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ex-cop sentenced to 5 years for beating a man - Millhouse - 05-09-2018 http://www.newsweek.com/ex-police-officer-jailed-breaking-mans-legs-after-he-falsely-accused-stealing-914624 The Cliff's notes version: A black man went into to WalMart with previously bought tomato he thought was weighed wrongly; he had the receipt on him. On security camera, the off-duty officer working for WalMart thought he was stealing the tomato He confronted the man, and basically just gave a severe beat down with his stick. The officer then altered the police report to try to make it justified. The man who was beaten went to jail for 3 days after surgery on his broken leg. The now retired officer was just sentenced for 5 years for excessive force and obstruction of justice. One thing about this story that does deserve some attention, is that the ex-officer is black. I say that because if he was white, this would have been reported completely different back when it occurred and during the sentencing. Even the multiple articles out there would have made that fact known that a white officer beat a black victim. But for this officer who deserved his punishment, there is no race angle involved. Perhaps there are just bad cops who do bad things regardless of their skin color or race involved. Granted there are a few I am sure that are racist, but I think most of the things we hear that is spun with race involved is just a cop being a d-bag that day. Quote:A former Atlanta police officer has been sentenced to five years in jail after he was found guilty of beating a man he wrongfully believed stole a tomato from Walmart. The officer also falsified a report to cover up his actions. RE: ex-cop sentenced to 5 years for beating a man - GMDino - 05-09-2018 Race doesn't always come into play. When it does it needs addressed. No matter which race is at fault. The problem with that is white people don't want to talk about race and just hopes the problem goes away. Black people always want to talk about race even if the specific incident isn't about that. So when race gets mentioned we have the same arguments over and over and we have a hard time finding out if race was a factor or not. In this case I'd say no. Just an idiot with ego/power issues who "thought" beating a man over a stolen tomato made sense...and then lied to cover up his mistake. Given the circumstances he may have beat anyone...and probably did before. RE: ex-cop sentenced to 5 years for beating a man - Belsnickel - 05-09-2018 Even black people have an implicit preference for white people over other black people. RE: ex-cop sentenced to 5 years for beating a man - Nately120 - 05-09-2018 (05-09-2018, 12:29 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Even black people have an implicit preference for white people over other black people. Yup. I was under the impression that the whole black lives matter thing was more about the fact that in this country "being a black male" is enough of a threat to justify the use of lethal force rather than the notion that white cops are the ones doing it. Semi-related, my gf lives in a super rural area and I told her to please tell her neighbors who I am because at times I have to walk back into the woods to make sure the well is working and I don't want one of her "from my cold dead hands" neighbors to heroically shoot the suspicious hispanic or arab guy who is sneaking around in her woods. This also reminds me of that story I heard about the cops being called on a black cop who was investigating a shooting and looking for bullet casings with a flashlight. It was reported that a suspicious black man dressed as a police officer was shining a flashlight into people's windows, or something. Wacky. Let's just admit we don't trust black men. Hell, I'd wager the people who are the most anti-BLM are the most likely to admit that. RE: ex-cop sentenced to 5 years for beating a man - PhilHos - 05-09-2018 (05-09-2018, 12:09 PM)GMDino Wrote: The problem with that is white people don't want to talk about race and just hopes the problem goes away. Black people always want to talk about race even if the specific incident isn't about that. Or maybe the problem is that people make hasty generalizations about entire groups of people which then puts someone who is a part of that group on the defensive when what is being said doesn't apply to them specifically. RE: ex-cop sentenced to 5 years for beating a man - GMDino - 05-09-2018 (05-09-2018, 01:10 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Yup. I was under the impression that the whole black lives matter thing was more about the fact that in this country "being a black male" is enough of a threat to justify the use of lethal force rather than the notion that white cops are the ones doing it. That was this one:
Don't know if it's true or just a story. More of those here: https://www.vibe.com/2018/04/living-while-black-hashtag-stories/ But people are afraid of people who are different than them. This week's new episode of Roseanne dealt with that pretty well. RE: ex-cop sentenced to 5 years for beating a man - fredtoast - 05-09-2018 (05-09-2018, 11:53 AM)Millhouse Wrote: One thing about this story that does deserve some attention, is that the ex-officer is black. Of course he is. If he was white he would never have gotten 5 years for this. ![]() |