An officer in Mesa, Arizona was filmed as she punched a 15-year-old girl and then pinned her to the ground. “I can’t breathe,” the girl can be heard yelling over and over again as someone who is identified as the girl’s mother can be seen talking to the cops, apparently begging the officer to let her go. The Free Thought Project, which linked to the video, says the girl’s mother “attempted to explain to the officers that she has mental problems as well as asthma.” The person who posted the video on Facebook on Friday—Luis Paul Santiago—says the girl was a runaway and “emotionally unstable.” She also apparently suffers from asthma.
Santiago described the scene in a comment to the video:
Santiago says the police tried to delete the video off his phone. And when he told a second officer at the scene what he witnessed “the cop said the female cop acted correctly and if she needed to she can shoot her dead.”
By the cops' own admission, the cop initiated unwanted physical contact with the girl. At that point, the girl had every right to resist by punching, kicking, or any other means available to her.
If there is a stink, we must investigate. We must gather evidence because evidence makes us see the truth. Is this the stink of a criminal act, or is it a turd in a bag?
I see cops who lose their way every day, and I don't like that, because their ambivalence is contagious. They infect those around them. They're like maggots. Where you find one, you find a nest.
By the cops' own admission, the cop initiated unwanted physical contact with the girl. At that point, the girl had every right to resist by punching, kicking, or any other means available to her.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/mesa/video-mesa-officer-struggles-to-subdue-teen
Oh, now assault is called "controlling". The TV talking heads are disgusting slime.
DeleteIf you can yell, you can breathe. You ladies need to come off your high horse and accept responsibility for the actions and choices you make.
ReplyDeleteSure sounds like she can breathe just fine judging by how loud she's yelling. Stupid little cunt.
ReplyDelete$10 says your a cop. Do you have he balls to admit it?
DeleteJust a troll is all.
ReplyDeleteIf there is a stink, we must investigate. We must gather evidence because evidence makes us see the truth. Is this the stink of a criminal act, or is it a turd in a bag?
ReplyDeleteI see cops who lose their way every day, and I don't like that, because their ambivalence is contagious. They infect those around them. They're like maggots. Where you find one, you find a nest.
--- Robert De Niro in Cop Land (1997).