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After the murder. They were fired the very next day after murdering a man. When we call it an "incident" our sanitized language steals all of the context and
by jgon 6y ago
After the murder. They were fired the very next day after murdering a man. When we call it an "incident" our sanitized language steals all of the context and meaning of the event.
When a person drinks too much at a Christmas party it is an incident. When someone has a nervous breakdown in public, it is an incident. When someone kneels on a person's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, as they beg for mercy, say they can't breath, and then cry out for their mother it is a murder.
They were fired after murdering a man. Can you imagine that standard being applied to literally any single other field than police officers?
- tux1968 6y agoI have never seen the video and I don't know enough about it to declare it a murder, sorry. The main point of my reply was to assuage the fears of the parent that they would have gotten desk duty and been put back on the street without weeks of protest.
- perfmode 6y agoif you haven’t seen the video and you don’t know enough about it, why do you feel your contributions to the discussion are worthwhile?
- tux1968 6y agoI started out asking an honest question, and afterward offered factual information, not my personal opinion. Even if I had seen the video i'd be very leery of making a legal judgement about murder. I'm very sure those guys shouldn't be police, and at the very least they made a mistake that cost a person his life. I was trying not to get embroiled in a discussion about how the legal case will turn out while still offering some factual information. It simply did not take weeks of protest to ensure that these cops would not be back on the street after some desk work.