I thought Holder et al wanted to have a national conversation on race? I guess it is a conversations where there are certain things you are not allowed to say.
“...Holder et al wanted...”
“The news organization MSNBC landed in hot water over a provocative tweet it posted which appeared to mock a police officer who was dragged along the street by a suspect.
The tweet with a video embedded in it, created a firestorm from commenters on social media and news sites. It read: ‘Does it count as a police chase if you drag the cop along for the ride?’
.......The officer, from Savannah-Chatham in Georgia, was taking part in a routine stop May 9 after being called to the reports of shoplifting at a Shell gas station.
After he arrived a shop assistant pointed out Brandon Adams, 23, who was sitting in his car outside, saying he had handed over a fake check a few weeks earlier......
The officer tells Adams ‘OK, real fast, for safety reasons you gotta pull the keys out of the car,’ but Adams refuses, saying he is trying to call his brother.
The cop repeats his request for Adams to take the keys from the ignition, but after he refuses several times, the officer reaches in to remove the keys himself.
Without warning Adams suddenly steps on the gas, with the door still open and the cop clinging to the inside of the car.
The footage shows the police officer being dragged across the forecourt and out into the road before releasing his grip, causing him to tumble down the street.
The camera turns over multiple times as the officer rolls, eventually coming to a stop with his handcuffs laying on the tarmac in front of him.
According to the New York Daily News, he was treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Meanwhile Adams has handed himself in, and is now facing charges of aggravated assault on a police officer and felony obstruction of an office.
According to the FBI, the number of police officers killed in the line of duty spiked to 51 in 2014, up almost 89 per cent from the 27 cops who were killed in 2013, a record low year, MSNBC reports.
The nation has lost several police officers in the line of duty this month. These include officers Benjamin Deen, 34, and Liquori Tate, 24, who were making a traffic stop when they were shot in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. And New York police officer Brian Moore who was shot by a suspect.”