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Video showing Toronto police tackling cyclist after alleged traffic violation sparks outcry
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-cyclist-tackled-9.7220412
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-cyclist-tackled-9.7220412
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/50143863
8 Comments
clover@slrpnk.net · 34 pts · 88d
Thats like saying its fine to pit maneuver someone for driving with a cellphone in their hand. Its not safe for the citizen or an appropriate response. The state should not put you in a situation where you are likely to break a limb or suffer a brain injury for a minor infraction.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 88d
it's Toronto, lucky they didn't empty a full clip on him.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca · -43 pts · 88d
Mihies@programming.dev · 6 pts · 88d
Not to mention that he yelled profanities at them 😱 C'mon, four policemen jumping all over him?
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca · -20 pts · 88d
bookmeat@fedinsfw.app · 15 pts · 88d
Uh, nope. Not however they see fit. We're all human and we all deserve kindness and compassion.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca · -13 pts · 88d
eksb@programming.dev · 14 pts · 88d
If the cops yell "hey you stop" at a cyclist who rolls a stop sign in the middle of a bunch of hostile car-centric infrastructure and the cyclist keeps riding, the correct response is for the cops to go fuck themselves.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca · -5 pts · 88d
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip · 11 pts · 88d
However they see fit? Like, sexual assault? Shooting wildly into a crowded area? Taking a bribe to forget the whole thing? Grabbing an innocent bystander as a hostage? Nuclear weapons? Hunting down your kin and erasing all traces of your bloodline?
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 88d
It's absolutely not though. Most places have clear rules on how cops can pursue, grounded in concern for public safety. And even if they don't there are standards for what level of force is reasonable for a given suspected crime. In this case it wasn't even a suspected crime, it was a suspected civil violation.
Walk_blesseD@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 88d
Hey, bootlicker! Go fellate an officer's service weapon!