A man filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he was paralyzed and needed his legs amputated after police officers in St. Petersburg, Florida, put him in restraints, placed him in the back of a police van without a seatbelt and then drove in a reckless manner.
Cuffed in the back of a van with no seatbelts. You can get a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt in your car.
No doubt, I’m all for the increased optics. But, police abuse of power has likely dropped a bit since everyone has a video camera in their pocket, but due to the nature of the statistics we’ll never know for sure one way or another.
I was mostly arguing against the notion that things have gotten worse when the truth is that it’s just more visible. Same goes for stupid people and crazies.
It’s always been like this, friend. We just have better optics on it now.
So true. Still depressing as hell tho. :(
It has, but exposing enough people to injustice like this as much as possible as loudly as possible is how to peacefully change entrenched systems.
No doubt, I’m all for the increased optics. But, police abuse of power has likely dropped a bit since everyone has a video camera in their pocket, but due to the nature of the statistics we’ll never know for sure one way or another.
I was mostly arguing against the notion that things have gotten worse when the truth is that it’s just more visible. Same goes for stupid people and crazies.