They forgot about their routine traffic stop the minute they saw the Black man who happened to be...

[demmiblue]

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[soothsayer]

1. Cop says, "Eff this badge..."

“I want to talk to you like you’re human beings.”

Which I guess the badge generally negates?

SMH

[Mariana]

2. Yeah, I noticed that too. nt.

[7wo7rees]

4. "....LIKE you're human beings."

AS IF.
AS IF BLACK LIVES MATTER.

Surrender your badge and get a job protecting Black lives, not erasing them.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. That was insane. How else should he talk to them?

[Baitball Blogger]

3. "I just want to talk to you like you're humans."

So, what else are they when you're wearing the badge, po-po?

[Mossfern]

6. He's trying

lifelong bad habits are hard to break.

That comment stood out to me too "as if."

[GeorgeGist]

7. PIGS

[Bettie]

8. So, I'm thinking police departments are overstaffed

if they can have two vehicles (or more) at each and every stop.

And WTF? The guy was literally walking down the street. There was no reason to stop him. None.

[PatSeg]

11. We're seeing that everywhere

these days, an excess of police, totally out of proportion to any crime. Why did four cops show up for a counterfeit $20 in George Floyd's case? Five showed up for Eric Garner and two of them were plain clothes, like it was a major drug bust. So many of the video clips I've seen show four or more cops in almost every incident, as if there are so many cops, they have nothing to do. Apparently they're just waiting for something that looks like a crime and then they converge like a damn swat team. As you said, this time the guy was just walking down the street.

Either we need less police or maybe find something more constructive for them to do like community outreach.

[yonder]

9. I'm glad this didn't turn out any worse than it did.

Also, the voice of the woman doing the recording had a very soothing, calming voice. To my ears it was like music and perhaps a reason this situation didn't escalate. Good on her for being in the right place, at the right time and with the courage to involve herself. I think the young man had a real life angel watching his back.

[Solomon]

10. I'm so fricking SICK OF THIS SHIT!!!