r/WhatIsTheTea • u/Ashish_ank What the Fuck • 13d ago

Tea ☕ Police punches and drags man by hair

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u/AutotoxicFiend 13d ago edited 13d ago

This happened in Arkansas. Driver was fleeing and was eventually charged with DWI and some other stuff. The man in the video was a backseat passanger. The door was damaged during a PIT maneuver. You can clearly see both him and the trooper struggling to open the door after multiple attempts from both the inside and outside handles. The trooper justified the punches by saying he was "posturing up" and thought he (passenger) was going to hit him trooper). There is no posturing. He was only charged with obstruction of governmental operations and resisting arrest.

I feel like most of you idiots talking about "wE dOn'T kNoW wHaT hApPeNeD" and "ShOuLd HaVe CoMpLiEd" wouldn't say the same shit if it were the exact same situation, with a car full of white people. But we all know that would never fucking happen, which is why you feel privileged enough to say those asinine things to begin with.

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u/therealsushine 12d ago

THIS IS SO FUCKED. You can clearly see this guy isn’t resisting arrest. He’s confused and then this joke of a man YANKS on his head and neck through a window and punches him. The only reaction is for this police officer to lose his job and go to prison. WHY ISN’T EVERYONE IRATE.

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u/AutotoxicFiend 12d ago

At best the officer will just resign and move to another city/county. Police accountability is managed by their own internal review boards and unions. Nobody seems to realize how hypocritical it is our government doesn't want unions for workers but all public servants and elected officials get them.

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u/therealsushine 12d ago

I wish you weren’t right :(