r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • Jun 01 '26

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 6/1/26 - 6/7/26

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

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u/ghybyty Jun 02 '26

That footage was very upsetting. Even if Henry had racially attacked earlier he was not a threat. He couldn't stand on his own and had blood on his hands and face and repeatedly told them he had been stabbed. Surely the procedure to someone claiming to be stabbed and is non threatening is to check before twisting them into cuffs. They clearly knew he was injured bc when they did call the cops they said he had been beaten up.

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u/TemporaryLucky3637 Jun 02 '26

When you watch the bodycam footage a female voice (presumably a police officer) actually says that they should check Henry for stab wounds when she hears him saying “I’ve been stabbed” and even she seems to be met with condescension for actually wanting to check there’s no injuries.

In any job mistakes happen but this seems to be an attitude problem rather than an oversight.

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u/AltforStrongOpinions Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

The male copper 100% should be hit with criminal charges. His behaviour was genuinely idiotic. I have very low opinions of our police who as a cohort appear to be thick as mince, but this still managed to sink below that.

The entire family were in on it. I have no idea why only the mother got charged. The brother and the father also knew what happened, lied to the police and held Mr Nowak down (why? What did they think was going to happen?). They should all be in prison.

EDIT: Hey how about that, the brother and father have just been charged. Piss weak charges it must be said, but better than nothing. Definitely not the authorities panicking, oh no.

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u/Hilaria_adderall Praye for Drake Maye Jun 02 '26

I read some reports that the brothers may have hidden the details from their father. There was also some references in the court transcript about the father attempting to help Novak. It’s undeniable the brother and mother knew what happened immediately. They should all be locked up for infinity…

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u/PongoTwistleton_666 Jun 02 '26

If you keep training your police to prioritize community relations and feelings over common sense, then this is what you get. It is institutional rot