Courtesy of Raw Story:
In dramatic footage captured by the Associated Press, an unidentified Baltimore protester wearing a “F*ck the police” t-shirt is pepper sprayed before being dragged to the ground by his hair.
As the man stands impassively in the street with his arms at his side, an officer walks up to him and, without provocation, sprays his face with pepper spray. As the man attempts to shake it off, not even reaching upwards to his face, the officer then grabs him by his hair and flings him to the ground as fellow officers swarm all over him.
After being dragged to the sidewalk another officer pours water on his face as he lays moaning on the ground, his hands bound behind him.
Now I will probably get some blow back for saying this but I think it is clear that the man brought all of that on himself.
I have watched the video a couple of times to be sure, but in my mind there is no denying that this man was standing in the street while being black.
You can argue with me all you want, but I know what I saw. The man is clearly being totally black right in front of the police officers.
At the end of the day really what choice did they have?
If they are doing shit like this when the world is watching I can't imagine what they are doing ( yes I can, killing people) when we are not watching.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that!
DeleteI second that. And... I have a confession to make. I'm in my 20s, white, and live in a small town of mostly white people. I'd heard plenty of stories over the years about how the police unfairly targeted black people.
DeleteI figured that it probably happened sometimes, but not as a rule. How wrong I was. My guess is that I'm not the only person who is realizing this. Hooray for technology!
Worse, the officer who did the spraying was wearing a white shirt. Isn't that supposed to be a higher ranking person? Poor judgment even up the ranks.
DeleteI get what gryph has tried to communicate to his readers. its known as D.W.B. driving while black. in other words, just being black. insults towards others as in adult ed. remarks only reflect the person making the comment. at the end of the day perhaps you should take your own advice, troll.
DeleteAnd before someone comes on and says this man should "respect police officers" well fuck you. There is no way on earth I will respect any cop just because they are a cop.
ReplyDeleteWhat 4:13 said.
Deleterespect and trust are earned.
DeleteAt least the one pouring water on him appears to be washing off pepper spray. What really strikes me about this video is how many times I've seen it over the past fifty years.
ReplyDeletePepper spray is oil-based. You really need vinegar (or possibly lemon juice) to cut through it.
DeleteHowever, the officer DOES get credit for trying to diminish the suffering.
The cop spraying someone simply for exercising their First Amendment rights (both as to the T-shirt and the protest) needs to be taken off active duty and educated as to the law. He also needs to be sued.
disrespect towards another human being has no excuse. FUCK THOSE COWARDS!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. If Bristol, Willow or Sarah were wearing those shirts over a thong-dress with Naughty Monkey pumps, a Jesus belt buckle and $300 sun glasses, they wouldn't get hassled.
ReplyDeleteThe Palin's have a long recorded animosity toward law enforcement officers, from Sarah being a mavericky kid snowmachin'in (when the Trooper should have just been helping old ladies with their grocery bags) to having them tell her to strap her kids in a car seat, or not leave them unattended in the vehicle while she visited with friends, or traveled unescorted as a "pregnant lady," with a vulnerable fetus halfway across the country, to vandalizing a family friend's house on the market, cutting break lines, or messing with war memorial with Obamagates, I mean, rilly, if they aren't on the Palin's side, they are un-American and a waste of taxpayers money.
Did the man have Bristol's money on him?
ReplyDeleteNoticed the black man was peppered sprayed and handcuffed and the white man wearing the yellow shirt was handcuffed and wasn't peppered sprayed?
ReplyDeleteNope. Where did you see that? The guy in the yellow shirt sitting on the ground looks like he has black arms. Who are you talking about?
DeleteYou say, "... he lays moaning on the ground ..." but it should be "he lies moaning on the ground."
ReplyDeleteJust sayin'
Prepare for outrage, how dare you point out a grammar mistake. They will call you a Nazi and call for a public lynching. You see, people should be able to mangle the English language because "it's just the Internet." By the way, Spanish is my first language and I see comments full of grammatical errors, but I have learned to live with it. It is what it is.
DeleteWell not that I don't make grammatical errors myself, but in my defense that portion is from Raw Story, not me.
DeleteLook at the way the police officers dragged him. If the man's arm are pulled out of his sockets will the police say it happened before they walked up to him?
ReplyDeleteArms were not meant to be used to drag a grown man's body in that manner. He's already handcuffed, why not help him stand up and walk him to the curb like they do white men?
and 6:20 am would say his shoulders were already dislocated from walking the family dog. skittles? in an area he shouldn't b? ok tho,had he been White? racist pig.
DeleteI think it's sarcasm. There are always subtle tells, but reactionary people don't do subtle. Political junkies are a sad bunch.
DeleteAnon 7:14 If you are going to write sarcasm or snark, can I suggest you suffix the comment with /S tag? Just so we don't hit you with a barrage of complaints
Deletewow,and wow. you, 7:14 am.u have some personal issues only U can address. get help,k?
Delete@ 7:40 - as soon as you take your country ass back to whatever hellhole you came from, and then haul it to a damn adult ed cass so you can learn how to write, because you suck at it.
Deletewhat ever floats your boat. abusing people is wrong, snark or not.
DeleteWhy did the white police officers have to yank the black man to the ground by his hair?
ReplyDeleteNot even Jesus was yanked to the ground by his long hair and manhandled like that.
Want to bet on that?
DeleteOh, ok 7:46, what do you know about Jesus' journey? Same as any victim of the Romans?
DeleteThat's not how you waterboard domestic Muslim terrorists. You need buckets of water not little water bottles. If you want something done right you have to do it yourself.
ReplyDelete-Lou Sarah
Jokes of The Day for May 4, 2015
ReplyDeleteBen Carson, Carly Fiorina and Mike Huckabee are reportedly about to officially announce their candidacies for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. These announcement are widely expected to be followed by related announcements in early 2016 that they are giving up their laughably doomed-to-fail efforts.
This is great, it makes a heathy primary competition, like Sarah Palin's diet.
DeleteThe token black and token woman put up by the Republican party and then the obese and man that will never make the run for POTUS.
DeleteHey, Republicans, don't you have people of substance that you can put in the race?
the 3 stooges.
DeleteNow Gryph, you know that isn't entirely true. He was being black at them while exercising his right to free speech with a bad attitude. It's sort of a 3 strikes thing and it's hard to pick just one, but failing the attitude test is often a worse sin for our police than walking around while black.
ReplyDeleteYou people complain about everything.
ReplyDeleteWhen the black boy was shot in the back while running away from the police officer, you people complained about that.
When the black boy was shot because he was eating Skittles in a neighborhood he shouldn't have been in, you people complained about that.
When the black boy in Baltimore died because he had a defective spine from birth, you people complained about that and blamed the police officers who gave him a ride.
You people need to stop complaining and blaming the police officers who were only doing their jobs.
wow,and wow. you,6:20 am.u have some personal issues only U can address. get help,k?
Delete7:09. you don't understand snark?
Delete7:09, k
Deletesounds like you're defending the actions of the cops...snarky.
DeleteWell since he was in the middle of the street, taunting the police, after the 10 pm curfew imposed by the mayor, the cops were pretty much doing their job. Making him a fucking idiot- that happens to be black.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the info that it was after curfew?
DeleteHave you heard of excessive force? I'm thinking that if I were black and harassed my whole life, I just might wear a "Fuck the Police" shirt too. Here, watch this in Seattle:
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfWjgAK-VsQ
7:15 he started putting his hands under his shirt and tugging his waistband.... whether he realized he was doing that or not after being sprayed who knows... but that is a big fucking no no as they dont know if he is going for a weapon, and will get you taken down fast especially in a situation like this, during curfew, walking towards police angrilly yelling at them to arrest him. Guess he got what he wanted. He is an idiot. And he wasn't arrested because he was wearing the t-shirt as Gryph surmised in pushing his bullshit.
Delete8:09 AM, listen to the video. You can plainly hear the police say "have your ID out, if you don't have your ID out, you will be arrested". So how does someone reach in a pocket to get they ID out without reaching into their pocket? And their pocket just might be under a t-shirt.
DeleteFact is, cops are out of control while they exercise their right to be total control freaks.
Why was he pepper sprayed? For standing while breaking curfew? There was no need for pepper spray, nor was there any reason to put a whole city under martial law and impose an illegal curfew. But too bad for you this happened the night AFTER the curfew was lifted meaning your phoney story is crap. BTW it is NOT illegal to look at a police officer.
Delete8:54 you are a dip shit seriously. They are yelling at the press to clearly show their id's (after this guy was subdued) so they know to differentiate between the press and the protestors... the press was allowed to remain out after the curfew, the protestors were not. Some of you IMers are so fucking stupid and gullible it just amazes me.
DeleteUhhh. 9:23. I don't even know how to respond to such arrogant stupidity you display.
DeleteThis was on the last night of curfew. Do you get that dummy? The curfew was still on. He continued approaching the police yelling at them to arrest him, after curfew, after throwing a bottle at them. There was no martial law. there was a curfew, completely legal, imposed by the black female liberal mayor, which the police were obligated to enforce, under the mayors orders.
Some of you IMers are so ignorant and stupid it is amazing you can get by in this world.
This dickhead got exactly what he asked for.
I want one of those T-Shirts - better yet, I'd love to sell them as I'd make a mint! Bet they'll be springing up across the nation.
Delete9:53 AM Fuck you, Bigot. Anything that the Police do to citizens is o.k. with you until you are accosted. Have some pepper spray for dinner, asshole. You did not complain about the attitude of Rand Paul's son when he was drunk driving, crashed into a parked car, then was belligerent with the Police. He was given a citation and allowed to go home. You Bigots have an orgasm when you see a person of color mistreated. You probably bet on Pacquiao, Bwahahaha, only because you wanted to see a Black man lose. How is that $100 million check treatin' ya?
Delete@9:28 AM You do know a dipshit when you see one in the mirror. You must be one of those incompetent Anchorage Police Officers.
DeleteThe 'DIPSHIT' Police loving Troll is vomiting her bullshit all over this thread. She thinks that the Police are always right, until one of her family members is stopped for a violation. She is the same kind of clown who would take a minor traffic violation all the way to the State Supreme Court.
Deletegees,gryph...she's all over the place. have a nice day, troll.
DeleteIf you are going to write sarcasm or snark, can I suggest you suffix the comment with /S tag? Just so we don't hit you with a barrage of complaints.
ReplyDeleteYeh, don't think that person meant it has snark.
DeleteWhat does /S mean?
Delete-Duhkota
It looks like egregious behavior on the part of the police. However, there are some problems with the video.
ReplyDelete1. Was he defying orders to disperse and go home? Was the curfew in force?
2. Was he told to put his hands on his head and refused? (probably not)
3. Why didn't the police say, "Turn around and put your hands on your head," before macing him?
4. Why drag him instead of helping him to his feet?
5. If you watch carefully, you can see his face hit the curb as they drag him.
6. Why was the cop in the middle who was helping drag him laughing?
What egregious mean?
Delete-Duhkota
7:42 AM
DeleteGiggling over your Duhkota comments. Keep them coming.
He was arrested the night after the curfew was lifted. And in case you don't know, all Americans, even black ones and other people of color have the right to peacefully assemble and protest.
DeleteHe was arrested while the curfew was still in effect 9:25. Everyone has the right to peacefully assemble and protest. Too bad this guy didn't peacefully assemble and protest, and leave by the time curfew started. He could have gone home that night without getting arrested and without a face full of pepper spray. What an idiot. It was actually pretty funny, watching him taunt the police to arrest him and move aggressively towards them, then getting peppered right in the face and yanked to the ground when he started moving his hands around his waistband. He did ask them to arrest him did he not? Good show. Good show indeed.
DeleteI live across the street from a retired police officer. We always called him Officer to Sit and Observe as he would get out the lawn chair and park himself on the driveway and eye the good looking divorced gal that lives a couple of doors down the street.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Baltimore mess up was going on, the former cop came rolling down the street in his vehicle with the windows down and the radio blasting. Rush Limbaugh was ranting about young, black men with no jobs, blah, blah, blah.....
This former officer was a trainer at the Police Academy for nearly 20 years. He taught traffic stops, baton, and officer safety etc.
I always wondered who really listened to Limbaugh. This guy was training our police force. Republican, womanizer, and racist. I could say much more....but needed to vent.
RJ in BBistan
I think the cops are the problem. Sorry! But, it's true.
DeleteThe white leaders in Baltimore keep talking about the cops and how many were hurt and how many they have visited to wish them well! What about the black folks that they/cops beat and hurt behind the scenes? No one is giving them credence or concern on the white side of leadership in Baltimore!
Cops should be watched and video used constantly (by residents) when they are around. Do not trust them at all and would never call them to my home! I'd use family members and neighbors for help.
Stumbled on this which sheds more light (IMO) as how this corrupt police culture operates. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/29/david-simon-on-baltimore-s-anguish
DeleteAnonymous7:14 AM
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get the info that it was after curfew?
If you can only see his eyes and teeth then it is after curfew.
-Lou Sarah
What would the Alaska State Troopers or the Anchorage Police Dept have done if they caught tv sportscaster Sarah Heath riding college basketball player Glenn Rice in Molly Heath's Alaska college dorm room bed? What if Todd walked in?
ReplyDeleteTodd probably would have filmed them or asked Sarah can the basketball stud do Todd after he's finished with Sarah?
DeleteHow come Todd, Bristol, Willow or Piper hasn't dated, lived with or brought home an African-American boyfriend?
Delete8:46 AM They do it elsewhere. Ask Marina Lupas.
Delete8:46 AM Could it be they are racist by any chance - against blacks as well as Eskimos?
DeleteCheck Palins records as quitter gov of Alaska - a number of Alaska's First People died due to her inept governing style.
This was all over the Internet this past weekend.
ReplyDelete1. It was after curfew.
2. He threw a bottle at the police.
Nice job on overlooking information G.
Well okay then, didn't know it was common practice to pepper spray full in the face and manhandle citizens breaking curfew. A bottle? String him up!
DeleteWhere is the proof he threw a bottle? And if he did, why when he was standing peacefully right in front of them did they not peacefully arrest him? But Your story about the bottle is complete bullshit.
Delete8:31 AM Has a crystal ball in her panties. She sees all and knows all even when it is not there.
DeleteThe Palins were belligerent and cussed at the police officers. How come the Palins wasn't peppered sprayed, had their hair yanked out of their scalps, handcuffed and dragged down the street by the Anchorage Police Dept after the Palin Family Brawl?
ReplyDeleteOh I forgot these were the same fellas that didn't lock up Gov Sarah Palin’s husband for sex trafficking. The APD wouldn't dare lock up the Palins.
Anchorage Police Department is very, very corrupt - under the leadership (?) of Mayor Dan Sullivan. Protecting the fucking Palin klan - total irresponsibility! '
ReplyDeleteVote Republicans out of office every chance you get, Alaskans! They have created havoc (financially and governmentally) for the State!
I don't agree with you, Gryph. We have free speech here in the US and he was within his rights. He had on his shirt what thousands, if not millions of citizens have on their minds... but he let it all hang out and got tortured for it.
ReplyDeleteLol.
DeleteThe police showed tremendous restraint dealing with this thug (mayor Rawlings-Blake and Obama's term, not mine).
10:37 AM He is no more a thug than the pantywaists
Deletein your dysfunctional family. Lol.
It has become a crime in the US to be born black. Seems the cop violence against blacks has escalated exponentially since a black man walked into the White House.
ReplyDeleteIf the next president is a woman, will cop violence against women escalate exponentially?
Republicans have already shown themselves horribly against women - especially as to their female rights.
DeleteLook at the crap that is already being published against Hillary Clinton by them. Thank god she and Bill have been through this same scenario umpteen times as they'll be able to handle it easily.
Okay, I watched the YouTube video 3 times and whomever reported on Raw Story got the narrative wrong. The story reported that a police officer pepper sprayed the man and then states "the officer then grabs him" by the hair.
ReplyDeleteThe video actually shows that it was 2 officers. The first officer that sprayed the protester in the face is wearing a white shirt, which indicates he has a higher rank than the street/beat cops. After the protester tries shaking it off, another cop (blue uniform with no white shirt) pulls him by the hair and takes him down. The man is then surrounded and dragged away.
When the man is on the ground and other officers are pouring water on his face, the cop that dragged him by the hair is seen to the left but he is not helping the man.
I hope more information will come out on this story - it just doesn't look like we have the full story or a complete video.
So it's ok to waterboard a citizen you're sworn to protect and serve? I don't care what his shirt says, he has the right to say it, wear it, or put it on a sign on his front lawn. The cops actions aren't helping,
ReplyDelete5:20, you aren't very bright are you.
DeleteBesides Gryph putting that on his header- this dumbasses shirt had nothing to do with being pepper sprayed and arrested, which was hillarious to watch btw.
Let's get Pamela Geller to defend this man's right to freedom of speech.
ReplyDeleteHe approached the police after curfew and yelled at the police to arrest him, he got exactly what he asked for! How was his free speech hampered? They did what he told him to do! The hair yank down after being peppered in the face was classic!
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