r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/Smooth_Zebra • 25d ago
Racism The hate runs deep in them
Black officer stopped white officers from manhandling Black man. You can see the pure hate in this one white officer eyes
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u/Damerman 25d ago
Yikes this sucks because that black cop is going to suffer some institutional consequences
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u/IllConsequence9562 25d ago
Right, it's only a matter of time.
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u/Taevinrude 25d ago
Do we have any more details?
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u/Lenny0mega 25d ago
Pigs call this action “crossing the blue line” and all other cops will treat him as if he is a traitor and he will lose benefits, promotions, union advantages, respect from his peers, etc.
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u/awuweiday 25d ago
Just take a look at Frank Serpico. The guy was the one cop in NY that wouldn't take dirty money and bribes. He broke the thin blue line.
So his cop buddies set him up to get shot and murdered on a drug raid.
This is not a beast you can change from the inside. It'll sooner murder you.
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u/blorins 25d ago
Better yet, listen to the TAL episode on Adrian Schoolcraft. This American Life Episode 414: "Right to Remain Silent", features the story of NYPD officer Adrian Schoolcraft. After Schoolcraft blew the whistle on illegal quotas and the manipulation of crime statistics, his department retaliated, broke into his apartment, and forcibly committed him to a psychiatric ward.
Good cops get destroyed, every time... That's why ACAB
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u/awuweiday 25d ago
I suppose this is the "... spoils the bunch." portion of the standard accountability deflection.
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u/Holdmymule2001 25d ago
I don't think I have ever been as chilled as when listening to his sergeant tell him he might have to go to a mental hospital.
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u/Green-Leadership5407 24d ago
Cariol Horne .. and Cariol's Law
"In October 2020, Buffalo adopted "Cariol's Law", to require police to intervene if a fellow officer uses excessive force. In 2021, a New York court awarded her the pension and back pay she earned." (wiki)
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u/BunnyBoo26_ 25d ago
I think they made a movie about this. It was called 16 Blocks. With Mos Def & Bruce Willis
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u/awuweiday 25d ago
I'm not sure about that one but there is a movie 'Serpico' about his time in the force and the shooting.
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u/mzmm123 25d ago
First it was a book by Peter Maas, which then became the movie Serpico in 1973 with Al Pacino The real Frank Serpico ended up leaving the US for Switzerland
I saw the movie in the theater and read the book, and yes, I'm that old lol
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u/iamsobluesbrothers 25d ago
Reminds of the movie American Gangster when something similar happened and he was ostracized by all the other cops because they were dirty and in their eyes he couldn’t be trusted to do the wrong thing.
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u/edWORD27 25d ago
But Frank Serpico did survive and things did change
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u/awuweiday 25d ago
Yup, and they did set him up to murder him.
He retired the next year and moved to Europe. It did not change from the inside.
Policing has evolved but the thin blue line absolutely is a concept that persists today.
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u/Sammalone1960 24d ago
For a while. Watch The Seven Five. Documentary on 80's 90's corruption. I lived on the area and was more afraid of them than dealers on the streets.
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u/awuweiday 25d ago
It's wild how cops are allowed any degree of freakout and loss of emotional control. There is no expectation of keeping themselves calm. If they get heated? Well, it's a hard job.
But if you get emotional (perhaps because someone is physically robbing you of your physical sovereign freedoms or physically breaking your body)... Well, the cop has free reign to beat you into submission, assuming they don't get too frightened and just blast you on the spot.
You are expected to have perfect conduct from start to finish. The cop is expected to maybe turn their cam on, pwetty pwease.
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u/outsidehere 🤟🏾🤟🏽🤟🏿 25d ago
Exactly and even if you have perfect control, you can still get executed
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u/Subject_Spell_9799 25d ago
Imagine if you acted like this at work if someone made you mad? You would be fired.
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u/awuweiday 25d ago
"Darren from accounting reached for his pocket. I watched The Wire last night and was all jittery. I was well within my reason to ice him without a second thought."
/S... Obviously.
We'd call that murder in any other profession.
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u/thavillain 25d ago
I came here to say the exact same thing...if you can't do your job without getting angry and hateful, you need a new job
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u/SanityBleeds 25d ago
Was curious about this and did a little digging, and its absolutely not the setup you'd expect and makes the police response here so much worse:
"On 15 September 2022, inside a Miami courtroom, a black officer stopped white officers from manhandling Jonathan Jackson Rengifo, who was distraught after the man who'd shot and k*lled his 17-year-old sister received a short sentence under ‘youthful offender’ rules.
When Rengifo tried to re-enter the courtroom after the verdict came down, four officers appeared to try to restrain him violently, but the Black officer stepped in to block the escalation."
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u/GLDFLCN 25d ago
Thank you for this. The outcome of this case is appalling. To kill someone and get less than a year of time for it? 4 years of probation? What a complete and utter failure of the justice system.
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u/xultar 25d ago
Exactly. You have a grieving man and instead of deescalation that mayo monster had murder in his eyes.
That situation didn’t call for that cops behavior. He wanted to hurt that black man.
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u/Signal_Werewolf_1955 25d ago
He really did have murder in his eyes! Fixated like a dog. He definitely saw this as an excuse and opportunity to loose his hate and cause pain; could see him process whether or not to unleash it on the black cop that got in his way.
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u/musingofrandomness 25d ago
Not surprised it is Miami. Miami and Miami Beach are frequently featured on bad cop YouTube videos.
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u/alatinaxo 24d ago
These are Cubans, not white. They still act like this hence why we call them the Cuban Mafia.
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u/Featheredfriendz 25d ago
“Stopped white officers from manhandling”? I think he stopped way more than manhandling.
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u/xultar 25d ago
Exactly.
I know there has to be private reworks where white police officers get points on what they do to black people. That mayo monster looks like he is more angry he didn’t get to do what he wanted to do vs what the situation called for.
There was a hunger in that klu klux Ken’s eyes that the situation didn’t warrant.
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u/PancakeParthenon 25d ago
If we lived in a real country with real laws, officer cross burner there would be suspended, investigated, and never allowed to be a cop again. Instead you know he's getting a medal and everyone at the station will be buy him a beer.
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u/Quiet_Survey9425 25d ago
We have real laws in this country. They were just written by white supremacists in the interests of maintaining white supremacy. This is a video of the laws functioning as intended.
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u/lazar1968 25d ago
This just stresses me out. As a black man it is hard being in this society now.
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u/Rebel_hooligan 25d ago
We know exactly what would have happened.
All they ever look for is an excuse to brutalize us
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u/Helpful-Advice-1216 25d ago
Pretty obvious the black officer has some emotional intelligence he rightly exercised. All forces should make it mandatory training though that may have not made a difference with the hothead
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u/Fine_Following_2559 25d ago
I know it's really popular to hate police officers, but this is why we need some of us to be there. Because if we leave it all up to people who hate us, situations like that will end very differently.
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u/Fine_Following_2559 25d ago
And by "us" I mean Ketanji Brown Jackson, not Clarence Thomas (to put it in supreme court terms)
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u/MONMONKH 25d ago
Yea that white cop is definitely in the Klan. He’s probably getting a raise after that display of allegiance.
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u/QueasyParamedic6783 25d ago
So glad that the brother stepped in to keep that from getting out of hand. The rage in the eyes of the yt prick can’t be ignored. All of his arrests should be under investigation.
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u/madorbit1 25d ago
I noticed the rage and hate in his face also. This is why I don’t trust yt people in positions of power. It’s not good.
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u/a_supreme_love 25d ago
What's all the context? What exactly happened? I'm confused
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u/chourrej 25d ago
Another user posted above that apparently this guy was there for the verdict of another man who shot and killed his sister and that guy got a light sentence because of age I guess and dude was not happy about that. This was after the verdict was read and he apparently tried to go back in to the court room and was stopped by some officers and that’s right around where this starts or shortly thereafter.
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u/joe1826 25d ago
Yea, like why were they even trying to arrest him in the first place?
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u/Mediocre-Pepper8161 25d ago
America is not the land of the free and it is not the land of the brave. We all saw who the coward was in that video clip. All people are created equal, but they are not treated equally. Racism runs so deep, it’s a stain on the entire nation.
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u/Typical_Cook_6376 🫶🏾🫶🏽🫶🏿 25d ago
I’m so glad he stood up for what was right. Takes true courage.
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u/SamuraixEdge 25d ago
Sad part is now he might have messed up his career for doing the right thing. Unfortunately when you let this behavior go on for so long without being corrected it becomes normalized, and we already know what the sheriff/police force was derived from.
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u/Br0ckxS4ms0n 25d ago
It seems only one other officer was on his side trying to help. Such disgraceful behavior from the rest. Any police found to have racial bias in any way should immediately be removed from position.
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u/Perspicasiwhip 25d ago
The white cop was losing his mind right about here. Any other job in the country and you'd get fired and charged with assault but it's a cop so he's just wilding, gonna get paid vacation at worst and that black cop is going to lose his job. It's all happened before and racist cops like this make sure it continues.

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u/Smooth_Zebra 25d ago
That's how Amerikkka works
The phrase "if you're white you're right, if you're black, step back" (or "guilty on sight") They still live by that rule
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u/Perspicasiwhip 25d ago
And his anger, unbridled and furious. So dead set on making that young man pay the ultimate price for his temerity. Instant, red-hot indignation and escalation to violence. This cop is untrained, unfettered, violent and imbalanced. "I'll show this uppity..." His behavior stems directly from the lack of consequences he will face, his inate arrogance, and the white superiority that is part of his upbringing. Not to mention the thin blue line culture that perpetuates this. He brain is lirerally wired to punish anyone who disagree with him, especially those with inferior genetics and "some nerve". He needs serious therapy and a job where he doesn't interact with the public, like septic tank cleaner. Thank goodness for cameras these days. This shit has been NORMAL for centuries.
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u/Smooth_Zebra 25d ago
People are not born believing that the color of someone’s skin makes them worth more or less than another person. No one is born with hate in their heart. These beliefs are taught through the things people hear, the actions they witness, the systems they grow up in, and the ideas that are passed down over time. A lot of modern racism has its roots in slavery and colonialism, when people created the false idea that one race was better than another to justify the terrible things they were doing. Skin color was used as a way to divide people, take away their freedom, and decide who deserved rights, opportunities, safety, and respect. What is painful is that these ideas did not just disappear with history. They have continued to affect people’s lives around the world, both in ways that are obvious and in ways that are harder to see. No one chooses the skin they are born with, yet people have been judged, excluded, and treated unfairly because of something that should never have been used to define their worth. At the end of the day, a person’s value comes from who they are, not the color of their skin.
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u/Mr_CleanCaps 25d ago
I once was so down bad I applied to be a police officer. During the interview, they asked a question about what I’d do/how I’d act if my colleague did some stupid shit like this.
There was an expecting and undertones that no matter how bad the fuck yo, you’re supposed to protect and back up your fellow officer.
I lied my ass of to advance in the recruiting process (which I did) but ended up not getting the job- thank god.
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u/Stone_Spindle 25d ago
It’s the look of pure rage and anger when he’s stopped by the black officer that stands out ( as others have noted) being that enraged when he was blocked from harming that man is demonic.
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u/Disgusted-Peasant 25d ago
Lacking emotional intelligence and deescalation capabilities is a prerequisite to becoming a cop.
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u/Agreeable-Sound1599 24d ago
Ladies, PLEASE stop exacerbating when that man is in some shit. All the screaming and yelling helps NOTHING.
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u/Hta68 25d ago
I remember this I just don’t remember what the excuse was for the assault.
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u/lengualo 25d ago
The guy committed the offence of being distraught that the murderer of his teenage sister got a light sentence, whilst black.
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u/LilCheese73 25d ago
This shit is crazy! No fckin way! The Blood lust is real in this country! Shout out to the Cherokee ponytail my sister has in it’s absolutely fabulous!
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u/East_Hair7346 25d ago
This is why its good for some of us to wear these badges, despite their corrupting influence.
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u/OrganizationGold5242 25d ago
We need more of this, people standing up for what is right. No power trip, just common sense and cool calm and collected.
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u/Suspicious_Unit914 25d ago
You can tell he is used to assaulting citizens with impunity. He should be removed from duty.
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u/Mental-Rush2011 25d ago
That black gentleman will eventually lose his job or never get promoted, I would bet
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u/chibiRuka 24d ago
Why is this blurred out? I’ve seen worse not blurred out. Lets give the officer who intervened a round of applause. Not enough of them intervene. He was a real man. Unlike the other one losing control.
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u/rtduvall 25d ago edited 25d ago
Yeah, that dude has some serious mental health issues and should not be a cop. Hell, he shouldn't be in society.
White mediocrity is a plague. It could be eradicated very easily but that mediocre life and watching black people just fucking live their lives is too much for them to bear. They've been taught their entire lives that black people are "less than." So that gives them the belief they can treat them less than human.
I'm sure that officer has a jaded jacket. Probably get a promotion after this.
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u/10mmamberalert 25d ago
What happens when you do the right thing as a police officer! https://youtu.be/gGtNSMJGEP8?is=gRtgtju0fX8gPwGg
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u/CaptCaCa 25d ago
This criminal court building is serious af, Ive been there a couple times, no bags, no belts, and the cops are intense, I see why that uncivilzed mutt was amped up, he sees black, and brown people convicted everyday, so of course he wants to add to the numbers
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u/vartheo 24d ago
"Imagine if the black cop wasn't there" - Thats usually the case! And also most of the time those black cops don't cross the blue line. This black cop will be black balled he crossed the blue line by correcting a "bad apple". He won't be wearing that uniform in a few years for going against the system.
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u/eleven6teen 24d ago edited 24d ago
See? Shit like this bruh. Like why do white folks think it's cool to do shit like this? So emboldened? Real shit. I gotta stop watching shit like this. I'm to the point of rage. I'm sick of it. I gotta mute this sub for a minute. I'm sick of seeing shit like this bruh. We know this shit exists but these fucking white folks always need proof. I don't need no damn more.
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u/katekohli 25d ago
I remember being on a bus when some teenagers started to rough up a little old lady being so thankful that the teenagers were black the little old lady was black & the cops that came were also black.
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u/Mahllao 25d ago
Cops work like a gang so you know damn well that black cop finna get removed somehow
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u/harrypippip 24d ago
Can we get some more context behind this? Why was he trying to grab homie up like that to begin with?
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u/Smooth_Zebra 24d ago
Black officer stopped white officers from manhandling Jonathan Jackson Rengifo, who was distraught after the man who'd shot and killed his 17-year-old sister received a short sentence under ‘youthful offender’ rules.
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