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Originally Posted by dyna mo
i just watched the entire video clip again, in full screen, like the 1st time, so 3x total.
1st thing, they didn't shoot the dog. :-) we've all heard too many of those stories.
next, i'm really trying to see where this particular crew got so far out of hand. is it where the one guy lifts back up the 1st guy's arms over his head? because after that is just the authorities letting each one of them run down the sidewalk to the safe area, just like the high schoolers running out of columbine. if someone has some specific timepoints they can point out, i'd take a gander.
since this video is in the public domain, it makes sense that the authorities would be forced to confront it and handle it if it's deemed this outfit acted billigerently.
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For me, the entire issue is having guns pointed at them, forced from their home, told to put their hands over their head, yelling at one of them, then patted them down like they were suspects, and the overall aggressive attitude.
Those people were clearly not the suspect. They were in their home minding their own business and got pulled out like that. Maybe this is the only house this happened to, or many 100s had this happen, we don't know, but I can't help but think how terrifying this would be for children.
In contrast to how you see other videos where the police are friendly, not barking, not patting people down, this one really looks bad. No one who is not a criminal or suspect of a crime should ever have multiple guns pointed at them, forced out of their home, yelled at, told to put their hands over the head, and then patted down for weapons. Of course it's possible they had a tip about this house, we can't rule anything out to be fair, but it does look like they were being treated poorly for no reason.
Why not a normal knock on the door (not a fist pound), an officer kindly explains the situation, asks them to please step outside while they do a quick search, and then that is that. No need to treat them like they did something wrong or are even suspected of doing something wrong.