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Kansas City MO today. The guy is standing there telling the police not to use excessive force. I'm pretty sure that's legal. So they use excessive force to arrest this guy peacefully standing on the curb.
Some people in the comments are saying this was Sunday, if so I am sorry it showed up on a reporter's twitter that I follow today with no date.
Zombingaround
These are professional police. Emphasis on "professional". No wonder there's police brutality, bunch of highschool bullies running the show.
RamosIsANerd
Arrested for shouting? The Beastie Boys better watch out!
DogLuckyLuckyDog
Aaaaaannnd that's how you get a riot.
inkpod
He literally said they overreact in the moment... then they overreact.
wallyparadise
I know this is minor compared to all the other reasons they shouldn’t do this, but: why give in to the taunting like that?
kawaiitankguy
because those cops are stupid, scared, and poorly trained.
areyougonnaeattherestofthat
Stinking pieces of shit. Out of order and unnecessary. Cowards.
Sinrock
More cowards downvoted this too. Losers.
squashpirates
Thin skinned, meat head cops
York13
apparently were not all in this together..
horseWnoname
cant wait to hear the boot lickers take of this one...
silentwolf1999
They dont lick anymore, they gag on it.
horseWnoname
kinky...
Diggitydigdigs
Trump felt his free speech was hurt because he was getting fact checked on Twitter. Surely he’ll take action to defend this guy’s right 1/2
Diggitydigdigs
To free speech. *rolls eyes* 2/2
Souljah42
Planet shifts off axis due to high caliber wye rolling.
SpeedBeetle
rsmgod287
When the wounds heal, we will all be paying for the lawsuits from police department
SpeedBeetle
Fines and fees should be paid out of the pensions. We'll see how quickly they break.
T0go
CM0RDuck
Don't worry about the monetary cost. Be concerned for the lives it will cost.
ErickEpstein
Perfect example of why people are pissed. Get that video, sue the police. Damn cowards pepper spraying. We need police 2.0
coolranchchips
i mean these kinda are the 2.0 ya dig
Nalianna
police 3.0 ?
FrostySteve
I know folks like to talk about a few bad apples... This is a *formation* of police taking action here. This is a cultural problem.
KinetoPlay
I'm curious. Are these those "good" cops I keep hearing so much about?
LieselSkywalker
#policeriot
T0go
https://twitter.com/i/status/1267881711796457477
drakewarnock
That one might be that looters made it into the store and got stuck so the owner called the police their himself. I say might because 1/
drakewarnock
2/ the only evidence I've seen of that is a screenshot of an instagram post where the owner replied to a question about the police 2/
drakewarnock
3/ breaking into the store. But when I went to the instagram itself that reply isn't actually there. So it might have been deleted or 3/
drakewarnock
4/ I might be unable to see it for some other reason.
Billybologna
Word, what the fuck is happening. I have never felt so betrayed
spiffylookingnerfherder
I now have additional questions.
braaaiiiiinnnnsss
Fucking criminals.
Decitron
Where are your good cops to stop this shit? Where are they when bad cops need to be arrested? There are no good cops.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
transientmind
Is there a wiki page or something for this?
Nalianna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_riot
transientmind
Oh, that was embarrassingly front and centre! I assumed it was tucked away inside of a related article! Thanks. :)
graehall
On point, as always mate.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
crocodilelove
American police are fucking cowards
iluvplants
Wow. His first amendment rights were just violated. No one in that crowd seemed to be doing anything threatening prior to being assaulted!
qixx23
Threatening isnt protacted by first amendment
iluvplants
Don't waste my time being silly. It is clear in that footage that he was not a threat to those officers.
qixx23
Yup good thing we only saw the edited clip
weneedmorequestions
As a German: It is absolutely sad to see how one of the countries that freed us from fascism over 70 years ago is now sinking into chaos.
mity0k23
Time to call in the army to protect the citizens from rogue costumed murder-clowns.
PonySlaystation5
Time for Trebuchet.
guy73378
We would be down to stand in line, hands joined, and play a three sided red rover
gsholbert
Jk the cheeto in chief is backing the police and not the people
Agentoatmeal
Sadly, it's going to be the other way round.
CerisCinderwolf
Where the fuck is Frank Castle when we need him...
Christx30
I don’t trust any branch or level of the government to do the right thing. I hope I’m proven wrong.
rossdonohue
Buddy, they did that in Egypt, doesn’t end well
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TurtleBrawler
I'll be honest, that man kept his composure mich longer than I could. Props to him
xgilgaladx
Having family in the armed forces...dude could literally fall asleep listening to that petulant child try to bitch him out. Mad respect 1/
xgilgaladx
To anyone who is willing to learn this kind of restraint. I don’t envy the process...but yeah...soldier is probably thinking about dinner
drcookieninja
Plus... The one who controls the army is the one who wants to dominate and use aggressive tactics in protestors.
Hellstorm99
Bring in the USMC.
mity0k23
Oorah!
Hellstorm99
Semper Fi from a man who was 4f But applied nearly a dozen times to be a corpsman. Also son of a RET MAJOR USMC
MrChurch
I mean, killing everyone on both sides would end the violence.
Hellstorm99
Marines wouldn’t do that. Marine and navy fighter pilots put their aircraft out and way from civies when crashing. Go down with aricraft if
Hellstorm99
... necessary. Army, airforce, they just bail. Pull the eject and let what happens happen. Never disrespect the Corp. those men die for us
MrChurch
I was in for 6 years.
mity0k23
I don’t think marines would do that.
MrChurch
I spent 6 years in the Marines. Most would do that...
mity0k23
I know you’re saying that tongue in cheek. You’d shoot the clowns with the guns first, and the rest would scurry while you’re doing that.
ericus220
Seconded. Military shows extreme restraint under RoEs unlike the police. If mil acted like the police do, we'd have killed way more ppl
mity0k23
I remember talking to friends in the marines who’d been in the shit about all the training they got on sit-aware de-esc, community work...
SigPistols
@op actually happened Saturday, source: I was there.
T0go
thanks
SigPistols
Not that it makes a diff, but we need to make sure what we post is accurate. Way too many things going around spreading false narratives
Tomadzo
Where the fuck are the mayors? Who are the police really answering to?
hbaq246
Asking the right question!!! Now ask why this happens in mostly democratically ran municipalities. That answers would be good.
thehankventure
KCPD is run by the state not the city due to Tom Pendergast corruption with police in the 1920’s and 30’s
hwatL4bloopy
Union chiefs
alpacasaurusrex
He -just- told cops this wasn’t acceptable and he’s getting rid of curfews & not allowing cops to come unless called today. After they
alpacasaurusrex
blinded a man and gassed children.
InquiziTor
Mayor Lucas did?
alpacasaurusrex
Too little, too fraking late. Should have happened days ago.
Hybris51129
Its frustrating to watch everyone act so slow.
BlindSide92
Yeah, Mayor Lucas has been consistently making changes and siding with protestors. not really a surprise he told PD to back off.
alpacasaurusrex
It took him WAY too long to make them stop wholly.
alpacasaurusrex
https://twitter.com/QuintonLucasKC/status/1267933776157511681
Zer047
Is that legal? Seriously can the police in the US just grab someone off the side of the road, mace everyone nearby, and "arrest" him?
qixx23
Well, when ur yelling threatening word and pushing towards inciting, yes its legal. You all say words are weapons and hurtful right?
fletchfletch
How was what he said inciting anything? Condeming, sure, but at what point did he in any way threaten those officers?
qixx23
Probably right before the clip started. See how he was already saying the would come after him? We dont know. This is why i hate 10 secclips
reuvil
Yes, because the entire system; police, courts, city, county, judges, prosecutors are never going to punish a Police Officer 99% of the time
Zer047
Could the guy sue?
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TheIrishman35
They maced them because the girl tried to prevent them from arresting the guy and he also tried to resist. Doesn’t make what happened right
TheIrishman35
But if they are trying to detain you just let them. struggling will result in what we just saw refuse to talk without a lawyer and let them
TheIrishman35
Handle it and possibly sue for unlawful arrest. Plenty of evidence here to prove it.
idontknowhowthissiteworks
The resisting and the current situation 100% justified the mace to prevent escalation. Let them take you and sue for wrongful arrest later.
idontknowhowthissiteworks
NO ONE comes out on top by resisting arrest. Ever. Why don’t people understand this? It literally causes half of the problems we are seeing.
Dimr3ver
Aren't there plenty of looters to pepper spray and arrest? Why is the force directed here?
hwatL4bloopy
BC it's easy
EvilDeadTed
Because they're Fascist.
T0go
i don't think there really are that many looters. i doesn't take 1000 people to smash some glass and start fires
Dimr3ver
Hmm....you probably right.
GuideWire
I want to say racism, but, would say more blue vs everyone else (due to the black officer) . As well as classism and economic status.
VillainVillain
Right, the only black officer in the world, cause you can only say racism if its full white cops. But you can since no black cops get heat
EvilDeadTed
It's not racism, it's fascism.
nslavik
No it is racism. It’s not racist in the fact it’s white officer and black person. But rather AAs are disproportionately policed
TheNaut131
Racism is nestled somewhere in there too. It at least helps shape and direct the other two and vice versa. Things can have multitudes.
DrKriegersClone
They'll go off on anyone they don't like the look of. Black men are at the top of the list of who they don't like the look of because of 1/
DrKriegersClone
2/ racism, but anyone publicly criticizing brutality is a target right now.
thisnameisntfunny
Ages ago read how Black cops are equal or more likely to cross the line as white officers. Theory is it's an attempt to prove loyalties.
Kittynomnoms
Could also just be a problem with police conditioning. As in, who you're taught to be afraid of and react to with extreme prejudice.
thisnameisntfunny
Very well could. I wish I could remember the details... I just really remember being struck by the info.
DeleteDead
It’s not surprising the cops are protecting The Plaza, one of the most rich-white-racist-asshole areas in KC metro. Hate going down there.
AnythingMuchShorter
Gotta protect the cheesecake factory.
my1rstlaptopwas34inchscreenup
DarkSock
My dream is for people in this country to one day have the freedom of speech…Perhaps even amend it into the constitution if at all possible?
qixx23
You all say words are weapons and then say "he was only yelling" when he hes held accountable. Either are weapons or they arent.
Varimothras
Buddy, I've got good news and bad news.
DarkSock
meltedfaceguy
You have the right to free speech (unless your dumb enough to actually try it). - Joe Strummer of the Clash, 1982 "Know your Rights"
JamJarre
Identify the leader, remove them from their followers
blubbstar
exactly
SpeedBeetle
Yeah, worked great in South America and Iraq.
DeleteDead
JFC - my own fucking city. Fucking disgusting the way the cops are handling this.
InquiziTor
How will mayor Lucas respond to this video though? Just asking.
myothertotesweremcgoat
He had a series of tweets earlier outlining his plan https://twitter.com/quintonlucaskc/status/1268009160790216706?s=21
KCchemist
Don’t worry, we’re having a unity march tomorrow. That’ll make it alllllll better ?
alpacasaurusrex
Idk if this is sarcasm or not.. thank god the mayor banned them from doing shit unless called. Let’s see how long that lasts.
pilotperson
That emoji sets the tone of sarcasm, as I see it.
alpacasaurusrex
See, I wasn’t quite sure. I’m Sheldon Cooper unless I’m dishing out sarcasm, I have a hard time understanding it. And in this day and age
alpacasaurusrex
you can’t ever tell anymore.
BlindSide92
we were making progress too... Mayor Lucas has been doing great, but officers like this are undoing all of it
fredh67
It's one of those cases where it's not one bad apple - it's a bunch that not only didn't stop it, but joined in. Every LEO there was wrong.
fredh67
I come from family of LEOs and Firefighters, and seeing this kind of thing really kills me inside.
BlindSide92
I grew up wanting to be a cop. went to Lenexa's citizen's police academy and talked with them. those are good guys. KCPDs making me question
BlindSide92
Lenexa PD's chief did put out a statement essentially saying the protestors are right to be angry, so got that going at least.
GingerPerfect
RootMeanSqr
When he got elected.
nalananda
2014...
ResplendientXHunter
"There's always a tweet."
Fredacar
I really need someone to Photoshop a gif of qui gon jinn saying "there's always another tweet"
PolarbearsToenails
There's always a tweet
itrynottocommentbutyoumakemecringe
If this is going to keep happening, the crowd is going to charge a group of police, and then it’s going to get even worse.
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
The good news: Trump predicted the results of his election. The bad news: Trump predicted the results of his election.
WastingMyLifeOneMemeATaTime
Exevium
He did not say that. Did he?
Nineteenletterslong
yeah, he said that about Obama's administration. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-tweet-weak-leadership/
heywoodjabme
Change the date to today and it is more accurate.
GlennQuagmireIsMyHero
UnicornCock
Who would down vote this
CertifiedPreOwnedButtPlug
Bootlickers
UnicornCock
And bots
GlennQuagmireIsMyHero
dogsarebetterthancats33
Don’t care
ThatOneGuyFromTv
Don't bother guys he literally posts "don't care" on everything. Let him be sad
TheRealArclight
protoman1080
Don't care? Don't vote
The13thDude
Your boy Donny is a child rapist
freiman
I honestly didn't think he was that bad at first, at least the economy was up right? But he's just not someone that can lead the people.
Mustardisfood
Baby for the caaaage here! Baby for the caage!!! The economy is booming. Another baby for the cage! Baby for the caaaaaage here! Baby cages.
freiman
Plus he has revealed himself to be even more awful as a person than even the worst predictions
Varimothras
The economy was already on a sustained upswing because of the Obama administration.
ineverwantedtodothis
Man I feel sorry for you if you didn't immediately realize that hes a dumb fucking moron. Always has been. It baffles me how ppl don't see i
TheNeub
The economy was up no through his actions, but the actions of the previous president.
bronx72a
Also, see Germany, 1930s.
spetcnaz
Economy was up on paper. It took two weeks to bring it all down.
Gherkincensed
Tech stocks are back up...while the people are still way down
spetcnaz
Exactly. That shows that it's all on paper. A person who is about to get evicted doesn't care how well the market is doing.