And kids on the Honor Committee at UVa don't normally lie either. They get expelled.
This incident didn't occur on U.Va property but off campus, so it's still irrelevant.
So if your attitude is bad, you should expect to be taken to the ground, bloodied, and arrested? Interesting view of appropriate role of the police you have. I don't agree.
It has nothing to do with attitude, it has to do with the penal code of Virginia.
I've read them - and they pointed out his "obstruction" was without force.
They didn't point anything out as it applies to Johnson. Both are misdemeanors and therefore if the accused is not cooperative, he should be restrained, which is what the video shows and the facts so far, support
Right, another crime he MIGHT be charged with, but wasn't. Any more - assault, rape, murder, drug dealing? Why not while we're speculating?
Because my example is at least reasonable, whereas your examples are extremist nonsense.
Yeah, and you probably were guilty of a half dozen misdemeanors today - if not today, this week. I don't believe you would accept getting taken to the ground, bloodied and arrested for those violations.
Perhaps that applies to you but not to me. I worked from home today, it snowed all day here. I have responsibilities and the last time I got drunk and did something this stupid I was in the Army. But even then the last thing I'd do is fight the police and scream "racist" at the top of my lungs even while drunk. I'm a quiet drunk you see.
Not what I was talking about - I was referring to the DOJ report on the police practices in general in Ferguson. I guess you missed that thread.
Yes there are police procedural issues and training problems in lots of places in the US which cause lots of problems. Rev tends to post some of those and the issues he shows on video and have in the past, I've been appalled seeing.
One where a older gentleman with Dealer tags gets pulled over by a cop and gets tazed - however in that case, the cop was 100% in the wrong. The premise for pulling the guy over was for an outdated inspection sticker (a Non moving vehicle violation - not a misdemeanor) where the cop then pulls the attitude and illegally slams the guy on the hood and ground tazes him and then arrests him. The funny thing here is, the cop didn't know a car with dealer tags doesn't need a valid inspection sticker (this happened in TX).
The result of that incident (sorry for taking this off topic but I'll try to bring it back around) was
the Cop was fired after an IA review and may face charges himself.
The purpose of me bring that up was I don't jump to conclusions often as I treat each and every incident separately. Not all cops are bad, not all cops are badly trained and we tend to hear about the bad one's. In the case of Johnson, I don't see bad cops. In the case of Vasquez, I saw a person who had no business being a cop and the public is safer with him seeking employment elsewhere.