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paulfromatlanta t1_itdicik wrote

The casual indifference to whether they have just ruined someone's life and may be making it worse is sickening.

>>“I can’t move,” Cox said, “I broke my neck.”

>>Cox was eventually taken to the detention center where police officers told him to get up from the floor. “Sit up,” an officer said to which Cox responded, “I can’t move.”

>>“You’re not even trying,” she replied.

>>Police officers eventually dragged Cox out of the van and put him into a wheelchair that he repeatedly slipped from.

>>Officers then dragged Cox out of the wheelchair and pulled him across the floor to a cell where they put him up against a bed.

>>Video shows Cox falling back onto the floor again. “He is perfectly fine,” an officer said as Cox laid on the floor.

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FerociousPancake t1_itdum7a wrote

Monsters. Absolute monsters.

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[deleted] t1_iteo8bc wrote

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wawa2563 t1_iteqvzs wrote

Have you thought that turning this into "Standard Police Officer" behavior normalizes this behavior and takes away how truly horrific it is.

There is nothing standard about this behavior. It is truly inhuman and should make sure society understands how unacceptable it shoukd be.

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GotDoxxedAgain t1_ites81f wrote

Hot take:

Standard Police are horrifying, regularly act in callous disregard, and this behavior isn't very surprising.

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[deleted] t1_itfcjue wrote

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is_there_pie t1_itg2irs wrote

Oh that's just silly, not literally every single cop, some are dead, some have traumatic brain injuries, some are too fat to do anything but fill out paperwork, and don't forget the meter maids :P

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RhoOfFeh t1_itful40 wrote

If it wasn't standard there wouldn't be so fucking much of it.

Wake up.

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i_never_ever_learn t1_itgnadj wrote

We all make sure to highly publicise the bad behaviour. Every time it happens everyone in the world has access to the story. This is good as far as it goes but in the same way that cops see a one sided view of the world because it is their job, we see a one sided view of them because that's what makes the news.

I say this as a convicted criminal.

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uzlonewolf t1_itgzagc wrote

It's not a 1-sided view, it's the inevitable outcome of giving people absolute power with zero accountability. One bad apple spoils the bunch, and there is currently no way to remove bad apples.

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casual_catgirl t1_itk0bmo wrote

Cops are just an apparatus of the state. They don't give two shits about the people. They will go against legitimately good and just causes just to enforce order at the behest of the elites and the will of the elites.

They have been on a great many wrong side of history. Take a look at climate protests, civil rights movement, going against protesters who were protesting the Vietnam war, they helped put in jail draft dodgers who had the moral high ground

The "good" cops either let shitty things their colleagues do happen or they get squeezed out for not being in on it with the rest of the gang. So there are no good cops

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N3UROTOXINsRevenge t1_itfc0s7 wrote

You’re the idiot for dehumanizing them. It’s exactly human. It is standard. Fuck pigs eat bacon

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russmbiz t1_itgzand wrote

The cops are the ones who normalized this behavior. Fuck em all.

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Coopermeister t1_itj8g3y wrote

The police normalized this behavior. And idiots like you give them a pass for it

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a_satanic_mechanic t1_ite12ko wrote

What incredible bad luck that he ran into the only bad cops on that force.

It would have ended up totally different if it were any other cops on duty that night but all the good cops were busy playing basketball and making tiktoks with at risk youths.

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nuclearswan t1_iteexhi wrote

I mean, there’s probably one guy like that.

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chetchaka t1_itemme3 wrote

The legendary Good Apple.

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lux_likes_rocks t1_iteom7f wrote

He’ll be on the chopping block as soon as he tries to report wrongdoing by his fellow piggies

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SkunkMonkey t1_itg6te1 wrote

"The only good cop is a dead cop" has a double meaning.

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astanton1862 t1_itf32ws wrote

They very well may not have ruined his life initially. With a neck injury like this, you only attempt to move the patient once you have immobilized the neck and spine. They way they treated him after the injury was criminally negligent.

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spike4379 t1_itf5li5 wrote

This is disgusting. if this man doesn't single-handedly drain them of all their funding... Who am I kidding. Even with all the money in the world he can never feel the warmth of a hug again.

What an un-ending nightmare.

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