[chessplayer]

For half an hour they pounded on him. I saw a picture of him in the hospital. His "face" doesn't even look like a face. He was tackled, hit with a baton, pinned to the ground, punched repeatedly in the ribs, kneed in the head, Tasered four times and then struck in the face with the Taser device eight times. They crushed his thorax. And the cops attorney says whats the big deal,,,they were only doing their jobs and doing what they were trained to do. In other words, their attorney said cops are trained to torture and murder people.

[mylife]

All my jury experience tells me that 99% of people can’t handle the idea of judging.

[Frank_2001]

What does a cop have to do to a suspect in order to be convicted of murder? Cook him and serve him for dinner a la Hannibal Lecter? /sarcasm

[Kaosinla]

Proponents of the police state don’t like it when it arrives in their narrow sliver of the world nor when it doesn’t advance their cause.

[AlexW]

“,they were only doing their jobs and doing what they were trained to do.”
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Yes, it appears that cops in America are now being trained to be jack-booted thugs. I gather that this has been going on for
the last ten years or so. I think much of it is emulation of the thuggery that is now seen in the movies with most all cops being shown in full swat gear, yelling “get on the ground, get on the ground..NOW!”. The good old boys on the beat are a thing of the past.

[stormhill]

Oh no! There might be protests and riots!!

Oh, wait; vic was white. Man, had me worried there for a minute.
Nothing to see here. Move along.

[Brad from Tennessee]

[Early on in the confrontation, Ramos appears to tell the young man who is sitting on the ground: “You see my fists? They're getting ready to f-— you up!” Another officer is heard telling a comrade: “We ran out of options so I got to the end of my Taser and I ... smashed his face to hell.”]

It may be the jurors were genuinely afraid a guilty verdict would result in this pack of armed sadists descending on them in the dark of night.

[RC one]

that reminds me, I need to buy more guns and ammo.

[Moonman62]

If Thomas was unable to breathe, then how was he able to talk so clearly? He also seemed to be coherent and not having a psychotic episode.

[Misterioso]

The author of this story is Ruben Navarrette, for those who might be interested.

[Michael.SF.]

I normally give the cops a lot of latitude (and take a lot of heat here for doing so), but this is difficult.

Everything I have seen on this case, is these cops should go away for a long time.

this appears to be a travesty.

[Kickass Conservative]

Haven’t heard much about the guy who was being chased and crashed his Corvette in Los Angeles a few weeks ago.

He died, (was murdered), about 10 seconds after he got out of the car.

As usual, unarmed with some mental issues.

[Arthur McGowan]

I have felt this way before, when Terri Schiavo was murdered by judges and Jeb Bush. And no one went to prison.

I pray for justice for these vile murderers. Yes. That’s a threat.

[Bullish]

This makes no sense. I figured this was a slam dunk conviction.

[Gigantor]

The Police were just doing their jobs, following standard procedure. There is no record of any policeman violating any citizen's rights.











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[HiTech RedNeck]

The first punch against such cowardice failed. The second punch is civil action. Which will turn up to be a tax item on that municipality’s budget, so it will be a symbolic victory.

Look, we are not supposed to be serving kings and queens. We are supposed to be governing by and for “the people.” However when “the people” are themselves overcome by cowardice, then the whole country will look cowardly.

In those police we see ourselves, in a mirror, better than we would care to admit. And as long as we pull the scepter of society away from God, that will keep on happening. It will be visibly unjust and it will just keep on a-comin’. The answer is waiting for us at the Throne of Grace but it expects us to come asking for it. We must ask God to clear out our sin and replace it with new righteousness.

“Part” of the answer is still likely a militia. Here is where 2nd Amendment aficionados, who by and large are God fearing yet, could really come out smelling like roses. Calculate the gun-to-atrocity ratio for the militia and the police, and the militia will just look super, and the police like chumps.

[mware]

Am I remembering the details to this story correctly when I say that I remember a priest at the scene attempting to comfort the victim, but stopped by the police from doing so?

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[G Larry]

And folks wonder why the L.A. cops want the populace disarmed.

[pallis]

People think the cops are on their side until they become the next victims of police violence.