Emmet Brock was followed, beaten, and arrested Deputy Sheriff Joseph Benza III.
  • pdxfed@lemmy.world
    37·
    3 个月前

    In b4 police union challenges, all are reinstated with back pay and city doesn’t do any about fascists and bigots.

    • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      3 个月前

      Oh sure act all high and mighty but can you really say you wouldn’t…

      …abandon the victim of domestic violence in pursuit of honor?

      You’re just gonna let protected speech occur even when it hurts your feelings?! Pretty soon you’d live in a world where more than one person might momentarily silently lift a body part in a fully legal manner… without even fearing being killed for it.

      • A Phlaming Phoenix@lemm.ee
        5·
        3 个月前

        Here’s what’s really fucked up, though: These cops charged their victim with three felonies (these articles don’t say which ones) and later dropped them to two misdemeanors when the video came out, then dropped the charges entirely when it looked like they didn’t have a case. None of the cops - including the one who left a domestic violence call to beat a man up for flipping him off as he passed - have been charged with anything. The only charges filed in this case have been bogus ones against the victim of police violence.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 个月前

          Please read the article. The police officer who beat the man up was charged and pled guilty. It was federal court and the charge has a maximum sentence of 10 years.

  • Chuymatt@beehaw.org
    7·
    3 个月前

    And they will go somewhere else and continue to oppress and abuse while holding a gun and wearing a badge.

    • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 个月前

      Something worth mentioning since this song is both by the offspring and we’re in <current year>:

      If your definition of racism ends at saying the N-word, you need a new definition of racism.

  • weed_scientist@mander.xyz
    3·
    3 个月前

    The posted article doesn’t mention how he was treated differently for being transgender, which is only reported to be during and after questioning about the incident. This CNN article explains. TLDR, he was harassed by an officer during questioning then booked as a female and kept in female quarters.

    I guess punching his face in wasn’t enough. Makes my blood boil.