This is why they kneel...

[MrScorpio]

Link to tweet

[Eko]

1. Here is a link to the story.

https://fox2now.com/2019/05/07/st-ann-police-defend-conduct-after-arrest-is-caught-on-video/

[ProudLib72]

3. Hmmm

The incident started in St. Peters when an officer attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic citation at I-70 eastbound and I-370. Upon checking the license plate on the vehicle, the officer discovered a warrant in connection to the car, and the driver failed to stop.

According to St. Ann police one person did not comply, refusing to raise his hands, unlock the door or open the window. Video taken by a bystander shows a man in the passenger front seat with his hands up. A detective on the scene standing next to the vehicle then smashes the passenger front window with his forearm and dragged the man out of the vehicle.

The department stated that because of the danger to officers and the public at large, the use of force was necessary to ensure safety.

Doesn't mention what the warrant was. Do warrants usually apply to passengers too? When are the cops going to give the real excuse for their behavior, "Because he was black. Duh!"

[Eko]

4. I certainly think they could have handled that better.

But as you say, we don't know what the warrant was for or who it was for. It could have been for a known associate of the person who's car that is. At this point we don't really know enough to make much of a judgement call in my opinion. That being said I think that the police in our country are way too militarized. My brother is a officer, I see it in him. They look at it as them against us 100%.

[ProudLib72]

5. You might be misunderstanding my comment

A warrant could be for something relatively minor, or it could be for something major. For example, I had a friend who got into an accident while driving a company truck, and the company's insurance wasn't handling it properly. My friend ended up getting pulled over for speeding 5 miles over in a residential (I was in the car at the time). He got arrested and put in jail because of a warrant put out from the accident. I had to bail him out later that day.

What I dislike about the way this was reported is that they say a warrant was issued, as though that is enough to justify the abuse. That plus they seem to think that a passenger is culpable too. At the end of the day, they just need to admit it's a racism thing.

[Eko]

6. ok.

[Fla_Democrat]

7. Maryland vs Wilson?

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[uponit7771]

2. Video shows the guy in the car with his hands up

[Alea]

8. And yet so many here say "only the police should have guns"