• irgendjemand@lemmy.world
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    13 天前

    Utah is without a doubt one of the worst states in the US. It is absolutely rife with corruption and abuse, massively enabled by the Mormon cult

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world
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      12 天前

      Even if she was breaking some sort of law, I doubt the consequences was being slammed head first on tile.

      Everything coming from a cop is basically their own personal punishment toward the person they don’t like for exercising their rights.

      • FiredFloridaCop@lemmy.world
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        12 天前

        Even if she was breaking some sort of law, I doubt the consequences was being slammed head first on tile.

        I bet the mindset was something like “I’m going to end this fight now and if you get injured I don’t care (beyond calling for a paramedic).” That’s pretty common among cops in my personal experience.

        We’ll obviously never know what would’ve happened if she’d cooperated, but just from this clip I doubt it would’ve been a legal arrest and I hope she wins in court.

        Everything coming from a cop is basically their own personal punishment toward the person they don’t like for exercising their rights.

        Often times, yes; if people want to do something and they think they can get away with it, they will often do it. Cops are no more virtuous than anyone else in this regard, but the list of things they can get away with is longer and more dangerous.

        • thermal_shock@lemmy.world
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          12 天前

          Are you seriously insinuating that tiny ass woman was going to hurt that big fat ass cop? You telling me that he was scared for his life that he needed a face plant her?

          As long as she’s not striking him or has a weapon, her voice should mean fuck all. Fuck that cop in his neck with a rusty pipe

        • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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          12 天前

          and the good news is she can hire a lawyer and they can have the cop face a judge and jury on a lawsuit.

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            12 天前

            “Qualified Immunity” – I think most judges would grant a motion to dismiss before jury selection; most judges grant a lot of deference to police and prosecutors.

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            12 天前

            I suppose that is better than nothing. If he had killed her, which based on the force was entirely possible, she would not be be able to sue. Also, lawsuits are time consuming and expensive. They are not the panacea people think they are.

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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    13 天前

    Found an article from the Salt Lake Tribune.

    Azalea was booked into the Utah County Jail, the statement said, charged with disrupting a meeting, a class A misdemeanor, and interference with a police officer and assault on a police officer, both class B misdemeanors. The two people who left the meeting with her were given citations, the statement said.

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    After she was released, Azalea told The Tribune she got a CT scan because of “intense jaw pain.” While her jaw was not broken, she said she has a concussion and bruises on her jaw, shoulder and knee.

    So they fucked her up and then charged her with assault.

  • king_comrade@lemmy.world
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    13 天前

    For all the mass shooters the states have, can just one of them shoot up a police station? Please? Why do you dumb fuck yanks always choose schools, as a people you literally would rather kill kids than Nazis.

  • Enkjdu@lemmy.world
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    13 天前

    Fuck he looked way too excited to get her in the open so he could beat her up. Fucking pathetic piece of shit.

  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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    13 天前

    Im surprised… that shes alive? That was fucking brutal. That should be attempted murder at least. And people ask me why i go to the gym…

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      13 天前

      I agree but after watching some “karma” videos I am constantly amazed by the body’s resilience.

  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world
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    13 天前

    The government wants you to support datacenters. By force if necessary. The owners of the datacenters running AI on them are hemorrhaging money. The wealthy don’t stand to make very much on them at all.

    Think about that.

    • OrteilGenou@lemmy.world
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      13 天前

      One day this cop will be dropped as part of mass layoffs, and will rage-protest until his Boston Dynamics replacement face-slams him into the floor.

      That’s not a good thing.

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        13 天前

        This is a bit of a hot take, but I think security services are going to be the absolute last thing that will be replaced.

        Looking how much money was dumped into ICE and attempts at federalizing local PDs, I think they need the human element of brutality.

  • Lyricism6055@lemmy.world
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    13 天前

    Holy shit man… I wanted to move to utah since it’s so beautiful but then the people there make me not want to be anywhere close…ffs

    • ContriteErudite@lemmy.world
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      13 天前

      It has some truly beautiful places to visit, but living there would be hard for reasons beyond it being a Mormon enclave. It’s mostly desert/semi-arid. The great salt lake is stinky; I already have issues with sensitization and strong smells, and the handful of times I’ve visited that lake were hard to enjoy. The mountains are great though… I think I’d like to live there.

    • crystalmathadept@lemmy.zip
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      13 天前

      He trained for this exact moment to be a fucking pussy and assault someone 1/3 his size. There were 6 cops at least, a lot of faith he has in his team.

  • Didntdoit71@feddit.online
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    13 天前

    This shit needs to be shut down. This cop is the one that belongs in a cage. He’s a fucking inhuman animal.