Another one of thousands of "mistakes".
This happens on fairly regular basis... warrants being served, and wrong people having their doors knocked down, and lives turned upside down.
I remember another case where a local police department playing swat, shot teargas into a home, broke down the door, dragged everyone out, and only later realized "oops" we have the wrong place. When the owners asked for compensation for the damage (broken door, broken windows, cleaning out/replacing things damaged) the police department basically ignored them. Hopefully they got a nice payout from it.
For anyone without a badge such actions would be considered breaking and entering, aggravated assault, and kidnapping.
Until cops are held
personally accountable, and have their lives impacted in a meaningful and severe way when they make "mistakes" nothing will change.
The only way to promote this change is to be able to hold them accountable.
The only way to hold them accountable is to document everything, and have incontrovertible proof in the form of a recording.
With exception only to the intent to arrest that guy, all of the above statements are nothing more than wild, prejudiced speculation with no ties to any evidence shown in the video. What that guy roughed up? No. Did the cops say anything indicating that they were trying to hassle him? Nope. Did the cops harm the dog at any time before the dog leaped at the cop? No. Did the officers show any indication of not being calm such as running after the guy, aggressive handling of the dog owner, yelling at him, or arresting him immediately without asking him to back off? Nope.
You're seeing all this with blind, prejudiced eyes. You're making up ridiculous -- unfounded -- claims about knowing what is going on inside the minds of those cops. You're making ASSumptions based on your own obvious prejudices against cops.
Come on, show a single bit of evidence from the video that backs your claims. If you're going to make these wild accusations, at least tie it to the evidence shown in the video.
Hawthorne, Ca Police Kill Dog(1) - YouTube
Go watch the video again.
You can fast forward to the roughly 2:45 mark.
The man walks towards them turns around, and puts his hands slighly behind/out the side.
From that point he is handcuffed, while one cop holds him the other grabs a pair of cuffs, and puts them on. The man does not offer ANY resistance.
His legs are spread apart forcefully...
At the 3:00 minute mark is he is pushed/grabbed roughly by the cop...
Unfortunately we can't see anymore because the guy with the cellphone moved the camera, and the cops are blocking the view with their bodies, but at the very least it looks like a not so gentle pat down. From the dog perspective - his owner is being attached by three aggresive other beings.
Before you yourself start making asinine ASSumptions, go and view both my comments, and the video.
I've backed up my statements, your turn.
No, don't ignore him. The dog owner pulled up and was blaring his loud music for
over FOUR MINUTES behind the scene of a police standoff involving an
armed robbery suspect. He was told repeatedly to shut off his music and back up. He refused and continued acting like an idiot. Even the people videotaping the incident were surprised by the dog owner's actions. So the cops walked over to him to arrest him for disruptive behavior, especially considering the circumstances.
Under those circumstances, yeah, I think their arrest was justified. The guy was being very disruptive during a tense police stand-off and refused to cease his unnecessary, disruptive behavior. I also think the police did not mishandle the dog owner in any way that was
out of the ordinary, but that unfortunately, that dog got loose, leaped at the officer in a threatening manner and was shot. The dog was also not shot prior to the dog leaping at the officer.
The man may have been annoying, making noise, and pain the ass.
That's not illegal.
If the noise he was producing was disruptive, that merits telling him to turn off the music. If he failed to comply, only then they would have reason to either write him a ticket, or arrest him.
If he needed to be further from the scene, the scene should have been better defined. I didn't see any kind of perimeter setup/taped off.
Nor at any point have I argued that the shooting itself was not justified. I only take issue with everything that led up to it. A point you seem to want to overlook consistently.
You should also redefine what you consider to be out of the ordinary. Anytime force is used when it is not required, to me is outside the norm, and out of the ordinary. Doesn't have to be a great deal of force.
Go rewatch the video, re-read my comments, and take off your blinders.
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