Watch a cop suplex a protester

[BSmack]

Fast forward past the bullshit parts to about 2:20 in the video.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6c0_1439251762

[mvscal]

I would have driven right through them no questions asked.

[Carson]

Pavement ape meets pavement.

[Screw_Michigan]

Not impressed.

[smackaholic]

Not a duplex, but it was stagger nice body slam. I give it an 8.7

[Diego in Seattle]

As I've said before, I would give them the Rachel Corrie treatment.

Do they really think that those motorists are thinking "those people are keeping me from getting home. I guess the black lives movement is right!"?

[R-Jack]

[Diego in Seattle]

Yet that guy will probably win a lawsuit against the cops.

Win...settle....it's all the same. That guy just won the ghetto lottery.

[Jay in Phoenix]

just a quick non-related drive-by, Brian nice flashback av! Gotta FREEEE the man!

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Police showed amazing restraint, hard to believe that take down was all they did. No mace, no batons, no tasers, again pretty hard to believe.

When there are witnesses present, they seem to do things by the book. Imagine that.

That said, fuck protestors.

[Screw_Michigan]

When there are witnesses present, they seem to do things by the book. Imagine that.

At least they didn't kill him. Low bar, nowadays.

[BSmack]

A better long term question would be to ask why people are willing to risk physical injury and incarceration to get their point across?

[smackaholic]

they are doing it partly for attention and partly because they are brain-dead sheep that listen to the race pimping "community leaders".

My solution, get out the plow trucks. I am fairly sure that when they see a flying V formation of plows bearing down on them, sparks flying everywhere, they will get the fuck out of the way.

[mvscal]

A better long term question would be to ask why people are willing to risk physical injury and incarceration to get their point across?

I really don't give a fuck about them or whatever point they're trying to make. Do you have any other long term questions you would like answered?

[Screw_Michigan]

But what about using sufficient equipment and manpower to corral every fucking one of them into a pen, like sheep, so they can be taken into into custody, processed and then prosecuted?

Have at it.

[mvscal]

[
In a civil society, what should the appropriate police response be when a group of people decide to "occupy" an interstate highway in violation of the law?

A wood shampoo seems reasonable.

[BSmack]

A better long term question would be to ask why people are willing to risk physical injury and incarceration to get their point across?

I really don't give a fuck about them or whatever point they're trying to make. Do you have any other long term questions you would like answered?

Like I expected you to care?

[mvscal]

Obviously you expect someone to care. You seem totally oblivious to the fact that nobody is obligated to give these fucktards or their "concerns" any consideration whatsoever.

[Goober McTuber]

And when you present your response, please be mindful that it is already illegal for police to shoot unarmed individuals who pose no serious threat to them. And in the very few instances when a violation of such laws does occur, the police officers responsible are prosecuted.

Or not. But at least the victim's family cashed in.

[poptart]

That guy did not play 60 mintues.
See what happens.

Got blind-sided and appeared to be shaken up.
Ran into a brick wall and had his bell rung.

He didn't die, right?

[Diego in Seattle]

And when you present your response, please be mindful that it is already illegal for police to shoot unarmed individuals who pose no serious threat to them. And in the very few instances when a violation of such laws does occur, the police officers responsible are prosecuted.

Or not. But at least the victim's family cashed in.

Goobs,

Comparing criminal culpability to civil liability is like comparing apples to oranges. OJ was acquitted of committing a crime, but held liable for the deaths of two people. It happens. In this case, it appears that no criminal prosecution was initiated. I am not privileged to the evidence, and thus cannot express an opinion on whether that decision was proper or not. But the fact that the city paid out $300,000 and an insurance company paid $3,000,000 to settle a civil action does not mean that the decision not to prosecute the cop was wrong.

More to this point, settlements have little to do with right or wrong. More often than not the decision to settle is based upon a municipality's attorneys deciding that going to court could result in more cost & a larger award than the reward of fighting. So to access whether an officer's actions were legal or ethically correct based on whether there is a settlement or not is completely ridiculous.