Video: Austin police body-slam black teacher, tell her blacks have 'violent tendencies'

bearkat42 said:

Officials in Austin are investigating the violent arrest of a black elementary school teacher who was body-slammed by a white police officer during a traffic stop.

The investigation comes after the emergence of police video footage showing not only the June 2015 arrest but also a scene afterward, when another white officer told the teacher that cops are wary of blacks because of their "violent tendencies" and "intimidating" appearance.

"Ninety-nine percent of the time. . . it is the black community that is being violent," the officer tells her. "That's why a lot of white people are afraid. And I don't blame them."

The footage, first reported Thursday by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE, prompted an apology from police.

"My heart was sickened and saddened when I first learned of this incident," said Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, adding that the video was "disturbing."

http://www.stltoday.com/news/nation...c2.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Rrog said:

I wonder what the time difference was between the event itself and the Chief saying he feels like poop over this?

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malicifice said:

It's funny how this always starts from not following simple instructions. It's not hard. I've never been slammed, hit, shot by the police. Not because I'm white but because I don't act like a fool when stopped.

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malicifice said:

It's funny how this always starts from not following simple instructions. It's not hard. I've never been slammed, hit, shot by the police. Not because I'm white but because I don't act like a fool when stopped.

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malicifice said:

It's funny how this always starts from not following simple instructions. It's not hard. I've never been slammed, hit, shot by the police. Not because I'm white but because I don't act like a fool when stopped.

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rollitup said:

Just tilt your head back, and look way up in the air.

There goes the point.

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bearkat42 said:

Officials in Austin are investigating the violent arrest of a black elementary school teacher who was body-slammed by a white police officer during a traffic stop.

The investigation comes after the emergence of police video footage showing not only the June 2015 arrest but also a scene afterward, when another white officer told the teacher that cops are wary of blacks because of their "violent tendencies" and "intimidating" appearance.

"Ninety-nine percent of the time. . . it is the black community that is being violent," the officer tells her. "That's why a lot of white people are afraid. And I don't blame them."

The footage, first reported Thursday by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE, prompted an apology from police.

"My heart was sickened and saddened when I first learned of this incident," said Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, adding that the video was "disturbing."

http://www.stltoday.com/news/nation...c2.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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Rrog said:

I wonder what the time difference was between the event itself and the Chief saying he feels like poop over this?

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