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White man cuffed for walking his black grand daughter.

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I'm not seeing where the guy lied, or even where his account differed significantly from the recording. They did demand he put his hands up and step away from the child, and they did forcibly pull his arm behind him and cuff him. So the only discrepancies are that the officer had his hand on his Taser but didn't draw it, and that "rough" may not be the correct description of the handcuffing. Who gives a shit?

The bulk of Henson's complaint is that he was detained, questioned and released by one officer, then swarmed and handcuffed by others a few minutes later. Further, the first officer had phoned in a report about her encounter with him, but the department ignored it and stopped him again anyway. These are the points worthy of discussion, not bullshit about how his memory of the event slightly differs from the video.
 
MotionMan said:
This thread should be linked in every SandEagle cop-hating thread from now on.

Shocking that a citizen would lie about the actions of a cop, no?

MotionMan
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What's the point? He'll still troll every cop thread, even if he responds it will be "yeah, that ONE time the cops were right..."

It'll turn into a score card at best.
 
waggy said:
meh.

there was a report of a white man kidnapping a black girl in the area. WTF do you expect them to do? once he said he is her grandpa let him go with her?

seems it worked out how it is supposed to.
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It's not a question of them stopping him, it's a question on the level of force used against a non combative person.
This goes back to the thread about respect for police/military. Apparently the 1st cop that stopped him talked to him and let him go on his way. The next group came in like Rambo. I guess the only thing we can see good about this is he wasn't a black guy walking his white granddaughter home because they probably would have either tased him on sight or shot him "on accident".
I've seen people stopped for questioning for MURDER treated better than this guy was.
 
JeffreyLebowski said:
It's not a question of them stopping him, it's a question on the level of force used against a non combative person.
This goes back to the thread about respect for police/military. Apparently the 1st cop that stopped him talked to him and let him go on his way. The next group came in like Rambo. I guess the only thing we can see good about this is he wasn't a black guy walking his white granddaughter home because they probably would have either tased him on sight or shot him "on accident".
I've seen people stopped for questioning for MURDER treated better than this guy was.
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Did you even watch the video of what REALLY happened?

He refused to identify himself or provide any ID to the first cop, so they decided to stop him again just to make really sure...and they weren't even close to rough with his sorry ass
 
JeffreyLebowski said:
It's not a question of them stopping him, it's a question on the level of force used against a non combative person.
This goes back to the thread about respect for police/military. Apparently the 1st cop that stopped him talked to him and let him go on his way. The next group came in like Rambo. I guess the only thing we can see good about this is he wasn't a black guy walking his white granddaughter home because they probably would have either tased him on sight or shot him "on accident".
I've seen people stopped for questioning for MURDER treated better than this guy was.
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Like Rambo? Lol STFU
 
zinfamous said:
Fact is, I can almost guarantee you that "colored" is probably more offensive to black people than not--And I would argue that it is because for the older generation that grew up before Civil Rights, it reminds them of a time that was very, very, very bad. I can imagine that hearing that term for someone who knows that time could cause a PTSD-like reaction.
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Possibly, and like you said it depends on their age.

The fact is there is no term to describe "black people" that is accepted by said community. So any time you refer to them as a group someone in that group will be upset. MM is absolutely correct.

This isn't the fault of the people describing the group yet they are the ones blamed (omg racism!!). Catch-22.
 
Phoenix86 said:
Possibly, and like you said it depends on their age.

The fact is there is no term to describe "black people" that is accepted by said community. So any time you refer to them as a group someone in that group will be upset. MM is absolutely correct.

This isn't the fault of the people describing the group yet they are the ones blamed (omg racism!!). Catch-22.
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Thank you. So this.

MotionMan
 
JeffreyLebowski said:
It's not a question of them stopping him, it's a question on the level of force used against a non combative person.
This goes back to the thread about respect for police/military. Apparently the 1st cop that stopped him talked to him and let him go on his way. The next group came in like Rambo. I guess the only thing we can see good about this is he wasn't a black guy walking his white granddaughter home because they probably would have either tased him on sight or shot him "on accident".
I've seen people stopped for questioning for MURDER treated better than this guy was.
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/facepalm
 
waggy said:
no surprise the guy lied.

this is why EVERY time a cop talks to someone they should do it in front of a video and the cops should be happy if someone tapes it.
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People routinely misrepresent the circumstances of the video and it still works against them.
 
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