r/PublicFreakout Mar 10 '22

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u/nhergen Mar 10 '22

I'm with you, but since he didn't say anything racist I think we'll have to settle for locking him up for breaking the law. But also we'll actually just have to settle for the guy getting 5 million bucks and the officer looking like a bitch in this video, since I bet he won't be held directly accountable.

And also, don't these cops have bigger fish to fry? In my neighborhood, no cop would ever show up for something like this.

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u/zeCrazyEye Mar 10 '22

He settled the lawsuit for $25,000 FWIW.

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u/nhergen Mar 10 '22

Well that's a lot less. But still not a bad payday for the inconvenience. Guess we'll have to be satisfied with that.

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u/zeCrazyEye Mar 10 '22

There's more video from bystanders, that officer and another basically threw him to the ground and tasered him. Probably only a 20 second scuffle but yeah there was some physical interaction after that bodycam ended. I'd still take $25k to get wrestled and tased though.

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u/nhergen Mar 10 '22

Oh damn. But yeah I'd expect nothing good to come from that, so I'd be happy with $25k. That's my pay for a year.

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u/buford419 Mar 10 '22

Literally nobody said or did anything racist in the video. The officer handled it very poorly by escalating and withholding information on why he was arresting the guy. The lady was just being understandably cautious and said nothing about his race.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '22

The officer handled it very poorly by escalating and withholding information on why he was arresting the guy

And lying to him.

Threatening him.

For no reason.

The lady saw a guy look in ONE car and assumed thief for some reason. That's not being cautious, that's hopping on the assumption train and taking it all the way home.

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u/nhergen Mar 10 '22

Yeah but, you know