News Texas officer says blacks have 'violent tendencies'

[brassmonkey]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Patrol car video publicly released Thursday shows a white Austin, Texas, police officer violently throwing a black woman to the ground during a traffic stop, followed by another white officer telling her black people have “violent tendencies” and whites are justifiably afraid.

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo condemned both officers’ actions. He called the officer’s comments on the video “disturbing” and said a criminal investigation has been opened against the officer who arrested Breaion King.

The traffic stop happened in June 2015 but was not made public until the Austin American-Statesman published the video Thursday. Acevedo called a news conference hours later and said both officers have been taken off street patrol and are on desk duty pending new internal investigations, which he said will include both officers’ conduct in the year since the incident.

The video is surfacing amid heightened nationwide tension over police treatment of black people.

“For those that think life is perfect for people of color, I want you to listen to that conversation and tell me we don’t have social issues in this nation,” said Acevedo, who is Hispanic. “Issues of bias. Issues of racism. Issues of people being looked at different because of their color.”

In one of two videos, Officer Patrick Spradlin is heard talking to King, who was pulled over for speeding, about race while driving her to jail.

“Why are so many people afraid of black people?” Spradlin asks.

King replies that she is also trying to figure that out.

“I can give you a really good idea why it might be that way,” he said. “Violent tendencies.”

Spradlin goes on to say that “I don’t blame” white people for being afraid because of violence in the black community. “Some of them, because of their appearance and whatnot, some of them are very intimidating,” he says.

The newspaper identified King as an elementary school teacher. Her attorney did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

Acevedo said that King did not file a complaint after the arrest and that he did not know about the traffic stop until this week, saying his subordinates should have previously alerted him to the video.

King told the newspaper the encounter changed how she views police. Acevedo said she was pulled over for driving 15 mph over the speed limit when Officer Bryan Richter ordered her out of the car. The video shows him nearly throwing her into an adjacent truck while trying to place her under arrest in a Wendy’s parking lot.

“I’ve become fearful to live my life,” King told the newspaper. “I would rather stay home. I’ve become afraid of the people who are supposed to protect me and take care of me.”

Richter can be heard in the video ordering King to “stop resisting” as he orders her out of the car. The angle of the video doesn’t fully show King while she is inside the car.

Richter orders King to put her hands behind her back while the two struggle on the ground.

Richter has been a police officer since 2010 and Spradlin since 2001, according to Austin police. Listed phone numbers for the officers could not immediately be found.

Acevedo said he reviewed the video Wednesday with black community leaders for nearly 3 ½ hours. He said they included Fatima Mann, an activist with the Austin Justice Coalition, who told reporters outside the police station that she didn’t understand how no one in the department had previously raised concerns about the video.

“If that was a white woman, would he have yanked her out … and slammed her on the ground? Most of us could say absolutely not,” Mann said. “But for reason, for some strange reason, when people look like me, we’re more of a threat, and that means we get treated and thrown around as if we don’t matter.”

The Austin police union said in a statement that it understands the public’s reaction to Richter’s response and that Spradlin’s comments were “wrong and not reflective of the values and beliefs of the men and women who serve this community.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-tex...230242581.html

[charlie g]

truth hurts

[Relic]

The statistics are also racist because 13% of the population doesn't in fact actually create 52% of the crime all by themselves.

[Horatio Caine]

Only dumb asses like bronco67 and plump font moron will deny that.

[Grapesoda]

Originally Posted by Relic

The statistics are also racist because 13% of the population doesn't in fact actually create 52% of the crime all by themselves.

that's weird, who helps them?

[kkkkkk]

Originally Posted by Grapesoda

that's weird, who helps them?

Not themselves.

[Bladewire]

Some fucked up responses here Damn

[Axeman]

The police forces suffer the same problem as teachers. The unions make its hard and expensive to get rid of the bad ones.

[rogueteens]

cops get to see the worse in humans during their job ... he's probably right.

[mineistaken]

What is your point? If we look at crime stats by race we will see this statement to be 100% correct. Or what are you saying?

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by kkkkkk

Not themselves.

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[Google Expert]

Originally Posted by Horatio Caine

Only dumb asses like bronco67 and plump font moron will deny that.

[Joshua G]

fucked up topic. expecting black people to fix the black crime rate is like asking muslims to fix the jihadis, or asking me to fix my criminal next door neighbor whose no friend of mine.

black people have role models. everyone knows who they are. the role models can solve the problem. instead, the role models cash checks selling the victim message. right beyonce? al sharpton?

[SilentKnight]

A young white cop I worked with a few years back said there's no such thing as racial profiling.




He called it "an educated guess."

[Spunky]

I walk the other way when a group of black men come towards me. the majority of white people all feel the same way.I'm not getting shanked or risk getting shot at because Devron wants to prove he can throw a sucker punch or shoot somebody for a couple dollars.Not saying all black people intimidate me,just a group.I say live and let live

[Paul Markham]

Given that Texans are more violent, Texan cops are even more violent. Those blacks must be absolutely mental. LOL