it's nuts. As long as the victim is black, white cops can do whatever they want. And they wonder why people drag on the police.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I saw this yesterday, it's nuts. As long as the victim is black, white cops can do whatever they want. And they wonder why people drag on the police.

“...you can truly grieve for every officer who has been lost in the line of duty in this country and still be troubled by cases of police overreach. Those two ideas are not mutually exclusive. You can have great regard for law enforcement and still want them to be held to high standards.” - Jon Stewart

 

[m8d]

America is just doomed.

 

[railer]

America is just doomed.

It's not. Grow up.