security footage of police tackling Blake

[summer]

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[meshaliuknits]

He was the picture of not doing a damn thing.

That guy who walked out, saw him getting tackled and then walked back inside was me.

[pixy0stix]

Blake has not been accused of any crime. In fact, the NYPD has since apologized to him for throwing him to the ground and leaving him in cuffs for 10 to 15 minutes. The officer who attacked him has been placed on desk duty.

Blake said Friday that he does not accept the apology.

GOOD! Fuck the apology. Holy crap.

[summer]

My favorite comment: "Black while Black"

[orangeblossom]

Ridiculous. No excuse for this. Absolutely NONE.

I dare someone to try and day, what he shouldn't have been doing and this wouldn't have happened. Add standing around texting to the list of things we can't do.

[dianecourt]

I really want to know what the lady in the orange hat is saying. "Um, hey dude, that's James Blake, you moron"

[glinda]

Sept 11, 2015 16:55:30 GMT -5 dianecourt said:

I really want to know what the lady in the orange hat is saying. "Um, hey dude, that's James Blake, you moron"

I wondered that too!

[Black Lavender]

FUCK THIS SHIT! I don't even want to think about what could have happened to him if he'd resisted at all...

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[josieposy]

I'd love to see a photo of the actual suspect vs. Blake.

ETA: this wasn't acceptable. I'm just curious.

[Cicero]

Holy shit.

[dianecourt]

Sept 11, 2015 17:24:48 GMT -5 josieposy said:

I'd love to see a photo of the actual suspect vs. Blake.

ETA: this wasn't acceptable. I'm just curious.

Deadspin has it.  deadspin.com/the-nypd-sting-that-wrongly-arrested-james-blake-seems-1729924319

Their features are alike - but that guy turned out to have nothing to do with it either!

Fury.

ETA:  Police are using Instagram to do this crap!  The end is nigh.

[orangeblossom]

Sept 11, 2015 17:24:48 GMT -5 josieposy said:

I'd love to see a photo of the actual suspect vs. Blake.

ETA: this wasn't acceptable. I'm just curious.

They showed a picture on ABC and they did look a lot alike, but still, all of that force wasn't necessary.

[gpw]

Sept 11, 2015 17:14:06 GMT -5 Black Lavender said:

FUCK THIS SHIT! I don't even want to think about what could have happened to him if he'd resisted at all...

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I thought the same thing.  

[josieposy]

Sept 11, 2015 17:44:40 GMT -5 dianecourt said:

Sept 11, 2015 17:24:48 GMT -5 josieposy said:

I'd love to see a photo of the actual suspect vs. Blake.

ETA: this wasn't acceptable. I'm just curious.

Deadspin has it.  deadspin.com/the-nypd-sting-that-wrongly-arrested-james-blake-seems-1729924319

Their features are alike - but that guy turned out to have nothing to do with it either!

Fury.

ETA:  Police are using Instagram to do this crap!  The end is nigh.

Oh wow. Yeah it still doesn't justify using wrestling moves on an identity theft suspect.

[gpw]

Sept 11, 2015 17:45:47 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Sept 11, 2015 17:24:48 GMT -5 josieposy said:

I'd love to see a photo of the actual suspect vs. Blake.

ETA: this wasn't acceptable. I'm just curious.

They showed a picture on ABC and they did look a lot alike, but still, all of that force wasn't necessary.

I agree they look alike, but what that cop did was so many different ways of wrong.  Like black lavender said, what would have happened if he had "resisted" at all.  And by resist, I mean acting like any rational person would when being attacked like that.  

ETA:  Also, what if it hadn't been caught on camera.  I can't even. 

[Velvetshady]

FUCK. With Blake's history of neck/back injuries, the dumbass cop is fucking lucky Blake was seriously injured.

[iammalcolmx]

Because yall know me and my brain sticks on things......THIS is what you do to a credit card thief minding his business? You don't just say "dude you are under arrest" and do the Miranda stuff? You gotta take him down? All that is missing is a dramatic stop drop and roll.

[elleblue]

That's how they arrest someone for suspected credit card fraud? Wtf?! Nevermind that neither their suspect nor Blake were actually involved, I'm aghast that those detectives think that type of arrest is okay. Why the excessive and dramatic force? THIS IS NOT THE DAMN MOVIES!

[katfco]

Can someone please teach the police that they are not in an us-against-them, shoot-em-up Rambo movie? Is it really so hard to grasp?

[summer]

If this is the baseline for dealing with alleged crime then I guess I see how people get shot for asking a question. I feel like you need mental help if this is your approach in life.

And how does Blue Lives Matter feel about this? You can't get a better example of excessive force and respectability politics in one story than this here. I want to hear from those who think POC are making a mountain out of a molehill

[Velar Fricative]

Sept 11, 2015 23:23:21 GMT -5 summer said:

If this is the baseline for dealing with alleged crime then I guess I see how people get shot for asking a question. I feel like you need mental help if this is your approach in life.

And how does Blue Lives Matter feel about this? You can't get a better example of excessive force and respectability politics in one story than this here. I want to hear from those who think POC are making a mountain out of a molehill

My local paper's FB post had comments about it all being just a sad case of mistaken identity. As if this was appropriate behavior on the officer's part if it weren't a case of mistaken identity. I checked because I'm in an area heavily populated by NYPD and was curious how people would excuse this.

[katfco]

Sept 11, 2015 23:23:21 GMT -5 summer said:

If this is the baseline for dealing with alleged crime then I guess I see how people get shot for asking a question. I feel like you need mental help if this is your approach in life.

And how does Blue Lives Matter feel about this? You can't get a better example of excessive force and respectability politics in one story than this here. I want to hear from those who think POC are making a mountain out of a molehill

I have no doubt people will comment about how a few rogue cops do not represent all the "good" ones. Not all cops and such. 

[orangeblossom]

Sept 12, 2015 6:35:10 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Sept 11, 2015 23:23:21 GMT -5 summer said:

If this is the baseline for dealing with alleged crime then I guess I see how people get shot for asking a question. I feel like you need mental help if this is your approach in life.

And how does Blue Lives Matter feel about this? You can't get a better example of excessive force and respectability politics in one story than this here. I want to hear from those who think POC are making a mountain out of a molehill

My local paper's FB post had comments about it all being just a sad case of mistaken identity. As if this was appropriate behavior on the officer's part if it weren't a case of mistaken identity. I checked because I'm in an area heavily populated by NYPD and was curious how people would excuse this.

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Some people just don't get it, and will always find an excuse to excuse horrible and inappropriate behavior.

Mistaken identity or not, that is not how you approach a suspect in general, and definitely not for ID theft. And five officers, come on.

This on top of the fact that the person they thought he was, was innocent too. Also, let's not forget the main officer already had four excessive use complaints.

Face reality defenders, this is not just a sad case of mistaken ifentity. Everything about this was wrong.

Ugh, people and their blinders.

[aurora]

Sept 11, 2015 23:23:21 GMT -5 summer said:

...I want to hear from those who think POC are making a mountain out of a molehill

"Well, in the end he wasn't badly injured or killed, and it's not like he had to spend the night in jail."

"It's unfortunate for him but not the officers' faults that he looked so much like the supposed perpetrator."

"There is no racism! We have a black president!"