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Got it, so you are appalled when one group protests something (exercising their rights) but are a staunch advocate when another group protests something (exercising their rights). You can disagree with the police all you want (you exercising your right), but they are exercising their rights just as much as the NFL players are. Should the peaceful counter-protestors against Trump protestors not be allowed to counter-protest because they are trying to stop someone's rights by not letting them be heard?
Interesting that you stress how Michael Bennett has a BIG BIG responsibility to tell the truth, yet don't demand the same of the police officer, who've already thrown their credibility into question by conveniently "forgetting" to turn on their body cams during the encounter. What's less interesting, and certainly not surprising, is that you take the police union's account of these events as Gospel.
yes, it is interesting and yes michael bennett has a "big big" responsibility here-no? do you disagree with that? will more cops be shot because of michael bennett's actions? if so, indirectly or directly, hell of a price to pay for trying to do your job of protecting the public. if more shots ring out, if michael bennett(not him personally) was the person with the gun and he runs out and shoots more innocent people, who gets blamed then? to many "what ifs" here that could have gone very badly. bennett has got to chill and take his medicinehow do you know that he forgot to turn on his body cam? police and credibility? no surprise-another broad brush one has to obey the cops orders. bennett did not. he ended up eating concrete, now he is trying to blame the cops for his stupidity.
how do you know that he forgot to turn on his body cam? police and credibility? no surprise-another broad brush
They bloody had it...
Said it 3 years ago, will say it over and over again until he finally gets cut. Kevin White is utter trash. What a complete waste of a draft pick.
How are the Packers fans feeling about their own Bennett raising his fist in protest during the anthem?
Rocket ... you'd do better around here if you bothered to learn the facts before posting.Las Vegas police officers are required to activate their mandatory body cameras when responding to a call involving contact with citizens or taking any action to detain a citizen. This is fact.The police officers who detained Michael Bennett did not activate their body cameras. This also is fact.In my mind, when police officers choose to conduct a detention or citizen interaction in a manner that violates their department policy, their actions and credibility deserve scrutiny.Let's be clear here: Michael Bennett did nothing illegal or wrong. The officers, at best, were guilty of negligence.I have no idea whether Bennett was a victim of racial profiling. But he likely was a victim of implicit bias, and definitely a victim of bad police work.
A sergeant had his/her body camera on and they captured that video. Two Hispanic officers that tackled Bennett did not have their body cameras on.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/articles.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2017/09/browns_players_run_out_of_tunn.ampThis is how change starts. Kneeling during a National Anthem? Feel free, but it's not going to change anything.
"McMahill said police have 126 videos connected to the incident — including other body camera and security footage — that investigators are reviewing. why the officer most closely associated with the altercation did not have his body cam on is a separate issue. what happened is well recorded and doesn't negate the fact that bennett did not follow police orders. the non-activated body cam issue should be dealt with separately.
Good for him. It hit awfully close to home for him.
Does this happen without Kaepernick's protest? I don't think so.
How can you make a conclusion about his actions when they are still reviewing evidence?