There used to be a time in America not so long ago, that if a person was unresponsive, 911 would be called and the person would be cared for until help arrived. And I imagine that would have happened here, if the roles were reversed.
It is okay - The man down is a Republican and the officer was instructed by Maxine Waters.
“he unresponsive, he dis’pectin me!”
/ Sarc
The guy is not “unconscious” or “unresponsive” and the cop was not beating on him. This is a big nothing burger.
There is another one out this morning caught on bodycam where an officer punched and knocked out a perp while in handcuffs.
Unresponsive, eh? When a cop wants you to respond, you effin’ well BETTER respond, comrade!!! I have a feeling he’ll be more obedient in the future, though! /s
I have a great deal of respect for cops in general. But if I was a cop and saw this, I would be infuriated.
All the dedicated work and sowing of goodwill shot to hell by one short video. Shameful behavior by anyone let alone an officer who’s primary duty is to protect and to serve.
Not a fair story.
It begins right at the moment when the transit cop is standing over the guy.
The guy on the ground is conscious and I actually get the impression that he’s just refusing to leave and put himself on the ground in an act of civil disobedience or what not.
I could be wrong, but so could the article. Complete absence of “pre-story”.
I’m slightly biased on the cop’s side for now until more is known.
There is a war and the war is here.
It's not a repeated action--it's the same moment, cycling over and over again until you click on the arrow and see the whole thing, which seems to take 58 seconds.
I've been treated way worse for way less, gotta say, and I didn't see anything here you could call a punch.
I agree that the guy's not unconscious or unresponsive. On drugs, yes. But unless there's something else, it looks like, as someone said, a nothingburger.
How about we actually find out what is in the rest of this video before we spin narratives, people?
The kids from Covington can tell you why yo need to.
Evidently he was not servile enough to the policeman. That will teach the serf a lesson, bow real low to your betters.
Did you see this one, Nully?
I’m not seeing any punches, and from what I can tell, the “unresponsive” man was actually using passive resistance. 90% bullsh!+.
He sure wasn’t performing a Sternal Rub to see if the guy was OK or not.
We used to use standardized tests to weed out people.
We can't do that anymore.
We can't check peoples' backgrounds.
We can't require tests for knowledge and physical fitness.
Tests were used to discriminate in the archaic meaning; to choose the highest standard as 'he only drives the best and most expensive cars. He has discriminating taste'.
The new meaning, 'to discriminate', is a hate crime.