Posted on 07/14/2017 10:03:55 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl
Rainbow City PD releases video to refute claims of officer brutality
In an effort to silence claims of police brutality made in a viral Facebook post, Rainbow City police have released body camera video of a traffic stop that occurred Thursday night.
The post, which has been shared 28,600 times as of early Friday evening, claims officers beat, use a stun gun and pushed a man off a bridge around 10 p.m. The post says the man was taken to a Gadsden hospital and airlifted to UAB Hospital, but next of kin was not notified. Photos of the man in a hospital bed with a bloody mouth were also posted.
"Rainbow city beat him half to death and pushed him off a bridge," the post said. "The people who are supposed to serve and protect. He's trying to talk but his whole front row of teeth are knocked out, he had to have his tongue sewed back together and his femur bone is broken he has to have surgery on it."
Chief Jonathon Horton said he found out about the Facebook post Friday morning.
He released a 30-minute video of the incident Friday night, which shows the man jumping off the bridge during the traffic stop.
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Yes, I am a nitpick.
Which doesn't change the fact that a lot of people throw around quotes that they are convinced come from the Bible, but are in reality from, e.g., "Petticoat Junction."
Regards,
All of them will buy her story. She sees dollar signs in front of her face. She forgot there would be video.
“Pro-humanity” is a two way street. Civility and the social contract only apply if all those involved honor it. Juries enforce it using the assumption that those who break it first are the more guilty, and they look more favorably on those who, once it is broken, try to restore it.
The biggest offender of all is not a person, but alcohol and drugs, because they strip people of their civility and let their uncivilized personality come to the fore.
I understand how the police feel the need to show the entire unedited video, but is anyone willing to view the whole thing and post the time stamps of the highlights?
save for later
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The video will make no difference at all to the BLM types. Police Brutality and Police Existence are the same thing to BLM.
I was born in Gadsden, AL. Rainbow city was next door. I remember it as a kid in the 60’s. Its name predates the homo movement.
But that’s where they store all the pots of Leprechaun gold.
Busted in more ways than one.
undoubtedly. but no reason to provide fodder for others to dismiss oneself as boorish. presentism is easily avoided once one is aware of it.
The original Facebook post had been removed, but I archived it last night.
Archive.is is a great tool for archiving things that tend to go away quickly. And it’s free. Just put the bookmarklet tool on your browser and when you’re browsing, just click the button and Archive.is will work in the background saving that page.
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