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Police behavior

Nakosis

Non-Binary Physicalist
Premium Member
Please watch the video and tell me if you think the police should have handled the situation differently.


Should have removed her from the area before removing her son. Of course if they had removed her from the area, there'd be no need to remove her son.

Should the mother have handled the situation differently?

The officer were probably attempting to look out for the well-being of the child. Their method didn't work out so well.

Probably not a good idea to commit criminal activity while holding a child in your arms.
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
Should have removed her from the area before removing her son. Of course if they had removed her from the area, there'd be no need to remove her son.

Should the mother have handled the situation differently?

The officer were probably attempting to look out for the well-being of the child. Their method didn't work out so well.

Probably not a good idea to commit criminal activity while holding a child in your arms.

The police should have offered her a chair rather than start grabbing her child from her.

...Bad policing.
 

It Aint Necessarily So

Veteran Member
Premium Member
It's not clear to me why they were removing her baby from her arms. To handcuff her?

Yes, I support freedom. These pigs need to be locked up.

Pigs? You're a lot younger than I am. I wasn't aware that that word was still being used for police. It's what they were called when I was a teen.

Your avatar takes me back to my youth and the Nixon - Kent State years, when that term was popularized. Do you know where it comes from? I'm pretty sure it was because of gas masks:

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I don't think of the American police as pigs any more, but I don't trust them, either. However, since I don't live in the States any longer, I don't need to.

I also distrust the local (Mexican) police, but in a different way. I'm not worried about them planting evidence on me or brutalizing me for not being sufficiently deferential as I would be in the States, but I would never call them or invite them into my home, and I hide my wallet if pulled over. They're paid too little, and will steal your possessions if you give them access to them.

"Gonna scare you up and shoot you, 'cause Mr. Charlie told me so."
 
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Saint Frankenstein

Wanderer From Afar
Premium Member
It's not clear to me why they were removing her baby from her arms. To handcuff her?



Pigs? You're a lot younger than I am. I wasn't aware that that word was still being used for police. It's what they were called when I was a teen.

Your avatar takes me back to my youth and the Nixon - Kent State years, when that term was popularized. Do you know where it comes from? I'm pretty sure it was because of gas masks:

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I don't think of the American police as pigs any more, but I don't trust them, either. However, since I don't live in the States any longer, I don't need to.

I also distrust the local (Mexican) police, but in a different way. I'm not worried about them planting evidence on me or brutalizing me for not being sufficiently deferential as I would be in the States, but I would never call them or invite them into my home, and I hide my wallet if pulled over. They're paid too little, and will steal your possessions if you give them access to them.
From Wikipedia:
"Pig
This derogatory term was frequently used during the 19th century, disappeared for a while, but reappeared during the 20th and 21st century. It became frequently used again during the 1960s and 1970s in the underground and anti-establishment culture. Now prevalent in many English-speaking countries.[32] It is also used in anti-authority punk, goth, metalhead, biker, mobster and hip-hop circles. Oz magazine showed a picture of a pig dressed as a policeman on a front cover[33] and the term inspired "pig cops" in the game Duke Nukem 3D."
 

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
I don't know what I am seeing in the video.

If you are surrounded by cops, do what they demand. Do NOT resist. Leave that to your lawyer.
Unless there is a clear and very good legal reason for resisting arrest. Just go with it.
 

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
From Wikipedia:
"Pig
This derogatory term was frequently used during the 19th century, disappeared for a while, but reappeared during the 20th and 21st century. It became frequently used again during the 1960s and 1970s in the underground and anti-establishment culture. Now prevalent in many English-speaking countries.[32] It is also used in anti-authority punk, goth, metalhead, biker, mobster and hip-hop circles. Oz magazine showed a picture of a pig dressed as a policeman on a front cover[33] and the term inspired "pig cops" in the game Duke Nukem 3D."
Isn't it fascinating how it is perfectly OK to dehumanize this group of human beings simply because they are in law enforcement.
 

Curious George

Veteran Member
Should have removed her from the area before removing her son. Of course if they had removed her from the area, there'd be no need to remove her son.

Should the mother have handled the situation differently?
Interesting question. Why do you think that matters?
The officer were probably attempting to look out for the well-being of the child. Their method didn't work out so well.
No, it did not. Which is why I would like ro discuss if and how the officers should have handled it differently.
Probably not a good idea to commit criminal activity while holding a child in your arms.
Does the activity committed relate to the force used?
 

Curious George

Veteran Member
I don't know what I am seeing in the video.

If you are surrounded by cops, do what they demand. Do NOT resist. Leave that to your lawyer.
Unless there is a clear and very good legal reason for resisting arrest. Just go with it.
I am not so sure the baby is capable of doing what is demanded.
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
I don't know what I am seeing in the video.

If you are surrounded by cops, do what they demand. Do NOT resist. Leave that to your lawyer.
Unless there is a clear and very good legal reason for resisting arrest. Just go with it.

While that's true, and is good advice, her rights were violated when she was told she may not sit on the floor.
 

Curious George

Veteran Member
What happened in the 15 minutes prior to this and why were the police called in the first place?
I am not completely sure. My understanding is that rhe woman chose to sit on the floor when there were no seats. I imagine she was asked to not sit where she chose and she refused to comply. Police were then called and I imagine she refused to comply with them as well. But I do not have the exact details. What set of facts would justify this behavior?
 

Cooky

Veteran Member
No, it did not. Which is why I would like ro discuss if and how the officers should have handled it differently.

Does the activity committed relate to the force used?
Living in California and being raised in the midwest and living in Arizona for a while, I can tell you that there are different policing methods.

Here in California, police do not target low income areas, rather, they target high income areas -which is proper IMO, because it keeps the riffraff out. A d policing here is done with a light hand. For instance, there are hardly ever decoy traps like you find in other States where it's a 'hunt' to find the 'bad guy'.

Profiling and preemptive policing is an epidemic in parts of the South, midwest and East unlike it is in California.
 
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