Or is it abusive policing? I'm confused today.
(May 8) -- A Seattle police officer offered a tearful apology after being caught on camera kicking an innocent man and using a racial epithet.
The video shows a group of officers standing around three men who are lying on the ground. Seattle Police Detective Shandy Cobane shouts, "I'm going to beat the [expletive] Mexican [expletive] out of you homey! You feel me?"
Cobane later kicks the man in the head and another cop kicks him in the hand.[1]
Wow. I sure hope they had the right guy. I hope this guy did something wrong. Not that it's right to abuse people even if they did something wrong, really, I just really hope they weren't abusing an innocent guy for no reason at all.
And... Dammit! They were:
The man attacked was not involved in the robbery. After officers let him go, the freelance videographer asked the unidentified man why he had been beaten.
"I don't know. They knocked me down and kicked me in the head," he responded.
But hey, I know that sounds bad and all, but you can rest easily tonight, even if you live in Seattle. I know you're thinking "How?", right? Well, don't you worry, because the officer in question apologized for his hurtful words:[2]
The detective sobbed as he gave a news conference on Friday to apologize to the Latino community, his colleagues and the city of Seattle, The Seattle Times reported.
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"I know my words cut deep and were very hurtful," Cobane said. "Please know that I am truly, truly sorry."
Now I know of one more city I'm never going to! I mean, I already felt that I probably wouldn't ever want to go there - it spawned years of bad music and it rains a lot - but this incident just reinforces my negative opinion of it. Thanks for helping me forge my opinions, Detective Cobane... You're a real trooper.
1. Source - complete with a video of the incident, so you can see how much of a bullshit thing this was
2. But not for kicking a person in the head for no reason. *facepalm*
(May 8) -- A Seattle police officer offered a tearful apology after being caught on camera kicking an innocent man and using a racial epithet.
The video shows a group of officers standing around three men who are lying on the ground. Seattle Police Detective Shandy Cobane shouts, "I'm going to beat the [expletive] Mexican [expletive] out of you homey! You feel me?"
Cobane later kicks the man in the head and another cop kicks him in the hand.[1]
Wow. I sure hope they had the right guy. I hope this guy did something wrong. Not that it's right to abuse people even if they did something wrong, really, I just really hope they weren't abusing an innocent guy for no reason at all.
And... Dammit! They were:
The man attacked was not involved in the robbery. After officers let him go, the freelance videographer asked the unidentified man why he had been beaten.
"I don't know. They knocked me down and kicked me in the head," he responded.
But hey, I know that sounds bad and all, but you can rest easily tonight, even if you live in Seattle. I know you're thinking "How?", right? Well, don't you worry, because the officer in question apologized for his hurtful words:[2]
The detective sobbed as he gave a news conference on Friday to apologize to the Latino community, his colleagues and the city of Seattle, The Seattle Times reported.
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"I know my words cut deep and were very hurtful," Cobane said. "Please know that I am truly, truly sorry."
Now I know of one more city I'm never going to! I mean, I already felt that I probably wouldn't ever want to go there - it spawned years of bad music and it rains a lot - but this incident just reinforces my negative opinion of it. Thanks for helping me forge my opinions, Detective Cobane... You're a real trooper.
1. Source - complete with a video of the incident, so you can see how much of a bullshit thing this was
2. But not for kicking a person in the head for no reason. *facepalm*
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