That’s the south America for the last two hundred years since its inception.

I wonder who could possibly watch that video and think, “well, that seems like a reasonable use of force.”

Seemed more like her boyfriend was laughing that people would expect things differently and not at the plight of black people in his hometown area.

“Just an angry, scared little man with a gun”

Specifically, it’s good that she’s suing.

Just an angry, scared little man with a gun.

Good? I cannot find any good in this article or the accompanying video. May she receive every penny but this is just horrifying. The cop jumping into a roll on the grass as though he is auditioning for Rambo? Running to inflict violence towards a group of (surprise!) African-American teenagers? They’re children! I’m…

Beat me to it. Kudos.

“McKinney prides itself in cultivating the highest standards of training and professionalism for our officers, and it strongly believes that its standards and training will withstand legal challenge.”

the former officer violated her constitutional rights by using excessive force.

If I were on the jury, I’d award her ten million after watching the video. There was zero professionalism there. Just an angry, scared little man with a gun.

There is a video showing the officer abusing an unarmed child in a bathing suit. It’s a very clear, high-def video. Publicly available. And somehow the department is still defending this guy.

Fuck the police.