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backscatter712

(26,355 posts) Tue Mar 27, 2012, 05:38 AM Mar 2012

An incident of police abuse from Fort Collins, CO. [View all]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=398_1332719384

Watch this. A kid's getting written a ticket, then a cop shoves him, then the other cop immediately arrests him.

Yep. Getting shoved by a cop is obviously grounds for immediate arrest. How dare he be shoved!

And people wonder why I have zero respect for the cops...

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An incident of police abuse from Fort Collins, CO. [View all] backscatter712 Mar 2012 OP

Wow. anti-alec Mar 2012 #1

Fortunately for the kid arrested, the whole thing's on video. backscatter712 Mar 2012 #2

And they don't even give a crap that it's being filmed. CanonRay Mar 2012 #3

The most dangerous threat to liberty The Wizard Mar 2012 #4

The average citizen has more to fear from law enforcement MindPilot Mar 2012 #5

Ain't that the truth? backscatter712 Mar 2012 #6