Catch a beating lately?

[Bwaho]

[green tea]

Great police work! All suspects are guilty, otherwise they weren´t suspects! But- did they read them their rights?

I hope this was from a movie...please?

[King Edward III]

America truely is the land of the free. (j/k )

Why so many cops?

[danzig]

America truely is the land of the free. (j/k )

Why so many cops?

Some cop was evidently killed the day before so guess they were looking for suspects. Everyone one of those cops should be fired, there is no excuse for it I dont care if they DID kill a cop (and fyi they had nothing to do with it) that isnt the response. And before anyone cries racism as Al Sharpton tried atleast 2 of the cops there were black

[Rhinosaur]

Some cop was evidently killed the day before so guess they were looking for suspects. Everyone one of those cops should be fired, there is no excuse for it I dont care if they DID kill a cop (and fyi they had nothing to do with it) that isnt the response. And before anyone cries racism as Al Sharpton tried atleast 2 of the cops there were black

Guys, Danzig is right on this one. No point in arguing. Cops shouldn't be pulling people out of their cars and kicking the snot out of them like this, period. Random violence on the part of the public does not permit it on the part of the trained, uniformed, professional police force that is charged with protecting them. Uniformed police officers should be given respect for upholding the law and helping to protect civil society, but they should be punished when they violate the trust the public places in them.

[LoZz]

from what i understand, philadelphia is suffering from quite a high crime rate (the murder rate is up 15% in 3-5 years) and 3 police officers have died this year alone! (3 would be considered a bad year for all the uk police forces put togther) the most recent officer was killed only last weekend.

i suspect these little scumbags are the ones who killed the police officer and i can not blame the officers as tensions where running a little high. lets not forget these are drug dealing, gun carrying scum, i couldnt care less if they do get a well deserved beating or not, though i do understand the police are supost to take the moral high ground

[King Edward III]

from what i understand, philadelphia is suffering from quite a high crime rate (the murder rate is up 15% in 3-5 years) and 3 police officers have died this year alone! (3 would be considered a bad year for all the uk police forces put togther) the most recent officer was killed only last weekend.

i suspect these little scumbags are the ones who killed the police officer and i can not blame the officers as tensions where running a little high. lets not forget these are drug dealing, gun carrying scum, i couldnt care less if they do get a well deserved beating or not, though i do understand the police are supost to take the moral high ground

What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

[LoZz]

What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

meh, from what ive read, the evidence is pritty much clear, witnesses etc. doesnt really bother me that these killers got a beating before a judge desides the obvious.

[pajomife]

What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

Of course they are innocent,is the reason they run.

[Heinz Guderian]

Thats what you call a bacon sandwich.

[green tea]

from what i understand, philadelphia is suffering from quite a high crime rate (the murder rate is up 15% in 3-5 years) and 3 police officers have died this year alone! (3 would be considered a bad year for all the uk police forces put togther) the most recent officer was killed only last weekend.

i suspect these little scumbags are the ones who killed the police officer and i can not blame the officers as tensions where running a little high. lets not forget these are drug dealing, gun carrying scum, i couldnt care less if they do get a well deserved beating or not, though i do understand the police are supost to take the moral high ground

I suspect even the police officers "suspected these little scumbags are the ones who killed a police officer...", that is why they are called suspects. Do I as a person that originates not from any english-speaking country have to explain what "suspect" means? But..ah, simply forget it. I can not assume that anyone posting on these boards has never heard of all those things like "innocent until proven guilty", I assume you know them all, but simply give a damn. Why not fire the judges if this is all so clear? They cost only money.

Those laws may seem a little outdated, but they have a reason. If everybody thinks like you in this case, it wont take a long time and your country will be a nice police-state. Think about those things: even cops are not infallible, that is only the pope. So they can make mistakes. They could even in this case have made a mistake. That is possible, since they are only human. They have made at least one mistake in this case that shows that they can´t be the brightest people on earth, and that is beating suspects while being filmed. Would you be so stupid? I would not. So now we know they can make mistakes, and they are stupid. And the only hint we now have that the suspects are guilty is the fact that the police beat them up (in front of a camera). But for you, the fact that those stupid people beat them is enough to think that this time, they made no mistake, and so it is okay that they forgot where they work and behaved like a mob of neo-nazis?

And maybe the difference between the UK and the USA is that the gun laws are a bit different? This "gun-carrying scum", as you call them because the police beat them, so they must be guilty, carried guns in the USA- isn´t that legal, as pervert as it may seem for an european?

[The King Of Peasants]

One things cops are is very protective of they're own! Though this is not really excusible!!

[danzig]

One things cops are is very protective of they're own! Though this is not really excusible!!

Yeah they are but man they gotta exert control especially when these guys had nothing to do with it sheesh.

[The King Of Peasants]

I'm not excusing it at all as they should have more restraining leadership but lozz definitely has a point about stress and tempers. Seeing this type of thing makes soldiers seem all the better...

[Carach]

they were black criminals anyway.

Good work Phili!

[Yorkshireman]

they were black criminals anyway.

Good work Phili!

[Markas]

they were black criminals anyway.

Good work Phili!

Just as well the Fresh Prince got out of Phili (although the intro song with cops beating Will Smith would be entertaining if not desirable)

[Joker85]

I laughed watching them all kicking the dudes. How stupid can you be? Hi, there is a big loud ass helicopter above you, a great idea would be to kick and stomp out the ever loving out of 3 suspects on the ground. Oh make sure you move Jim out of the way so the camera can get a great shot. Oh yeah baby look at the motion.

They should be fired for idiocy. Whatever happened to a phonebook and a backroom?

[Selifator]

Cameras too, these days an honest cop can't even get away with beating the crap out of a suspect. Or a kid for that matter, in Germany two cops decided to smash a kid of 16 into their car, kick him, beat him with their weaponsticks and be smug about it. Not so smug when they found out they were caught on camera.
And every cop who starts to kick a suspect who is unarmed and down on the ground should be charged with assault, no excuses. Behaviour like this doesn't really help.

[pajomife]

This concept is ambiguous,"innocent until proven guilty",if the cops saw theirs partners be shot by those guys,they don't need to wait for a trial, to know they are guilt.
And I don't saw any,exaggerated violence.