In a small American town six police officers in several squad cars are searching for a suspect reported to be at the grocery store of a gas station. From the body camera footage of one of the officers he spots the suspect, parks his squad car, exits it, and then runs towards the suspect, and shouts to him to get on the ground. The suspect is confused for a couple of seconds but then goes onto the ground. Several police officers run onto the scene.
However, the cop, who probably has an IQ approaching that of a house plant, had not put his squad car in park, but actually in reverse. Said car starts rolling backwards and onto the cops and the suspects. One of the other cops gets bumped by the car, but the car completely runs over the suspect, who ends up under the car, screaming in pain. Luckily the car has stopped, but at least one of the wheels has run over the suspect.
What do the cops do at this point? Do they make sure not to move the man, who might possibly have a severe injury, such as a punctured lung, or a spinal or a cranial injury? Do they call an ambulance?
Of course not. What did you think? These are American cops. These are not normal people. They proceed to do what American cops always do, which is to act completely recklessly and insanely, with complete disregard to the safety of the citizens.
Two of the cops proceed to drag the man from below the car and then the third cop (whose body camera footage we are witnessing) joins them to aggressively handcuff the man. Three other cops are watching closeby, for a total of six police officers. The man is still screaming in pain, yet they don't care, and still proceed to handcuff him, ignoring the suffering of the man.
And what exactly was the crime that they suspected him of? Had he, for example, physically beaten up somebody? Did he threaten somebody with a knife or a firearm? Was he some kind of drug dealer? Had he just robbed a shop and was fleeing from the scene? Was he a clear danger to the cops? What crime prompted not just six cops to come to arrest him, but for them to first order him on the ground and then aggressively handcuff him regardless of his potential very serious injuries?
Jaywalking.
Yes, that's right. Jaywalking. Crossing the street in the wrong place. And yes, that was literally the only crime that they suspected him of. Nothing else.
And because they suspected him of jaywalking, they needed a whopping six cops on the scene, and they needed to secure him with handcuffs even though a freaking car had just run over him and he was potentially very seriously injured.
Did they proceed to dismiss the charges, considering the special circumstances?
Of course not. On the contrary, they slapped him with an additional "resisting" charge, because why not. Not that he actually resisted in any way, that doesn't matter.
Did the police precinct and the chief of the police condemn this absolutely reckless behavior from part of their officers, and did the officers receive some consequences for these actions, even if it was just a slap on the wrist (such as being suspended for a few weeks)?
Of course not. What did you think? On the contrary, the chief proceeded to defend the actions of the cops. Because of course he did.
That's American policing for you.
You can see a video about this here.
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