There must be a better way of dealing with things like this, our lot use restraints, cs spray and tazers if trained. I get guns are more readily available in the US but their cops seem very trigger happy.
OK, looking at the history of the bloke, the fact he's not doing as told, and they reckon he was going for a weapon, they reacted. Over reaction - perhaps, but yet again do as you're told. If some copper pointed a gun at me, i wouldn't just do as i was told, I'd shit myself in the process, what's wrong with these people?
Is this a racist incident though? Had they shot some white trash with a mile long rap sheet, in the exact same circumstances, would people be rioting or just shrug and turn to page two. The bloke would still be a human being where (to us watching to video) excessive force seems to have been used.
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Back to blighty with that other link - clear case of racist coppers stopping the black driver.
Or perhaps - police inspector was going a bit fast, realises he's in the poo. "These were alleged offences that could have ended my whole career". So plays his face, pulls his badge and then puts in a complaint.
Its investigated, no wrong doing found.
Now, probably with other influences over his shoulder saying you can't leave it there, he decides to follow through and go to court.
Is he having to keep up the image, or does he have a genuine case?
"In my view it's not the whole organisation that's like that, it's only a few individuals that are causing this issue". Thats the only bit of that report I 100% believe, from either viewpoint.
Should be interesting how it pans out - somebody is at best not reading a speedo correctly, at worst lying, and even worse targetting black people unlawfully ..... either way, cops in the wrong and David gets a result lol.
