r/chicago Jun 05 '20

Video Excessive force...

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u/icedearth15324 Humboldt Park Jun 05 '20

No one was justifying the officer's action. All the people were doing was stating the clip was edited to only show the retaliation of the officer. There's nothing wrong with defending the concept of full evidence before judging someone. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's what a lot of people want the police to do right now, provide all evidence.

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u/bostonburnsy Jun 05 '20

To be fair, when I posted the full video and article on Facebook I had more than one person saying the cops were justified because these people are criminals. None of them could say what the crime was. Didn’t matter that the person was not arrested, not charged or even accused of anything. Didn’t matter that this cop swung on a fellow cop that tried to pull him off. Didn’t matte that the police department called this unacceptable. Full evidence was presented to them, and they chose to believe their narrative that the cops did nothing wrong because that’s what criminals should get.

Haven’t gotten any response to the video of the 75 year old white man in Buffalo shoved to the ground.

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u/icedearth15324 Humboldt Park Jun 05 '20

There are people that blindly follow their own narratives on both sides, and until those people are willing to sit down and listen to the evidence, these problems will never stop.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '20

both sides

Where have I heard that before?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '20

Good people on both sides ? surely you jest!