Philadelphia Police vs Three Suspects…
(posted by marie)
Last week Philadelphia Police were on the hunt for car-jacking suspect, 30-year-old Thomas Jones and his two accomplices. The three triple shooting suspects were pulled over, dragged out of the car and then beaten by twelve Philadelphia police officers during a traffic stop. The police assault was caught on film by the local news helicopter. No weapons were found in the vehicle and five of the police officers were later removed from street duty. Mmm. Seems like the odds were really fair on this one, huh? I read a relevant comment, that sums it up pretty nicely…
“This is not about race. The cops always do this to white guys. There is plenty of footage of cops pulling out three white guys and beating them to shit..right? Oh wait, never mind.”
May 12th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
The DoJ has some data from victimization surveys on carjacking here. I don’t know if there’s victimization surveys for police beatings.
May 13th, 2008 at 3:50 am
I can’t believe the newsreader trying to justify it in terms of ‘high emotions’.
If they cannot control themselves then they have no business being police officers.
If a man beats a woman because she’s slept with someone else, is that justified? His emotions will have been running high, but that is no excuse, and I doubt many would let him off on those grounds.
So much for equality under the law.