Dash cam video exonerates NJ man

[dgiharris]

..“My hands are up. As soon as he opens the door, one of the officers just reached in and punched me in the face. As he’s trying to take my seatbelt off, he’s elbowing me in my jaw. And I’m like ‘Ahhh!’ and he’s like ‘Stop trying to take my gun! Stop resisting arrest!’”
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“Stop resisting! Stop trying to take my f------ gun! Just put your hands behind your back, a--hole,” one officer yells.
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Now police know a camera may be watching them or witnesses watching them so they like to yell these things while obstructing camera angles...

...Whoever exonerated these officers needs to be held accountable and charged as accessories to these blatant and horrific crimes of these officers.

Yes, they should be held accountable, but the media has short attention spans and usually forget to do thorough stories and investigations. They should probe as deep as possible and insure those who were part of the cover up pay the price.

What is almost as sickening is how "we the people" will believe the BS excuses that come out over all of this. Sure, the police "now" have to throw us a scapegoat or two, but the truth is, so many "different" parts of the system failed this citizen, and so many people were either negligent, complicit, or actively part of the cover up. A dozen people should easily lose their jobs over this travesty of justice... But they won't. Emails will be lost, hard drives erased, and everyone will develop selective amnesia.

Truth be told, I'm surprised the video surfaced at all... I bet someone in the system knew about the video and were just saving it until they could leak it without getting in trouble. Whistleblower protection is a fantasy. You blow the whistle and often times your life is ruined. So my guess would be someone sat on that video until they could safely leak it.

 

[brinny]

Now police know a camera may be watching them or witnesses watching them so they like to yell these things while obstructing camera angles...



Yes, they should be held accountable, but the media has short attention spans and usually forget to do thorough stories and investigations. They should probe as deep as possible and insure those who were part of the cover up pay the price.

What is almost as sickening is how "we the people" will believe the BS excuses that come out over all of this. Sure, the police "now" have to throw us a scapegoat or two, but the truth is, so many "different" parts of the system failed this citizen, and so many people were either negligent, complicit, or actively part of the cover up. A dozen people should easily lose their jobs over this travesty of justice... But they won't. Emails will be lost, hard drives erased, and everyone will develop selective amnesia.

Truth be told, I'm surprised the video surfaced at all... I bet someone in the system knew about the video and were just saving it until they could leak it without getting in trouble. Whistleblower protection is a fantasy. You blow the whistle and often times your life is ruined. So my guess would be someone sat on that video until they could safely leak it.

It's tragic......most don't seem to care tooo tooooo much unless it effects them.......they don't realize "yet" that what happened to Marcus Jeter could very well be "them" or someone in their family and Marcus Jeter could've very well not lived/survived what happened to him and/or the next person this happens to. It's a miracle that he survived what he did.

Apathy anyone?

By the way, thank God for all the whistleblowers out there.

 

[Billnew]

To many cops getting away with excessive force. The system sides with cops unless overwhelming evidence proves they committed a crime.
Even one incident is too many, but there a lot more then one.
No one is above the law, not even police.

 

[Armoured]

Look forward to our usual suspects arriving to white knight these cops and accuse the rest of us of being liberal sheep.

 

[bhsmte]

To many cops getting away with excessive force. The system sides with cops unless overwhelming evidence proves they committed a crime.
Even one incident is too many, but there a lot more then one.
No one is above the law, not even police.

I look at it this way, with the size of our nation, there are always going to be a certain number of "bad cops", just as we have bad people in all professions.

With that said, we need to figure out how to minimize these negative interactions, as much as possible. Cops have a hard job and they are exposed to emotional stresses, that many other people don't have to face. For this reason, the psychological screening of cops, is absolutely crucial IMO, to determine, which people are more capable of staying calm during high stress moments. Also, it is pretty clear, cops in general, need more training and education on the law and I would advocate for paying cops more money and requiring a college degree, or some other equivalent level of education and training, to become a cop.

 

[stamperben]

I look at it this way, with the size of our nation, there are always going to be a certain number of "bad cops", just as we have bad people in all professions.

With that said, we need to figure out how to minimize these negative interactions, as much as possible. Cops have a hard job and they are exposed to emotional stresses, that many other people don't have to face. For this reason, the psychological screening of cops, is absolutely crucial IMO, to determine, which people are more capable of staying calm during high stress moments. Also, it is pretty clear, cops in general, need more training and education on the law and I would advocate for paying cops more money and requiring a college degree, or some other equivalent level of education and training, to become a cop.

While I agree with much of what you propose, I'd add that it should be an elected civilian who heads up each cities police force.