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Video: DC Metro Officers Tase Man Because He Looked Like He Wanted to Fight Cops

A video of a Washington, D.C., Metro police officer tasing a man who was simply asking questions about the detention of two juveniles ha...

A video of a Washington, D.C., Metro police officer tasing a man who was simply asking questions about the detention of two juveniles has sparked outrage and anger among residents and activists. But no one was “shocked” by the incident...unless you count the man who was subjected to D.C. Metro cops’ impromptu electroshock therapy because he looked like he was eventually going to try to fight the police.
According to NBC Washington and Metro Transit Police Police Department, transit cops responded to a call at the U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo station after they received a call about two juveniles threatening riders with either fireworks or sticks. When law enforcement officers arrived, they detained two African American boys while a group of people gathered around the handcuffed teens to advocate for them.
“I just want to make sure y’all alright,” says Che’mere Jones, who posted the video to her Facebook page. “What I don’t want is one of these colonizers to get on y’all about some shit. Because I don’t wanna have to go off and I ain’t got my nails done.”
The footage shows a man appearing to question two white officers about the boys’ detention when a third officer in a K-9 vest steps into the frame and shoves the man. Within seconds, Lieutenant White Lightning pulls out his taser and fires it at the unarmed man. A second officer joins in and wrestles the man to the ground before deploying the Taser at least one more time as the man, now on the ground, crawls away on his back while raising his hands in traditional African-American sign language, which translates as: “I’m not even fucking with you, sir.”

In a statement, the Metro Transit Police Department explained that the incident report says the stunning officer deployed the CEW (Conducted Energy Weapon) because the unidentified child advocate interfered with the investigation and looked as if he was getting ready to fight the cop.



To be clear, the cops didn’t say they subjected the man to low-voltage electrocution because he was fighting. They didn’t even say he was going to fight; only that he “exhibited behavior consistent with preparing to fight the officer.”
The juveniles were released after no witnesses verified their identities to the cops, but the man who was advocating for the boys was arrested. MTPD notes that neither the officer nor the electrified man was injured.
I’m sure that the report is accurate.
Authorities say that they have opened an investigation “based on concerns raised on social media regarding the officer’s handling of the interaction.” They have assured the public that they will “review all available facts and evidence, including witness statements and video posted on social media.” Apparently, the Metro Transit Police Department was not at all concerned about the brutal arrest. It was the social media outcry that did it.
Officer Edward Taserhands, who exhibited behavior consistent with preparing to be a racist police officer who doesn’t give a fuck about black lives, remains on duty.
Shocking, isn’t it?

2 comments

  1. There wasn't an issue with this man, before the roid raging badged monkey intervened because he "the badged slaver" obviously felt that the man was exhibiting contempt of cop and not instantly prostrating himself in awe of the immense EGO of a man in a costume.
    The police can't have people calmly standing up to them with reason and facts. what could happen next?? the people would start ignoring them and see them for the CRIMINALS THEY ARE!

    Does it appear that the Police officers actions are intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population by making an example of one of them? YES IT DOES! and that's TERRORISM!

    We all know what happens next, the police will investigate themselves and ultimately nothing will come of it... ie WE THE POLICE DID NOTHING WRONG!

    The police will blame the man, not unlike a rapist or a murderer blaming his victim

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  2. When did there become a "traditional" symbol of blacks that crawling away (when ordered to stay still) somehow means "I'm not even fucking with you, sir?"

    You just made that up. If the choice was between crawling away when told not to and staying still when told to stay still, I would be making that "traditional" symbol that human beings who are not stupid or criminal do: I would stay still.

    And yeah, I might get shot by an inept cop or scared cop or a bad cop. But if I start crawlin'? I'm definitely getting shot. So, when one is in such a situation, the new "traditional" black symbol should now be: I'm laying here still and obedient.

    That right there would drop deaths of blacks (and whites) from cops by 80 percent. Let's try it, shall we?

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