re: Here Are All Four Full Videos Of Memphis Cops & Nichols

Some say that POC can't hold their emotions and reactions as well as other POdifferentC.
Anyhow, I think these cops were taken over by anger and just raged on this poor guy and it makes me sick. They deserve what they have coming.

The entire incident is ugly. For the first encounter, despite being verbally cooperative, Mr. Nichols continued to do the almost cliche active resistance we've grown so accustomed to by now. To the point the taser was deployed. Ironically, everyone gets clear (so they are not also shocked) and that gave him the opportunity to run.

To a layperson, it seems excessive from the jump. The shouting, profanity, etc., but of course it isn't our job to deal with suspects/perps all day long.

In this particular incident, very similar to Rodney King, the longer it goes on the more brutal and incompetent law enforcement looks. There aren't any easy answers. One shouldn't be combative with law enforcement or make them feel threatened in any way during an encounter. Likewise, law enforcement officers have to check their adrenaline and other baser urges when an encounter goes on for this period of time.

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Act the animal, get the animal

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Question is "who's the animal" in this case. Cops initial treatment of the guy looked rabid.

He was resisting.

What's the issue here?

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He was resisting.

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How did you make that determination when cops initiated the aggressive physical behavior and are pulling on him in different directions? The cops are competing against each other for control. They can’t even agree on their verbal commands.

They couldn’t even get on the same page when they decided to escalate their use of force. Taze? Spray? Why not both? Why not spray each other?

The dude had every reason to believe he was being assaulted by a pack of violent clowns.

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He was resisting. What's the issue here?

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He was, but that’s only the first encounter. They murdered him after that. You don’t get to beat someone to death because your ineptitude let them rabbit on you when you had a 5 to 1 advantage.

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Question is "who's the animal" in this case. Cops initial treatment of the guy looked rabid.

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He was obviously saying both parties were animals.

What happened before the first video?

Was it a normal stop or was there a car chase prior to the beginning of the first video?

Heard a rumor on here that Nichols may have had an affair with one if the cop's wives.

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He got up off the ground and ran from the cops, dumb arse. That is resisting arrest. What clown world do you live in?

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Look stupid, you don’t get to initiate aggressive and violent behavior unprovoked and claim someone who runs away is resisting arrest . That’s retarded. fricking moron.

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I don’t believe that is the case after watching the videos. He is held by two cops but is not cuffed as the cop punches him. Now, we can agree that those punches are police brutality. But after watching the videos and listening to the audio, he does not seem to be cuffed until almost the very end. The inability to cuff him in fact seems to lead to the tremendous escalation.

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if they really wanted him cuffed he easily could have been. the thugs were more interested in brutality than 'compliance'.