Never forget Daniel Shaver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Daniel_Shaver
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Catharas4 days ago
+93
officer kept his job and taxpayers had to pay out $9.5M in settlements. Sounds about right.
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Dangerous_Golf_74174 days ago
+85
Nah, worse, officer kept the job, then retired early with disability benefits and pension based on PTSD HE got from the incident
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Thetruthislikepoetry4 days ago
+21
He also requested and got to keep the gun he used to murder Daniel Shaver with. I only hope he uses it one more time after years of torture and agony.
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Electrical_Sea66534 days ago
+27
Jesus Christ. The full unedited footage being released hours after the cop was found not guilty…. The fact he was drunk and confused and scared out of his mind with this bully screaming at him. Ugh. Sickening.
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random_noise4 days ago
+15
Its not without merit. They earned that bad reputation, and have consistently had that reputation for decades. Perhaps conservatives and their religious choices are part of the problem with this type of contextual driven and sanctioned violence and taxpayer waste.
Perhaps observational bios, but those two things sure seem to go hand in hand where these things happen with great frequency.
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bm19494 days ago
+22
It's earned. I live there now, one of my ex neighbors was a Mesa cop. Good person outside of cop stuff but like a switch....
She enjoyed kicking the shit out of people. Any man she dated, usually a cop or firefighter, she can beat up. A maneater. Enough said.
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nyg12194 days ago
+48
So... Not a good person?
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sirbassist833 days ago
+8
"shes a good person outside of being a bad cop and extremely physically abusive"
just because she was nice to *you* doesnt make her a good person
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Impossible-Fig-84633 days ago
+1
Jesus, if you think she is a good person you need help
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rockking164 days ago
+15
It was a block away from the Cubs spring training stadium and the asian business district
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Melodic-Temporary1134 days ago
+4
Didn’t Mesa PD open fire on a car with two people in it just south of there? This was early 2000s maybe. New Times did a big story on it. They fired hundreds of rounds.
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_John_Dillinger3 days ago
+1
yeah they did. i watched that go down in person. back until i wanna say 2012, it seemed like they were getting into gunfights around there at least once a month. it’s definitely better than it used to be, but its still not great.
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rockking164 days ago
+3
While I agree with your comment about the intersection not being the best especially in an area with a lot of growth, it says that he was biking near the intersection.
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whowhodillybar4 days ago
+335
> Mesa police say they observed a man riding a bicycle in the roadway without a headlight near Dobson Road and University Drive around 8:30 p.m.
Seems like a reasonable reason to murder someone
> One man, who says he captured video of the encounter, says Baker was not fighting officers but instead was pleading and crying out that he couldn’t breathe. The video the alleged witness provided appears to show officers pinning a man to the ground outside the apartments; audio on the recording includes shouting that appears to say “stop resisting.”
If they shout “Stop resisting” it makes it okay?
>It's not clear if any officers were hurt during the struggle.
Of course. Surely had it be luck any of them survived against such an imminent threat.
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Kahzgul4 days ago
+192
Cops are trained to yell “stop resisting” as a cover for exactly this sort of instance. It ensures whoever they arrest is charged with a crime.
https://attorneysforfreedom.com/stop-resisting/
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Thecomfortableloon4 days ago
+41
I have a video of a current Mesa police officer doing their Academy training and hitting someone on the ground and saying “stop resisting” as they are just laying there while they are trying to “arrest” them. I wonder if it’s the same officer who did this. Would fit her MO.
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Alwayssunnyinarizona4 days ago
+102
>Seems like a reasonable reason to murder someone
Cops in the valley can't be bothered to enforce some of the most egregious traffic violations, but these guys are out there pulling over bikes without headlights. I feel safer already.
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Im_better_than__u4 days ago
+51
Stop resisting your death - some cop
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Troglodyte094 days ago
+24
Stop surviving
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cakesalads4 days ago
-2
It often depends on your state, since bikes are treated like vehicles. In my state, riding a bike on a roadway without a light would be a traffic violation, but riding it in your driveway would not. Police will use that as a reason to stop, but they're not really concerned about the light. In their mind, it goes like "why is this person trying to avoid being seen"
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def_indiff4 days ago
+88
The cops lie so much we make them wear body cameras.
They have a habit of turning off their body cameras.
They try to make it illegal for bystanders to film them.
I don’t know what happened in this situation. But I have some hunches.
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vega4804 days ago
+24
The bodycams were never for the publics safety. They tricked the public to vote for them. If the public is denied access to bodcam footage, then it was never about public safety. They don't stabalize the footage to make it appear more dangerous. We can't see what the officers are doing. They are trained to repeatedly shout commands to "indicate" the theats against officers.
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def_indiff4 days ago
+23
Don’t care. Cops don’t get to execute people in the street.
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def_indiff4 days ago
+22
I… I don’t even know where to begin with how wrong this is. You’re more anti-cop than I am, because you’re comparing them to an inanimate object with no agency. So… carry on, I guess?
I’m done with this conversation. Have a pleasant evening.
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Thetruthislikepoetry4 days ago
+6
You’re the type who hears about a sex assault victim and asks “what was she wearing?”
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1KgEquals2Point2Lbs4 days ago
+93
"Mesa police say they observed a man riding a bicycle in the roadway without a headlight near Dobson Road and University Drive around 8:30 p.m"
High treason!!
"After a brief struggle, police say he was placed into handcuffs and arrested for aggravated assault on a police officer and on an active felony warrant."
Erebody got a warrant nowadays... (They don't describe the warrant)
"The Mesa Fire Department was called to the scene after the struggle to provide medical aid.
The man was taken to the hospital to receive a pre-booking medical clearance."
Pre-booking medical clearance. "We fucked him up so bad we need to intimidate hospital staff for the police union"
"But on the way, police say the man became unresponsive. Despite life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead at the hospital."
Hmmmm....
"One man, who says he captured video of the encounter, says Baker was not fighting officers but instead was pleading and crying out that he couldn’t breathe. The video the alleged witness provided appears to show officers pinning a man to the ground outside the apartments; audio on the recording includes shouting that appears to say “stop resisting.”
That dude needs to *lawyer up*!
"It's not clear if any officers were hurt during the struggle."
Narrator: they weren't.
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ReeelLeeer4 days ago
+7
Erebody got a warrant nowadays
What?
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BostonShaun4 days ago
-8
A warrant is a warrant FYI… doesn’t matter what the charges are for. No discretion there.
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Crocodilian44 days ago
+72
F*** cops. Always. Nobody’s ever made a song called “f*** the EMTs”
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WestFizz4 days ago
+15
That’s because the EMTs are busy f****** each other, even if they’re married.
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Fallouttgrrl4 days ago
-4
It's the adrenaline rush that comes with the job
You accidentally nail yourself with the syringe and you'll be f****** like rabbits
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Fearless-Leading-8824 days ago
+14
I mean, some EMTs are pretty cute.
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Designer-Fix-28614 days ago
+10
Yeah, the boy ones.
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bp920093 days ago
+1
Seriously, at this point, without physical evidence to prove otherwise, if I'm on a jury, I will *automatically assume* negative inference for any statements made by any law enforcement.
For those who don't know legalese, negative inference means "assume every word out of their mouths is a lie."
They even have a name for it, with its own wikipedia article.
"Testilying"
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ripyourlungsdave4 days ago
+20
Take it from a (mostly ex)-homeless person, cops will always find an excuse to harass anyone that they could possibly mistake for being homeless or poor.
They do it for the same reason in elementary school child might pick on an orphan. Because who the hell is going to stand up for them?
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Brease4 days ago
+11
Knowing Mesa PD they probably killed this person.
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Newtimelinepls3 days ago
+4
There is a reason we have the police wear cameras. They aren't trust worthy people. That should tell you everything you need to be ready for an interaction with them.
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invalidpassword4 days ago
+5
We have become a cruel and heartless country. I'm so ashamed of us
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Emotional_Ad_61264 days ago
+7
Arizona cops are among the worst of the worst. Dozens of videos on YouTube.
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