Police brutality
- Thread starter danmand
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As cheesy as this sounds, if police did that sort of thing here, I think there would be a lot less hostility towards them.
Cycleguy007
Banned
Winnipeg
Guys just a question about the police misconduct in Winnipeg. I saw the video and I did not notice anything really bad, could you please tell me the time on the video where something wrong happened. Not trying to be a smart ass or anything and I do agree that many cops abuse there power and it used to be worse before all technology advances that can catch them in the act.
Guys just a question about the police misconduct in Winnipeg. I saw the video and I did not notice anything really bad, could you please tell me the time on the video where something wrong happened. Not trying to be a smart ass or anything and I do agree that many cops abuse there power and it used to be worse before all technology advances that can catch them in the act.
The claim is that the undercover cop, for no reason, attacked the cyclist from behind. The video shows him doing that, but we don't know why. Maybe just before that the cyclist did something illegal, or maybe the cyclists are right and the undercover was just trying to stir up trouble.
If critical mass cyclists do what they are supposed to do, which is ride around on the street, it is not illegal. However some police appear to hate it, and look for any excuse they can find to arrest the cyclists--over traffic violations usually.
It does seem to me that using that much force in response to a traffic violation is excessive but it's also true the video doesn't show what led up to it. It's possible that moments before that the cyclist assaulted an officer or some such--it's unclear from the video.
If critical mass cyclists do what they are supposed to do, which is ride around on the street, it is not illegal. However some police appear to hate it, and look for any excuse they can find to arrest the cyclists--over traffic violations usually.
It does seem to me that using that much force in response to a traffic violation is excessive but it's also true the video doesn't show what led up to it. It's possible that moments before that the cyclist assaulted an officer or some such--it's unclear from the video.
Cycleguy007
Banned
WTF is up with all these cops beating on cyclists? 
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