No one sticking up for the girl? She's a troubled teen? What do you know about her? Does she have a history of this sort of behavior? Does she act out often? Has she been violent with teachers before? Does she have a criminal record? Dont act like she didn't get up when asked because she was tired from volunteering all night at the children's hospital. She decided to not get up when asked. She decided to not get up when told. The officer went to move her from her desk and she hit him in the face. She made her own decisions up to that point how she wanted that to go.
Then again, every time a video comes out you've been one of the first to condemn the officer right? Even before all the facts come out. No point trying to discuss with you, really. You're right, we're all out to get you.
When I said "no one is sticking up for the girl" that was a statement of fact because no one has stuck up for her, not a plea like "why oh why is no one defending what this poor girl did" I never defended her actions, not even once so why you wrote a whole paragraph of hyperbole and her volunteering is beyond me.
That being said, if her behaviour was repetitive, and she is routinely disruptive - then the onus should have been on the school to punish her appropriately whether by suspension, exclusion or what other internal practices they employ to keep unruly kids in order. If her behaviour wasn't repetitive and this was the first time she's acted in such a manner - then quite frankly calling the police as a first resort is ridiculous. And even if she is disruptive, doesn't take orders/commands - that still doesn't mean she deserves to be dragged on the floor like an animal, she's still a human, give her some humanity, she hasn't committed a crime, she's not deserving of such treatment, it's disgusting to think otherwise.
Secondly yes, I am one of the people who sees issues with the excessive force that
some police officers use, I don't come in here to talk badly about all police officers, that's ridiculous.
If I remember correctly you are a police officer or you have some sort of affiliation - so maybe without realising you're bias towards situations without taking the perspective of the other side into consideration. I get it, if its your profession you feel attacked, you get defensive, you feel as though you have to defend the actions of police officers because it's a very hard job and nobody understands unless you're in the line of work. In the same way, i'm a black girl who has had a few family members be the victims of police brutality despite being innocent, so maybe i'm bias to certain situations also.
But lets call a spade a spade, social media has exposed aggressive police behaviour and shown a wider spectrum of people all around the world the actions of some police officers (gotta say some before you assume i'm talking about every single police officer and say it's useless discussing with me just because I don't agree with you all the time).
There are instances where the police have acted with excessive force. Twitter makes everything a social issue, there are think pieces all the time about the statistics of police brutality against all races, it's a hot topic currently, but it's not new.
For decades there have been references to police brutality particularly against people of colour, in music, tv shows, depicted in movies etc. The majority of the time those cries have gone unheard, there's been little evidence because most police reports back up the police officer, and the perspective of person on the receiving end of such abuse go unheard. Now with body cams, dashboard cams and the fact that everybody has a camera in their pocket there's the possibility that these incidents will be recorded, and unlike a police report, video evidence cant be manipulated to suit a particular narrative so easily.
Now i'm not saying that all of those police officers are racist - certain situations arise, it gets difficult to diffuse and you have to make decisions in a split second regardless of what you look like.
But that doesn't mean that people just decided to hold a negative view of police officers for no reason, there are statistics which back up the claim, dozens of former and current police officers who have talked about ways in which they're told to manipulate reports, having to fill quotas, racism amongst their colleagues and higher ranking officials. There is something there. So to be dismissive and say "yes were all out to get you" not only ignores the issue but it makes light of years of tension felt from both sides.
