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An Asheville, North Carolina, news outlet published disturbing bodycam footage this week showing a white police officer beating a black resident, prompting public apologies from city officials who are continuing to investigate the incident.
The graphic video shows officers chasing Johnnie Rush, 33, throwing him to the ground, shocking him with a stun gun and beating him as he cries out in pain and shouts for help. Photos that Rush provided to the Asheville Citizen-Times show his bandaged and swollen head and other injuries.
How do these sick eff's get on a police force in the first place? Being hired should involve major background checks into history, character, and psychological testing that is then repeated annually.
Can't wait until the usual suspects weigh in with their brilliant posts of 'he should have complied' and 'obviously there's more to the story'.
WATCH: Fort Lauderdale cops beat woman just 8 days after she testified against police brutality.
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The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is being sued by a citizen who was gruesomely beaten just eight days after testifying against an officer caught on tape beating a homeless man, the Miami New Times reported Friday.
It appears to be a situation where cops escalate/harass to the point a frustrated citizen loses it. But the video doesn't show the previous interaction with Rush which is mentioned in the beginning of the video. I'm thinking they f'd with him there too.
How do these sick eff's get on a police force in the first place? Being hired should involve major background checks into history, character, and psychological testing that is then repeated annually.
Can't wait until the usual suspects weigh in with their brilliant posts of 'he should have complied' and 'obviously there's more to the story'.
There is more.
If you watch the video they had already stopped him because they knew his name.
Which means they ran him in the computer and no warrants appeared.
That probably angered them...hence following Rush to watch him jaywalk so they could F with him.
No it is not. I wanted to add further supporting facts to show that we have a very real problem of police brutality in our country.
If you give someone a monopoly on force and they are protected by the State expect to be brutalized.
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