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Nevilledog

(51,200 posts) Thu Jul 14, 2022, 04:51 PM Jul 2022

TN police sued for roughing up family: "Sucks to be you."

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EAST RIDGE, TN @CityofEastRidge police are out of control — getting sued for roughing up, even tasing a family without cause. Charges dropped, but the cops are still working. Two were sued for other abuse also.

FULL: https://newschannel9.com/news/local/sucks-to-be-you-east-ridge-police-body-cam-shows-what-lawsuit-calls-forceful-arrest…

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4:53 AM · Jul 14, 2022

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/sucks-to-be-you-east-ridge-police-body-cam-shows-what-lawsuit-calls-forceful-arrest

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TN police sued for roughing up family: "Sucks to be you." (Original Post) Nevilledog Jul 2022 OP

Again, red shithole state TN is an international disgrace! SheltieLover Jul 2022 #1

Yet another reason why cannabis needs to be made legal nationwide. Haggard Celine Jul 2022 #2

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

1. Again, red shithole state TN is an international disgrace!

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Jul 14, 2022, 04:53 PM

Jul 2022

I hope the family wins big & that those officers rot in prison!

Haggard Celine

(16,856 posts)

2. Yet another reason why cannabis needs to be made legal nationwide.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Thu Jul 14, 2022, 05:09 PM

Jul 2022

"Because I smell marijuana," is often how these shakedowns, tasings, and sometimes, deaths, begin. That little weapon needs to be taken away from these "officers" of the law. They have always abused it and they are still doing it, constantly.

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