Posted on 05/29/2020 9:25:49 AM PDT by USA Conservative
Three night in a row, peaceful protests over the in-custody death of George Floyd quickly turned violent, with multiple building structures set ablaze, widespread looting, and continued rioting.
Many of the so-called protesters were just looters that wanted to take benefit from the situation.
What is even more important the protest made more racial tension when the focus should be placed on police brutality!
While the mainstream media made the video go viral, another video where black cop is chocking another man was not reported by anyone.
The footage was first seen on Friday.
A Jackson police officer, captured by video Friday pinning a young man by the neck backward to the top of a car, is on administrative leave pending an Internal Affairs investigation. In the video that started circulating Friday night, the officer is pressing the young man’s neck as he sounds like he is gagging. A young woman wearing a safety mask next to them keeps saying, “he can’t breathe.”
Jackson Police Department Public Information Officer Sam Brown said that the patrolman’s name is Myron Smith.
“When the video surfaced, it got to Chief James Davis, and he immediately placed (Smith) on administrative leave and turned it over him to Internal Affairs,” Brown said.
On the video, the officer stood over the young man, very close to his face, bending him backward onto the top of the car, seeming to hold him down by the neck and preventing his movement. More than one camera recorded the incident, while some passersby pleaded for the officer to let him go.
“What did I tell you to do, what did I tell you to do? When I told you to leave, what are you out here doing?” Smith shouted, as captured in the video.
The young man struggled to break off the hold, but was overpowered by the officer who kept shouting at him and making a scene on the road. A parked police car can be seen in the video, possibly belonging to the officer.
As he pinned the young man, Smith dared the young man to “make” him do something more, but it was unclear what he meant.
“Make me, make me, I say, make me,” the officer, visibly angry, repeatedly said.
Video below: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2674624239525141
Where is the outrage about this we are all American and we are all against police brutality, but it's 2020 and there is no need of racial tensions in these difficult times.
Here is the pyramid of blame/responsibility in Minneapolis!
1. The officers that did the beating. They actually did it.
2. The police department head. They are responsible for the environment that lead to the officers believing this was acceptable behavior.
3. The Mayor. He selected the head.
4. The voters of Minneapolis. They elected the mayor.
This isn’t even a state issue, much less a fedgov issue. It is a Minneapolis issue.
15 posted on 5/28/2020, 6:23:56 AM by cuban leaf
A Jackson police officer, captured by video Friday pinning a young man by the neck backward to the top of a car, is on administrative leave pending an Internal Affairs investigation. In the video that started circulating Friday night, the officer is pressing the young man’s neck as he sounds like he is gagging. A young woman wearing a safety mask next to them keeps saying, “he can’t breathe.” Jackson Police Department Public Information Officer Sam Brown said that the patrolman’s name is Myron Smith.
Impossible.
Obviously, the black cop throttling another black American does not fit the leftists’ narrative that white cops are the bad guys, and black cops are not. Something which should be abundantly clear to most anyone who pays attention and thinks rationally, cops are cops. For the most part, the uniform they put on to do their jobs supersedes the color of their skin. That has been my experience in life thus far.
And, just like people everywhere, there are some who are good(some even great) at their jobs, then the few who should be not allowed to wear a badge. Unfortunately, the latter are the ones who end up in the news when they come to the surface with their bad behavior. Those few need to be dealt with in no uncertain terms.
For the cameras to roll the color has to be right for them to keep the racism alive,democrats winks.
Kind of apples and oranges here. One resulted in a death and the other didnt. So yeah. Not really the same thing.
Does the lack of description of the “young man” indicate what it usually does?
But this “young man” did not die.
From the one still photo this looks worse than the Minneapolis incident in that this cop is deliberately choking the guy. The George Floyd cop was on his neck for way, way too long, but this cop is in the kid’s face and using his hands to inflict pain and damage. He should be prosecuted, not just fired.
No, you haven’t been paying attention. It’s all Trump’s fault. /s
dying is worse then not dying
A black cop chokes a white guy.
How is this relevant to anything? If he is a bad cop, get rid of him.
Neither incident is worthy of burning down your town.
Both incidents ARE worthy of the public protesting.
I am not sure what point is trying to be made here?
The point is the media’s double standard and their continual attempts to divide us racially.
The media cannot not MAKE you feel anything.
Teach your children to think for themselves. They know right from wrong.
If you allow anyone to make you feel anything...that is the wrong way to do it.
Is the kid dead? If he isn't then what relevance does the video have to the Floyd situation?
You didn’t look at the video, did you?
I never watch the videos posted by Freepers. They of usually full of computer syphillis. I don’t need to watch it to understand the point being made.
There are people on FR who get outraged when two events are not treated the same. Over and over again, they like to point out how whites have been victimized. It’s like they think it justifies the actions in both incidents.
In my mind, the answer is that all of the incidents suck. If you knew about the first event and did not protest it...then shame on you. But you probably didn’t.
Should we burn down the cities because of this? Of course not.
But your expectations of the media are way, way too high.
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