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Nothing Stops This Train: LAPD beat a man to death
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Foxy Fox 39
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So he beat the guy so bad he broke his own hand?
Commitment to the force. Get that man a medal!
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And a raise!
HORRORSHØW
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fucking thugs man, and i'm not talking about the deceased.
Beating someone to death doesn't just happen. Unless you really want it to. Be he coked-up or not.
NEOPARADIGM
Banned
Well if he was that blitzed on coke I guess he could have had a heart-attack; otherwise it sounds like he was straight up beaten to death? Jesus Christ.
FreddieQuell
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How exactly do you think the cop broke his hand?
We don't have a specific cause of death yet. Someone's head can easily get hit on the way down and kill them despite being unintentional. (This has happened with tazers before.)
NEOPARADIGM
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"A physical altercation ensued and the sergeants were able to take the suspect into custody. The suspect sustained a laceration and a rescue ambulance was requested,"
What do you think that means? He tripped and fell?
ryutaro's mama
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Foxy Fox 39
Banned
Sensationalist title! The report clearly states he only "sustained a laceration" during his arrest. He must have died from injuries sustained in an unrelated and unreported beating just before he was carefully apprehended by the officers.
Not necessarily - you can fuck your hand up pretty easily if you don't really know how to fight properly. For instance, Jeremy Clarkson broke a finger when he punched Piers Morgan, and that wasn't even that savage of a blow.
Wait, this is different from the cyclist right?
So as long as it's not the direct cause of death, beating someone so hard you break your own hand is fine then?
How do you know it was broken from excessive punching?
NegroNinja
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Yea I've seen someone's hand get really fucked up from landing a punch. It was worse then the guy who got hit.
Right, he probably broke it while putting on the cuffs, my bad. I mean it's not like it says "physical altercation" in the OP or anything.
CountAntonius
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The aggressiveness of cops has always angered me. I can see the need to subdue people but they do it with such a disregard that it almost seems gleeful. They slam people as hard as they possibly can to whatever hard surface they find.
That could easily fit into the cop chasing and tackling him down, followed by a wrestle to subdue him.
Like I said, I hadn't watched the video where a witness said he saw the cop punch the guy.
A physical altercation that needed to happen because they were doing their jobs.
BassForever
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Honestly this doesn't set off any alarms, a physical altercation can mean any number of things. I can't watch the clip but did the witness say the cops beat the guy even after he was down or that it was a fight and they had to struggle to restrain him or just that "a physical altercation" took place? The all around injuries for all parties involved makes it sound like it was more of a struggle to restrain where the victim smashed his head in the chaos and died from the wound. Not really the cops fault in that case
If more evidence comes out showing it was more of a true beating of a guy who had already been taken down then yes raise hell but for now lets just wait for more info.
If more evidence comes out showing it was more of a true beating of a guy who had already been taken down then yes raise hell but for now lets just wait for more info.
Yeah, coked up people are no joke. I used to know a bouncer. About 6'4", strong as an ox and tough as nails. He always wanted at least 2 other guys with him if they needed to remove a dude on coke or speed. They fight like animals and don't give a fuck.
I can see a fight with two cops getting very ugly.
NegroNinja
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That guy said he saw the cops beating him for 10 minutes. That's a VERY long time to be punching someone without anyone trying to stop it. 10 minutes of getting beating by anyone is just savage. I think that's exagerated a bit. If it's actually true then holy shit.
Foxy Fox 39
Banned
Witness statement: "They were beating him real bad. Like, you know. Basically he died of the wounds."
edit: Another eye witness: "The officers beat [Abrego] with fists and batons ... the police punched him for 10 minutes"
double edit: I don't think you're going to be hitting someone if you broke your hand before said beating ensued.
If the guy didn't die they would have charged him with assaulting a police officer.
That could be much worse depending on your new area. Police are not intrinsically a negative force. But they become a problem when not correctly staffed and regulated.
BruiserBear
Banned
Did he die due to some odd complication of injuries, etc?
It'd be helpful if this stuff was in the OP, and not in a video. :-/
The adrenaline will mask the pain from the broken hand in the moment- happens all the time in UFC.
Foxy Fox 39
Banned
I think he was just plain beat to death. An officer said that he had a laceration -- which was why they called EMS, but the laceration was obviously from the beating.
and paid vacation
BruiserBear
Banned
Sure, but people don't normally die from lacerations. There had to be either a severe injury, or a random complication, such as a blood clot, etc.
Gentleman Jack
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You know how when cops kill an unarmed, innocent man in broad daylight their spokespeople say shit like "A man was confronted by police and then an officer involved shooting occured. The man later died."
The cops are saying here and now "A man was confronted by police and then there was a physical altercation. The man later died."
CountBlack
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I swear the cops in America have lost all chill for this last week.
Lucky.
Although for some reason the Parking Enforcement is out en masse today and I don't know why. But damn are they writing up nonstop.
Yes it does. You don't know what you're talking about. One blow to the head can kill someone if they are unlucky. This sounds like a tragic accident, not malice. Police enforcement by nature involves violence, and violence brings with it danger of doing serious damage. I'm not saying this was handled perfectly but come on. Don't demonize these cops.
They were apparently beating on the man for ten minutes.
Witness accounts say they were beating on him for several minutes. That sure sounds like an accident.
And "Police enforcement by nature involves violence"? Wtf? No it fucking doesn't. Not of this magnitude at least.
I don't demonize them, I just go the most logical route when reading LAPD or NYPD these days. Shit is disgusting.
Foxy Fox 39
Banned
Yes. They accidentally beat him for 10 minutes. And then he died from said beating. Such a tragic accident. Kind of reminds me of that one terrible accident where Rodney King was accidentally beat by a multitude of officers.
BlackNMild2k1
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