Cop Pulls Gun On Kids Building Tree Fort
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- Опубликовано: 6 апр 2014
- "A fifth-grader says he was terrified when a police officer pointed a gun at him and his friends while they built a tree fort.
Omari Grant, 11, said he and his friends often play in a wooded area behind his home and were building a fort when a neighbor in the next subdivision called police to complain about what the boys were doing.
But no one anticipated what Omari and his mother say happened next."* Desi Doyen (Green News Report), John Iadarola (TYT University) and Jayar Jackson break it down.
*Read more here from Aaron Diamant / WSBTV:
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Neighbors who call the cops are scumbags. Even if some kid is impaled on a spike, you don't need the cops, you need an ambulance.
gundamzerostrike Well they're black, so yeah.
+Wilbur Jenkins no good has ever come out of giving blacks tools, they just can't figure out how to use them.
+Gall E McOxbig Whether we don't know how to use them, it's certainly not the next door neighbor or police's job to step in.
+Gall E McOxbig Whether we don't know how to use them, it's certainly not the next door neighbor or police's job to step in.
+Wilbur Jenkins u are literally the smartest Pearson EVER
Pulling a gun on an 11 year old unarmed kid. The epitome of cowardice.
Yeah. If you're scared enough of an 11 year old to pull a gun, you must be a real coward.
Stupidity more like it
Professional sanctioned .... cowardice
@@soonersdevil it's in their nature. I'm not surprised. And theblack cops can burn in hell for joining them.
@@kavaldzhia run by this government. Who owns the police force again?
We all got that one nosey ass neighbor
true my neighbor across the street from me is litterally always outside and one time she claimed she smelled weed coming from my house lmao she's so nosy
Maaaawm phineas and ferb are making a tree house
sure do my neighbor bitches to the pigs when I bbq he doesn't like the smoke getting in his yard
Police: These kids are in danger better point my gun at them.
Kids should see a police officer and feel safe, not like they are in danger.
As with all cops "We investigated ourselves and found ourselves innocent."
Ikr
nunchaku101 Just... no, there is no boogie man globalist spooky demon force. Stop watching Alex Jones.
@@SteveSmith-eb6ze ur an idiot
nunchaku101 nah I was in Demolay that shit ain’t nothin like you talkin
Steve Smith how can you start with a dumbass statement , another dumbass statement , yet another , and then say reputation Nd statistics 🤣 already destroyed your argument
I love being black. Being black is so powerful when even at the age of 11 grown ass police are extremely afraid of you. being black is very powerful and dangerous but I'm proud of it
Rastaman Miller you should be proud of who you are. I mean seriously what is different from being a white 11year old and a black 11 year old....hm... oh yeah the color of the skin! People say that racism doesn't exist anymore but really it just evolved. Smh you would think that the USA would have changed drastically but really it's only a few steps from when there was slavery "I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man, the only way to get rid of slavery is to stop taking about it," Morgan Freeman
Black people aren't blaming "whites" in America for the past, they are blaming them for the present that you seem to be blissfully unaware of. They are blaming the system of racism, you wont even acknowledge exists.
And here you are crying about nasty insults, when black people in your country are profiled from children and are falling through the cracks, left to wallow in poverty, with lack of access to social and education services that are afforded to "white" areas; then killed off.
You people are nuts! And this is coming from another "white" person.
MysticGalaxy ; white people like you make me sick and it's very sad why you don't understand why people hate your race
yes my brother I thought I was da only Blackman thinking like DAT BLACK ISZ beautiful in I luv it wouldn't change it for da world in everything in it......
Powerful and dangerous... I think you've internalized some of their bullshit.
why does this not shock me!
Longleggedstar You don't deny that racism still exists in the US?
Bamberrydude Wut? I don't get it.
It should anger the hell out of people!
"I managed to grow up without getting a gun pulled on me." The American dream!
+Defek I know that is the real american dream, i never got a gun pulled on me by police growing up , it's a miracle.
The real dream for me is I'm in Canada eh
+Dragonblood2005. .. im a canadian cab driver... 30 years. only had a gun shown to me twice. he wanted to sell it to me. sorry dude, homie dont do guns. that was 27 years ago in windsor. my advice today.... stay out of toronto. peace out.
+Defek maybe you never built a playhouse in your back yard.
+Defek i also grew up without a gun being pulled on me..... but then i am European,,,, that sort of thing is rare here
Holding a gun to someone's head defeats the purpose of helping someone in danger
Reuben Holland It's a regular thing for us, it's just televised now. This has happened to my family and myself.
Reuben Holland IKR? So true.
*My son 10 yrs. old while cleaning graffiti on a wall had a cop pull his .45 semi on him and I reported it to Internal Affairs and was removed from that beat, and there had been multiple complaints through out the city of the same, and he finally was pressured to retire ...*
Oh my goodness, there are kids building a tree fort and enjoying life-- I'm gonna call 911 on them because they could die of happiness at any moment 😱 I swear we all got that beyond nosey neighbor that just has to have a stick up their butt.
Steve Smith racist alert
Steve Smith 😶😴
There is never a justification to pull a gun out on children playing. That cop should be fired and brought up on charges for threatening with a deadly weapon.
***** it has nothing to do with white... cops have shot plenty of white kids without reason..
jeremiah marcia Dude, that's just as racist as saying that the kids were in the wrong cause they're black, the second may have more wrongs but both are racist, if a black cop had done it he wouldn't have been charged cause he's a cop. It is about station not race.
jeremiah marcia Get your head out of your ass dude, black cops are just as protected as white cops.
Valsigplays .Valcrin Stating that something isn't about race is completely dismissive. I've witnessed cases in which cops reacted to minorities in a different manner than whites and this type of behavior exists. Does the blue wall of silence come before race? Sure, but lets not pretend race is no longer an issue in the US or that those with authority cannot be racist. The dismissal of the possibility of racism is the same as being ignorant about this world.
raventakayama You know what else is dismissive? Claiming that literally everything that happens in the U.S. is racially motivated.
Racism is always going to be a problem when everyone ignorantly drops the race card.
Teacher: omari what did you do this weekend
Omari: oh i almost got shot while building my tree fort
Robert Slackware You can't build on your tree fort at night? I watch videos of kids building forts to sleep in at night in their back yard....oh they are white. Our kids aren't allowed to have fun...forgot.
Robert Slackware What do you mean?
Angie's Doing It What are you talking about?
CorruptGold lol
@@TheProxy066 r/wooosh
I bet the neighbors were white.
but the men are worse.
Danny Williams AWWW. POOR WHITES. PROBABLY CANT AFORD TO SELL AS WHEN BLACKS MOVE IN HOME PRICES GO DOWN.
W N WTF! Not an excuse for bad behavior.
Danny Williams That could be, however the caller's first concern seemed to be for the kids' safety, I hope the caller didn't expect the cops to pull a gun on the boys. That said, the caller really should have contacted the parents, no the police.
W N People take them for severe menstrual cramps. You should educate yourself before you judge.
I remember i was in the car wih 3 of my friends (we're 16 & 17) and we got pulled over bc she had her hi-beam headlights on. Before the cop walked up to the car, one of my friends said "yall we're 4 black teens in a car at night. do what the officer says so our parents dont see us on the news" its a shame that that was our first thought... its scary, too, but thats america for ya smh
If a US citizen were to emigrate to Australia the second they get off the plane their chances of being killed by a gun drops 9.7 times, that breaks down as follows;
- Chance of being murdered by a gun drops 27.7 times.
- Likelihood of suicide by gun drop 8.6 times.
- The chance of accidentally killing yourself drops 4.28 times.
- The murder rate (per 100k) in the US is 4.8 compared to Australia's 1.0.
That last point is interesting because it follows a trend where more guns don't just equal more gun deaths, but countries with more guns tend to also have more violence and murder from other means as well. I'll let you think about the psychological underpinnings of that.
Unfortunately the chances of getting killed by Australia's magnificent and crazy animals increases by about a thousand. :V
Spiders aaaaaahhhhh!
jerry lui Fuck Australia. Can't deal with that shit.
jerry lui that is why i would carry a gun lol
jerry lui Well, you win some you lose some.
masskilla469 I'd carry an ACME fly-swatter
It takes some brave police officers to stand up to unarmed kids!!!
This cop should be fired to pull a gun on children's is insane
But they had weapons (hammers, saws) so ofcourse the police who investigate themselves will clear themselves from any wrongdoing
So howd this go from the caller being concerned for the childrens safety to the cops being concerned for their own safetly
Fucking neighbors always calling the police. Just knock on the fucking door.
+Jeremy Greenidge Always have a gun in your deer blind. Tree fort, whatever.
5winder Haha.
5winder
Always have a gun on your person.
l337pwnage Exactly.
+Jeremy Greenidge in my country you call police for such silly silly ! reason he will write a complaint to neighbour dont waste public money .
PULLING A GUN ON A REPORT OF A SAFETY CONCERN!?! These cops are being hired by the chief from the gta games.
"Concerned over their safety"?! Is it even her business/ They're just building a tree fort!
The neighbors are the real villains in this story.
... probably the guy with the gun.
still the fact of the matter is the ones with guns having a power trip. no?
pokee9 Perhaps, but that's the way the neighbors like it. You see, while you and I abhor the police state, there are countless others who love it.
the nabors made an honest mistake i believe there not NSA agent out to get the minority i believe they where concerned citizens to which i commend. i'm merely agreeing that the police overreacted to an unacceptable extreme and my friend that is the most important aspect and i ask you please don't disregard 'an' forget it either!
pokee9 You don't call people with guns to investigate kids and a tree house. If you're that concerned, you walked over and speak to the neighbor face to face. The neighbor is a coward, and a cosigner of the abuse of police powers. Trust me.
I moved from america and lived in japan the last 10 years i've never committed a crime in my life ..the last time I was at my mother house I was sitting on my mother porch and the police stopped by and told me to GO IN THE HOUSE? told me I look like i'm up to something...
I been stopped/pulled over 16 times times from the age of 12-18 i have never sold drugs smoked weed NONE OF IT.
I've been in japan 10 years and have never been talked to by the police one single time. matter fact i was stopped once by a japanese police officer to take a picture during a festival. cause he thought I looked cool lol..
America is not safe for the black man.... and I suggest black people to move away the place is just not ment for us white people in large amounts NOT ALL just wont let go of stereo types and racist profiling.
I had a lot of white friends growing up and they would always say "dude why are you being stopped so much?" one of them who asked WAS a damn drug dealer and said he had never been stopped in his life.
SMH and we ask why blacks are so angry and violent these days.
being treated differently in the worst possible way cause of your skin color can do a lot of what you see.
If you've lived in Japan, you've also probably noticed that armed cops in Japan wanting to talk to you don't nearly make you as nervous. A lot of that has to do with the fact that those cops are actually held accountable for their actions. Not so much in the US.
Exactly, these stereotypes and profiling methods are painful and humiliating experiences for the people bearing them and are self-fulfilling prophecies as people lose respect for the police and the wider establishment and the humiliation causes them to try to regain their pride in other ways. Violence breeds violence so bringing violence to a particular community brings out more violence within it.
Yup u rarely even hear about a gun being drawn and almost never a shooting and I live next to tons of embassies in upper tokyo .. Where u would think just off the chance of terrorism I would be atleast be asked why m in the area ...nope ..not even I flinch of care
dude I use to live in Japan. Went to Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. As a black american myself. I found that attending an international school like that to be a real eye opening experience. the world is much bigger. I met people from all over the world. I have friends on every continent now. I do not limit myself to one nation-state. And because of this, most white americans in America just don't get or understand me unless they themselves have been expats or a part of the expat community at some point in time.
John Doe Cops in Japan aren't allowed to have guns. Only certain units do, but if you go to a police box in Japan. Cops usually aren't armed.
That neighbor should have had four sliced tires the next day!
No, their fire insurance better be paid up!
Scare tactic into obedience that's why he pointed the gun to give them a fright to carry into adulthood!
Hell yeah conditioning...I hope it back fire on them ( they guns and tactics)
when I was 12yrs old I always used to climb on the roof of our shed and I remember this one time our neighbors called the police FOR TRESSPASSING MIND THIS WAS IN OUR GARDEN SO THE POLICE CAME DOWN HAD A CHT WITH US AND THEN AT THE END the neighbour got charged for wasting police time and creating a disturbance in our property
Skye Ellmes: Go you! Glad your situation had a happy ending.
were you all white ?
@@kavaldzhia why does it matter?
must have a nice relationship with your neighbours after that lol
No one got charged with anything. Stop making stuff up
"...I don't want to be shot today, so I just listened to what they said.." That is absolutely heartbreaking. Poor baby
When I was 12 I had a cop jump the fence while I was in my backyard and pull her gun on me. There's a reason people dislike the police.
Kid: *sitting there* Cop: "He's reaching for my gun!"
I think that without a shadow of a doubt, this whole scenario would never had happened if these kids were white. The neighbours would not have called the cops. Even if they did, the cops would probably be reluctant to respond. If they did respond, they would not have pulled a gun on some white kids as a first resort. This is textbook racialized policing.
But beyond the question of race, there is the property issue. What gives a cop the right to trespass on private property when they have neither a warrant nor PC to suspect them of committing a crime? Nevermind the fact that they were simply a group of 11 year olds building a tree house.
That is quite a lot a theorizing based on the assumption of race.
PurpleStorm8
do you doubt it?
PurpleStorm8 How often do you hear of this sort of unwarranted aggression happening toward a group of white children?
benjamin Wilson Well I don't doub't that there's a general bias towards black people with cops but I think we can only know for sure if we have evidence of it in this case specifically, who knows, maybe the cop was black and he was just a asshole.
Sabledoux
Too true, a lot of black cops seem like there trying to prove something.
"Stop holding the ladder, *PUNK!*, I SAID DROP THE LADDER!!!"
Don't you dare touch that piece of wood DONT YOU DARE TOUCH THAT WOOD
Step away from the Nerf cannon.
WHAT???? He had a measuring tape on him, THAT'S why I emptied my two mags into him!!!
Drop that COD game in your hands, or I'll empty my shotgun!
WTF? ARE YOU DOING OUTSIDE! Playing and socializing?! ... hands and body on the ground NOW!
because walking next door to inform someone of your concerns was too much work...
They pulled guns on the kids because the kids could have gotten hurt.
The irony
Brandon Z
The cops' plan was pure genius. It was about safety.
But to pull a gun on kids? The officer could have asked the kids not to do that anymore. not pulling a gun on 11 year olds.
BasicGodly
But they could have been in danger.
They were playing in their backyard? Every kid plays, falls, gets hurt and walks off...
Just because no-one died, doesn't make it right.
I'm imagining Mister Wilson pulling a gun on Dennis the menace for stepping on his flowers. That's basically how this went down.
More like, Dennis the Menace was in his own goddamn yard building a window box for flowers & Mr Wilson was "concerned for his safety" because he might get a boo boo while using the hammer & nails.
***** its really weird and saddening that that makes a huge difference...
Boy I am lucky if I had seen anyone pointing a gun at my 11 year old in my yard I would end it permanently for that cop
i had a gun pulled on me when i was 9 by an officer. officer was taken by surprise and i was just minding my own business on public property. was more coldly upset by the stupidity of the officer than scared. the experience did not affect me much, but i think people who feel the need to use guns have no confidence in their abilities to protect themselves.
Kids can't even have fun outside anymore! And people wonder why they all stay inside on their Xbox's and iPhones all day. Fucksake. Why wouldn't they?! It's safer in there!
another case of a "concerned" neighbor with nothing better to do than to complain.
If the neighbor was so concerned why didn’t she knock on the door and tell the parents why call the police? I would never call the cops when I can talk to the parents.
one time my neighbor called the police on me for doing doughnuts on my road and the cop shot me 8 times.
Shit your're lucky it wasn't 9 times!
Worse...the entire clip!
michladd24 yeah
I can smell something.
yes the cops dont like seeing ppl have sex with their fav food:)
tsfcancerman XD
I HATE when someone is thankful that the cops didn't "gun down the children". What a standard to live by.
"NEVER POINT A FIREARM AT SOMETHING YOU DON'T INTEND TO DESTROY."
First fucking rule of guns in general.
That police department should fire that officer on the spot, he's a danger to society with a badge and a gun. He's a liability and a safety risk to everyone! Cut him!
THIS COMMENT WAS 3 YEARS OLD , ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED. 8 YRS AGO REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ACTION ....... WHAT. HAPPENED ?
I had cops wake me and a friend up at 11 yrs old at gun point in his grandmothers house. They were looking for suspects and seen that we were there earlier and fit the description. That was until the witness showed up and was very upset that a couple of kid were detained while the real robber was at large.
I get the feeling police officers are not hired for their intelligence.
There was a story where a police officer was dismissed because his IQ was too high. I thought i was a joke till I looked it up. Apparently the thinking was that he was too smart and would get bored and move on... So no, they arent hired for their intelligence.
ye you only need a high school diploma, but most only have GED's, its pitiful
Nathanael Seay You gotta be shitting me. That doesn't even sound real, but at the same time it makes sense. I'll have to look into that for sure.
yea heres a link to alabama minimum requirments
www.decaturalabamausa.com/departments/policedept/recruitment/applicantrequirements.html
When I was a kid, we built forts on a random bit of property that hadn't been developed, not knowing much about property rights. The most that ever happened was some guy showed up and told us to get out. We did. No cops needed.
Omg. The terror that little boy must've felt. He had no knife, gun, even a stick as a weapon. He was just a little boy playing "forts" with his friends! This poor little boy is never going to trust an adult again, let alone a cop. I just want to give that poor kid a bear hug and all the candy and toys he could ask for. He has a right to be a little boy! He SHOULD be playing forts! He wasn't cussing or being naughty, he was just being a normal boy. I'm so angry for this poor baby! Can we find him so I can hug him? Literally have tears in my eyes thinking of how scared this little guy must've been.
911 call: There is a black guy in the store buying groceries
Cops: we are coming inmediatly, is an emergency
The neighbors should be arrested for abusing 911!
Only thing your doing when you call the cops is putting everyone in danger
Soooo well said...THKS
Thank you so much for always bringing up the most news about what’s happening to innocent people in this country!
Ok so the neighbors call the police for the safety of the children so when the cops get there they pull a gun on them. Sounds legit😕
+Ector Rodriguez you sound like an idiot!
+charna crews That was sarcasm. Google "sounds legit."
..legit for a police state
Here is what really bad about this story that these 11 year olds building a tree fort which takes a lot of work and ingenuity are now probably traumatized. Imagine being eleven and having to be afraid of police cause they pulled a gun on you for playing. That police officer might of destroyed their spark and interest in going into a Stem field later in life. And these kind of police officers give good cops a bad name. I've met so many good cops who go the extra mile to help troubled youth and volunteer in their free time to community events. I hope this officer is fired.
What are you talking about? They weren't doing any building. 47 percent of people are lazy and their kids would be too. For them to be building anything is tantamount to being able to work and, worse, being creative. That's not my world view of...inner city youths. So logic dictates that they were up to no good. A cop wouldn't draw on them if they were like my friend's kids.
***** I thought I made things incredibly clear that it was a joke with how I phrased it. Has it really come down to it that people need to be spoonfed every aspect of parody in order to get that what they read was a joke?
***** What are YOU talking about?
***** I believe I detect a hint of colbertism....
Don't let good cops fool u r either dude even good people go bad j's
The issue may be that American cops don't see their service as a duty as it is more a case of them being a warrior class in the society and where they hold power above normal people. There's just this general sense of arrogance where the police feel self important instead of realizing that they're only there to serve the citizens.
We use to tell children that if you're lost or in trouble go find a police officer they are there to help you...I wouldn't tell that to any child now a days
We saw the same type of caring police work in the Waco standoff. While the police stated they were there to protect the children it was very evident by the way they fired automatic weapons into the building full of children
You cant pull a gun on a minor unless there is a legitimate and checked out concern, if they are just building something without a threat, a cop cant do anything sue his ass
Violence is the first resort of scoundrels.
Traythug Martin You really are a stupid jackass, aren't you?
Traythug Martin Are you implying that black people hold a monopoly on all violent crimes in the country? Your right. I forgot how angelic you and all those that came before you are.
Traythug Martin
Odds are, the people who did this act are either on the run or in jail. So should MSNBC or TYT report on each and every crime that happens. The reason why they are talking about this case is because the police (after being told it was just some kids building a treehouse) came out with guns drawn. So in your above case. Once they find the people that did this, there will be justice. But with the police officer, we don't know if there will be. If I was a betting man, the answer would be no.
vegeta ss you forget that people like him don't see position or status. They are blinded by race and don't understand that violence is violence regardless of race and should not be tolerated.
moleman2040
True
That cop and many others like him should not be in any possession of a gun what a coward
When you read the part where the police chief said " if it was justified" I literally snapped my neck back as if to say "what, oh you mean if one of the kids pointed his tonka toy at the officer's"!
Cops always stand up for each other. Unless the media keeps pounding on this nothing will happen to this cop.
Thier ethnicity is the color of thier clothes blue regardless of nationality and gender. Sometimes i refer to them as gangsters with badges lol
8 YEARS AGO ? WHAT HAS HAPPENED ...... NO STATUTE OF LIMITATION ON MURDER , MR. DA
I'm just imagining how long a police officer in the UK would keep his job had he said, "if it was justified to pull a gun on a couple of 11 year old building a tree fort".....
this is exactly why our public and police don't want to be routinely armed, Britain's cops have never been armed with firearms, they police by consent with the public not intimidation.
Japanese have a saying about not taking out the sword without using: that's because certain gestures send certain messages. Normally the victims of such abuse should be paid a lot of money after a nice trial. And there are always cops with guns everywhere, it's just that most of the times guns aren't necessary even to be considered. Right-wing Americans in their mindset would assume Brit cops are some idiots without guns, forgetting that cops shot a person before the riots started, I remember being annoyed by the helicopter hovering the rioters as I was living 2 bus stops away from Tott. Police station.
Doesn't surprise me I'm from Henry County, Been seeing this all my life!
The kid's face in the thumbnail totally represents the reaction I had after reading the title
OHMY! The kids are facing hazards! Lets add another one!
"Concerned for their safety" give me a fucking break. They were building a fort. They are KIDS. Ya it's so much better to stay inside to play Grand Theft Auto.
Well said sir. Great point.
What kind of neighbor would call the police on some children building a fort? If you're concerned go out and talk with them....ffs
As a black teenager,thank god that I live in Bellevue, Washington, where I can get caught smoking weed and be let off with a warning instead of being shot to death...
You're not 21 then? I bet they'd call your parents at the very least, probably write you a ticket too. Even though it's legal, you still don't want that shit on your record. Be smart.
These kids were pretty lucky. If they were twelve years old the police would have brought in a SWAT team. At thirteen it's black helicopters and tanks. God forbid they were fourteen years old, the drone would have gotten them with a 500 lb. bomb.
Lmao
Lmao
J Hump Thanks, unfortunately it's a little bit too close to reality for comfort!
Lucky indeed. If they were one years old they would just have doctors inject chemical vaccines of old viruses before the immune system is even fractionally developed. And if they were a fetus, doctors would just abort you.
Fraternal Military Order That's the way we're headed LOL
Its crazy to hear a kid say something like that
My question is why the neighbor called 911...like if you legitimately worried about the safety of the kids, you go and knock on the door and talk to the parents about it. Why do the police need to be involved?
A: There should never ever be a reason for cops to pull a weapon on kids playing. I think these cops have watched to many movies and they are just itching to use their gun which is horrifying. Here is what they should have done, talked to the kids and said. "Hello, are your parents around?" And then gone and talked with the children's parents about the concerns of the neighbors.
B: Why the hell are the neighbors calling the police on a couple of kids building a three house in their own back yard, they should also have gone to the children's parents and voiced their concern there, not immediately called the police. Do no one talk with one another anymore?
I know right? Anytime you call the cops on someone you gotta make sure it's for a good reason because there's a chance that the cops will shoot first and ask questions later, especially in a shitty neighborhood like that one.
ProtectAndServe22 I am so thankful I live in Norway where the cops get 3 years of police academy, actually are not armed for non dangerous missions and while not perfect they are a source of security for society not fear.
Venefica82 You live in a sane country. America is insane.
Is there a transcript of the 911 call? That would probably explain everything.
Why are the rules of engagement in warfare don't fire until fired upon, but in the states it's weapons drawn on sight.
America sounds like a nice place.....
Cops say they were concerned for the kids safety.
SO YOU PULL YOUR GUN ON THEM?!!!
I would be sueing the police department for that cop pulling his gun on an 11 year old child and his friends.
We should never ever accept this from cops
I trust cops, when they aren't American cops. Like that one time in France I got lost and one gave me the directions, without me even asking for it.
a cop in downtown toronto gave me directions back to the subway and let me pet her police horse
I remember when I was 16, and my brother and I were approached by a police officer accusing us for trying to steal alcohol. He started yelling at us and everyone in the store was watching. We were buying syrup to make smoothies for our church group. When we showed him our basket filled with fruit and vegetables, he just walked away and said nothing. This mentality really needs to stop, or we can't move forward as a country.
what we need to do as a country is start fighting back against the road pirates. we shouldnt be so hesitant and afraid to fight back, to shoot and kill the abusive motherfuckers
What's with that lady calling the cops over " falling hazards" for a bunch of 11yo boys climbing a tree.. 🤔
True
That's straight ridiculous....😡
What the fuck was he thinking pulling the gun on an 11 year old in the first place?
remember he was black
Jeremy Cross Do I detect a hint of sarcasm? He couldn't have been black!
Jeremy Cross The kid or the cop?
Thatoneweirdkid The kid of course
Jeremy Cross Well then race shouldn't fucking matter.He's fucking 11.That's just common fucking sense.
Next story: "Cops pull guns on infant in the sandbox for getting sand on the grass"
lmao
Next story: "Cops storm a pregnant woman's house and arrest her for harbouring a fugitive; the harboured suspect in question is wanted for flipping police off in an ultrasound scan, assault and battery of a police officer, and for being armed."
Damn I'm as lucky as all get out! Built so many forts without police involvement.
That's messed up!! The kid didn't even get a building permit !!.
The kids are sitting in prison and some guy asks what they're in there for and they just go:
"Oh yeah bro, i built a treehouse"
Ok i admit it was a little touchy sorry
And the guy is just terrified
This case illustrates how important it is to demand police officers wear a small video camera and record all of their interactions with the public. This would deter behavior like this and protect police if they are accused of wrongdoing. So it's a win win for everybody.
That would really suck for cops who like to whup a dumbass upside the head, you know, only when he needs it.
Yeah, but they WILL figure out a way to turn them off somehow so they can abuse their power. Granted, yes, this is a good first step I am just mentioning what they will DEFINITELY do in response to this.
dracohalo117
the issue of them being switched off during a event needs to be made punishable otherwise they are not gonna respect it.
Accept the cops that get off on berating and beating the people that pay their salaries for no good reason of course.
Woops the recording decide broke conveniently when I gunned down this black man. That's going to be the excuse.
So the neighbour calls the cops saying she was concerned for the kids' safety and so the cops immediately pull their guns? Can anyone explain to me how this makes the kids safer?
Lawsuit Kid, then after getting a million dollar settlement you build a badass mother fucking tree house and your neighbors will sit there and look at it every day.
Where do you think that money comes from?
Skylar Garrett
People who are hopefully going to get so sick of their tax dollars being used for shit like this that it actually kicks them out of their apathy and makes them do something about the fact that the police force seems determined to recruit bullies.
Tell that to Andy Lopez after he got shot in the head... This power abuse shit happens every fucking week, and it's been like that for YEARS. And you're saying it's all made good if you get money in return? Shit, the reality that the people in power rountinely abuse us with their power merits a better response than "Well, if you're gonna do that you have to give me some money."
Skylar Garrett I rather have it go to this kid than private prisons, drone strikes, war, etc etc, They already closing schools and libraries, so yeah. Anything else?
SinisterSkyline
You missed the point of what he said so badly it wasn't even funny. Then it actually looped around to being funny, then all the way to not being funny again. You're an idiot.
So people now call police because they're "concerned" about the safety of other children when they're building tree forts. Has this society forgotten about just shutting the fuck up and letting things fly sometimes? Even if the kid had gotten hurt, he would have learned a very valuable life lesson about safety.
and you don't call cops over potential safety concerns
You can't justify pulling your gun on 11 year old kids there is no justification for that these cops are out of control
hey john, i grew up there in bridgeport,ct, from 1963 to 1977, but i dont think you lived in marina village
In the year of 2012 the entire German police force fired a total of 104 shots. That includes 54 warning shots and 14 shots on objects. In April of 2012 the LAPD shot 90 times in *one* incident.
Germany's population is around 1/4 of the USA's population.
pew pew pew :D
Sliver1272 I'd laugh as well, but I'm a pessimist & I find this a rather sad fact.
Lukas Yup it is sad, I just remembered a picture with what you said about germany and on another picture there was a fat US cop saying that.
Sliver1272 I totally did not steal that statistic from 9gag btw ;.)
(The post says 36, but the total of 104 is mentioned in the comments. The number of 90 I got from somewhere else.)
I totally agree with you! I used to live in California and have since moved to southern Germany three years ago. Before in the US I was always intimidated by the police. I really don't know why, but I was always afraid of them since I was quite young. However, in Germany every time I see a police officer, I don't feel like how I felt in the US. The police officers here are overall very respectful, know their laws well, and make you genuinely feel that they are there to protect their citizens. You Germans must be doing something right!
the actual wording from the kid is what worries me. "i dont want to be shot today" he didnt say i dont want to be shot he said today as in this kid who is only 11 has already thought about and got it into his mind that at some point in his life hes probably going to get shot. im glad i live in the uk. not once has any story like this come out. firstly fuck the neighbour its absolutely none of your concern and definitly not even a police matter. secondly what sane person pulls a gun on an 11 year old because hes building a fort. if i was their chief of police id immediatly look into it and fire them,