Honor student beaten to a pulp by police

[TehMac]

I'm going to believe the mother/son than dumbshits that mistook a Mt Dew for a large weapon. How about them apples.

You must be the best lawyer I've ever seen. You were on the Honors list at Harvard Law right?

 

[fleabag]

Question: was he wearing glasses? No honors student doesn't wear glasses.

True statement of the decade...

It's also a fact that you cannot graduate from Harvard unless you have and are wearing a pair of glasses.

It has been said that glasses increase IQ by as much as 10 points and a 2-5 IQ point increase from the wearing of fuzzy sweaters.

 

[ScottyB]

Are you really trying to tell me that you believe all honors students are good standing citizens that uphold society's best values? Are you serious?

You are exaggerating and talking about extremes.

My post claimed it is irrelevant whether he is an honors student or not, article title is simply trying to hype up some drama over this issue. In fact, the distinction "honors student" should have no correlation with any type of behavior, because there are honors students that are great people, and others that cheat their way to the top and smoke weed in between each class. Their mothers do their projects for them.

So what exactly was the point of your post?? Oh, right. He is an honors student and musician and how horrible that these cops would profile him. How dare they not realize he is an outstanding youth with musical abilities and a wealth of intelligence. He is an honors student for fucks sake, how could the cops overlook that? Everybody knows that an honors student should never be suspected of anything.

WTF did he do to deserve this even if he wasn't an honors student? Oh, that's right, he's black. Round up the ropes boys, we got a great person with a bottle of Mountain Dew.

 

[Hacp]

His image sure changed over a couple of days

So, in Pittsburgh, grown white men jump out of cars pretending to be police in the shitty part of town and beat up random black kids?

Wow, scary place.

OK I'm sorry but he def doesn't look 16 and in the first pic, he was def dressing shady.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Every time I have been approached by plain clothes, ("Hey buddy, can I talk to you a sec"), they have ALWAYS displayed their shield from a few paces away, FIRST. IMHO, one of the officers should have had his badge in hand before even getting out of the car. Does anyone know what time of night this happened? To the person who said that being an honor student, a classical instrument musician, and/or a person with no priors, volunteers, goes to church, etc, has no bearing,-- you are wrong!

 

[eits]

He ran from the police. That answers the question on what action he choose to deserve what he got.

There is always a choice - he made the wrong one. Actions and decisions have consequences, let's hope he learned that.

they weren't in uniform.

if you, a random, obviously white, male were alone on a city street and three big black dudes jumped out of a car and started walking towards you, would you run? if they told you they were the police, would you stop? you don't know these people and they're not dressed as cops... it's dark out... there are no flashing lights or sirens... just three black dudes chasing you down for no reason at night... in a city as shitty as pittsburgh.

don't be a tool. think about it from the victim's perspective sometime.

 

[yh125d]

Apparently, in Pittsburgh, being black, you're not allowed to walk down the street with a heavy jacket (It's cold up there in winter I hear) and hands in pockets (again, cold), without police labeling you a "suspicious target" and assuming you have a gun in your pocket


That is with out a doubt, racial profiling.

 

[olds]

Meh. Just because people in civilian clothes get out of a car and say that they are police doesn't mean they are police.

 

[amdhunter]

His image sure changed over a couple of days

If you are trying to say he is cleaning up his act by shaving the dreadlocks off -- those assholes pulled a chunk of hair off his head. He probably HAD to shave it to even it out.

 

[amdhunter]

OK I'm sorry but he def doesn't look 16 and in the first pic, he was def dressing shady.

How the FUCK do you "dress shady?" The only thing that kid did wrong was being Black on a Friday night.

Acting suspicious, dressing shady...some of you people here crack me up.

 

[iGas]

Apparently, in Pittsburgh, being black, you're not allowed to walk down the street with a heavy jacket (It's cold up there in winter I hear) and hands in pockets (again, cold), without police labeling you a "suspicious target" and assuming you have a gun in your pocket


That is with out a doubt, racial profiling.

Screw that, black people in Pittsburgh should walk around with hands on their head and must have a visible identification badge that bare the word Black.

 

[TehMac]

How the FUCK do you "dress shady?" The only thing that kid did wrong was being Black on a Friday night.

Acting suspicious, dressing shady...some of you people here crack me up.

Don't be naive or deliberately dense to try to prove a point. It only makes you and your point all the more weak.

If you are trying to say he is cleaning up his act by shaving the dreadlocks off -- those assholes pulled a chunk of hair off his head. He probably HAD to shave it to even it out.

He's posting before and after pics I think...amirite?

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

If the kid had broken any laws then I am somewhat sympathetic to the fact you've got to do what has to be done to arrest him. They went on a chase and beat the piss out of him so they could question him?

Could the ATOT Indian feller quit pretending to be black? The last thing anyone wants to hear is how difficult it is being black from an Indian.

 

[Hacp]

How the FUCK do you "dress shady?" The only thing that kid did wrong was being Black on a Friday night.

Acting suspicious, dressing shady...some of you people here crack me up.

I'm just saying if you're trying to dress gangster with the dreads, you should be extra careful. If he were dressed neatly and kept his hair well, I'm sure the police wouldn't have suspected him.

 

[ScottyB]

I'm just saying if you're trying to dress gangster with the dreads, you should be extra careful. If he were dressed neatly and kept his hair well, I'm sure the police wouldn't have suspected him.

And if he was just smart enough to bleach his skin, the cops wouldn't have batted an eye. Right?

 

[Hacp]

And if he was just smart enough to bleach his skin, the cops wouldn't have batted an eye. Right?

Hey, he looked the part in the wrong part of the neighborhood. If he were dressed and cut like the last pic, I'm sure the cops wouldn't have touched him.

 

[her209]

Hey, he looked the part in the wrong part of the neighborhood. If he were dressed and cut like the last pic, I'm sure the cops wouldn't have touched him.

What do you mean by "wrong part of the neighborhood"? And what is the "right part of the neighborhood"?

 

[Agentbolt]

Hey, he looked the part in the wrong part of the neighborhood. If he were dressed and cut like the last pic, I'm sure the cops wouldn't have touched him.

You're a racist fuck, you know that? You're seriously trying to make the argument that wearing heavy clothing and having dreadlocks is probable cause for arresting someone.

 

[iGas]

If the kid had broken any laws then I am somewhat sympathetic to the fact you've got to do what has to be done to arrest him. They went on a chase and beat the piss out of him so they could question him?

Could the ATOT Indian feller quit pretending to be black? The last thing anyone wants to hear is how difficult it is being black from an Indian.

Who?

 

[LikeLinus]

Hey, he looked the part in the wrong part of the neighborhood. If he were dressed and cut like the last pic, I'm sure the cops wouldn't have touched him.

That's called Racial Profiling idiot - you are only proving yourself to be a racist prick. It's is a violation of your civil rights, and it is illegal under the U.S. Constitution. Educate yourself.

The kid was NOT doing anything other than being black and walking down a street. The only thing suspect was the color of his skin and the police who didn't like it.

 

[Hacp]

You're a racist fuck, you know that? You're seriously trying to make the argument that wearing heavy clothing and having dreadlocks is probable cause for arresting someone.

Haha, I'm just calling it like it is. If that guy came up to me in the middle of the night with his dreads, I would be scared shitless. You keep seeing crooks on the news with dreads and ragged clothing and your natural instincts start to kick in when you meet someone dressed like that.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Could the ATOT Indian feller quit pretending to be black? The last thing anyone wants to hear is how difficult it is being black from an Indian.

Yep, it gets sort of old....

Black man avatar, the no justice no peace every time a thread like this comes up...

And the victim looks a lot more respectable for the press photos now...

 

[sourceninja]

Honestly, if 3 guys jumped out at me I'd run before even listening to what they had to say. Now if a uniformed officer asked me to walk over here a minute, I'd listen to him. It's very possible they did say police, but he was so stressed out and scared he didn't hear it.

You would think undercover police would understand that they are not always properly identified. However, they made a mistake, and the status quo for police that make mistakes is to try to trump up enough charges to look good in the situation. No one wants to look like they fucked up.

 

[iGas]

Haha, I'm just calling it like it is. If that guy came up to me in the middle of the night with his dreads, I would be scared shitless. You keep seeing crooks on the news with dreads and ragged clothing and your natural instincts start to kick in when you meet someone dressed like that.

Specially if there are 3 of you that are armed, and feels that you are above the laws.

 

[TehMac]

Who?

AMDCunt