This right here is an example of why you can't trust the police.
I wonder if Officer Pringle will be canned. Too many instances of COVID Nazism on display.
Once outside, Detective Pringle slammed Mr. Walker to the ground, face first, causing Mr. Walker to hit his head on the concrete...
Detective Andre Pringle, 45, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for the misdemeanor assault charge.
Let me guess, Brandon Walker is white?
Ironically, the officer violated Social Distancing which is what keeps you safe from Covid. The mask is mostly a virtue signal.
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to support cops these days.
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Not yet officer Pringle you have to wait till the apparatchik is in place first. Once installed you can use all the force you want while herding the non-compliant to a well deserved shower.
So was his nose peeking out? There were gaps between the mask and his face? No...
...allegedly entered the store with his face mask on top of his head
Now that is some serious civil disobedience.
Combination of issues here, IMHO.
You have some in the police that can’t control themselves when provoked, and part of your professionalism / training is being able to stay level headed when being provoked. Let’s face it, few people are smiling and happy when being ticketed, arrested, told to do something... As police, you are representing the authority of the government. You need people that are able to stay level headed and some can’t do that. Some of the people the police deals with have mental issues, or they might just have the worst day of their life, or they are just a juvenile punk that in 10 years will be an outstanding citizen... The point is, the police need to maintain their bearing even if deep down inside you want to smash this assholes skull. You don’t really know the background of why this twerp is acting like an ass, and if you mess him up, the people judging you won’t likely know nor care the background as to why you messed him up.
Many of the interactions police have are “negative.” I’m sure that jades your perception of humanity eventually. You’re dealing with bad folks in some cases (looking for criminals, bad neighborhoods, responding to crimes...) and your interactions are generally negative: tickets, arrests, distrust, people that are angry because nothing is being done in their eyes, or distrust because they feel you’re unfair/unjust...
If you want to stick the police into peoples homes to deal with domestic issues (the police should have never been used for this), if you use them to enforce idiotic rules like the mask, as meter maids to make money, or allow them to stop and frisk... you will make them very unpopular and achieve very little. The police will end up being the punching bag for failed policies as with pot etc. When a college kid is arrested and gets a criminal record for something as silly as pot, do you really think the police just gained the support by the community from this kid, his friends, family??? What did they achieve with the arrest? We need to rethink how communities are policed and the police isn’t even entirely the culprit here, they are just following orders.
First, fire his crusty ass. Then forbid him to own or carry a firearm due to his uncontrollable rage, and then sentence him to a nursing for 7.5 years without parole. And feck mcconnell.
Cop attacks disabled man over failure to wear a mask “properly”.