Alabama police punch and arrest black business owner who called to report a robbery

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[–]magnora7[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is like many "wellness checks" that end up with the person being checked on getting killed or beaten. It's disturbing how untrustworthy and violent many American police are in the last few decades, and how unchecked those types of reactions are.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, the police are terrible; prosecutorial discretion is even worse. If they like you no charges even if you were rioting and burning down stores (see all the looters let loose recently in large cities with no charges), if they don't they'll throw the book at you and try to stack enough charges to get you 100 years for self-defense (ex. James Fields).

At this point none of it's fixable so I'm not opposed to burning it all down and starting over. The entrenched corruption is too deep to be reformed. The corruption spans from the very top (FBI) to the very bottom (Podunk PD).

[–]magnora7[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sorry for the v.reddit link, but this is absurd. Here's more info:

Penn suffered a broken jaw and some of his teeth were knocked out, his lawyer, Carl Cole, told AL.com. Penn underwent several weeks of treatment, including having his mouth wired shut, his lawyer said.

https://www.al.com/news/2020/06/decatur-police-officer-punches-liquor-store-owner-who-reported-robbery.html

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Get this man a big fat check and charge these cops with assault.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed, preferably a check that costs the police department money instead of just taxpayers

[–]Big_Brass_Balls 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I lol'ed.