Phoenix police officer goes way over the top

[brettdale]

This is just sad.

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[zaj]

1. Oh my god

This is nuts

[brettdale]

4. You would think the correct police response would be

Okay a Barbie doll has been stolen, okay the family has little kids in their car. Take their number
plate, get their home address, go to their home, knock on the door, tell the parents that their daughter
may of taken a barbie doll, and then sit down with the family..

and not their actual response which was

GET OUT OF THE FUCKING CAR GET OUT OF THE FUCKING CAR GET OUT OF THE FUCKING CAR.

While pointing a gun in their face.

[JDC]

2. This cannot stand. Every cop there deserves to be fired, no pension.

[peggysue2]

3. It's beyond sad

It's horrible. These men have no business being police officers. If the narrative is accurate and this was all over a barbie doll from the Dollar Store, these cops should lose their jobs. At the least!

[Iggo]

5. Cops. That's who they are. That's what they do. (n/t)

[Jarqui]

6. Saw something like that last week but

no police were around.

A mother in the line for the cash register was holding one child and had another in a stroller along with her items to be purchased. The oldest child, a 2-3 year old toddler, was on foot. She grabbed a doll and headed for the exit. We watched the stroller while the mother retrieved the toddler. Happened three times.

The cashier and everyone in line was smiling amused by the determined, cute toddler.
The furthest thing from our minds was pulling a gun on them.

They ought to make videos like this required viewing during officer training and retraining.
Those officers seem more dangerous to society than most of the criminals they apprehend.

[PufPuf23]

7. Those "cops" should be immediately fired and prosecuted for something.

Their behavior is unacceptable and a threat to the public.

Maybe racist too (sarcasm).

[Mariana]

13. There's no need to put the word cops in quotes.

These are real cops.

[Demovictory9]

8. omg

[Demovictory9]

9. $10million dollar lawsuit filed...good!!!

https://www.theroot.com/family-files-10-million-lawsuit-against-city-of-phoeni-1835523865

[Mariana]

11. As always, all the cops on the scene participated.

It didn't occur to any of them to say to the others, "Hey asshole, get a grip,": or "Put the gun away, idiot," and any such thing. They were all getting off on terrorizing this family.

[MasterofBiscuits]

16. They are cowards

NOT heroes.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. ACAB.

[Blue_playwright]

15. I'm curious...

The store said it wasn’t called in by them. I wonder who called the police? Whomever it was? Took the time to maybe get the plate.

[marble falls]

17. Phoenix PD shoots kids, I'm surprised they didn't shoot the mother.

[ProudLib72]

18. This is disgusting

Fire them immediately.

[Mariana]

19. In most states, it is a felony to threaten to kill someone

in such a way as to make that person reasonably fear for his or her life. Which is exactly what happened here. I wonder if any such law exists in Arizona?

[Liberal In Texas]

20. There are people who should not be cops.

This is one of them.

How do we weed them out? I have no idea.

[Mariana]

22. There were four altogether.

At 1:42 in the vid you can briefly see three cops standing together, then later it pans and you can see the two cops roughing up the woman (that's when the men who were recording protested), and two standing by the SUV. It was probably two at first, and then a backup car arrived. There's just no pretending this was "one bad apple" or even "two bad apples".

[Evergreen Emerald]

23. Those poor babies will be forever affected

by the attacks.

[cwydro]

24. Have the cops been suspended. Or anything?

This should be on the national news.