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Grass8989 t1_jbvpwxz wrote

“A one-time college lacrosse player who graduated in 2019 from Thiel College with a criminal justice degree,”

Well, that’s ironic.

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F4ilsafe t1_jbxci2k wrote

I was just going to write this. I know that a criminal justice degree isn't a law degree, but lol. . . he knows better. Even if you disagree with an arrest, you don't fight it on the street, you fight it in court.

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oy_says_ake t1_jbxiuv0 wrote

I know practically this is a sensible position, but given how our police act* i have a hard time stomaching it and really can’t blame people for physically resisting. If the police want unquestioning compliance, they need to earn unquestionable respect. Unfortunately, as a group they not only are very fare from having earned such respect but don’t even seem to want to try.

*(eg if what actually happened is that he asked the officer to use their phone to help find his own lost phone [exactly the kind of help a regular citizen might expect an officer to happily provide] and they told him to fuck off, as some witnesses reported in the post story; alternatively, we can all think of other extensively reported examples of police misconduct)

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Grass8989 t1_jbxj668 wrote

Based on the reactions of the “peanut gallery” I’m sure that’s exactly what happened! None of his friends or the bystanders could let them use their phone. He had to ask the cops to use their phone. Even so, I didn’t know you’re allowed to physically assault someone for hurting your feelings.

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aguafiestas t1_jbxz7e9 wrote

While the video shows nothing about why he was cuffed in the first place and whether or not it was justified, once the video started rolling the cops aren't acting violently. They hold his arms trying to restrain him. They don't beat him or taze him. And when he gets away, they don't chase him. They don't taze him or god forbid shoot him.

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WaddleD t1_jbyr357 wrote

Reminds me of Bryan Kohberger the guy who commuted the Idaho college murders. He was pursuing a criminal Justice phd.

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Sybertron t1_jc38st4 wrote

I remember some stat from a while ago that was something like over half of criminal justice degrees have jail time.

Its like they sit in prison and are like "ya know, I could do this"

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MitchGq t1_jby9fhw wrote

Having a criminal justice degree is probably the reason he ran. When you really know the full extent of what the police are capable of, just to make an arrest stick, you would be scared of them too. Especially since they can’t beat people like they used to.

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