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    LolaFalanasLongAssLegsAnne Branigin
    3/14/19 2:23pm

    It gets worse.

    Loving, who is 26 years old, and Green, age 22, said they planned to run errands when Green’s 50-year-old neighbor called the women “whores.”

    Loving and Green say they ignored the insult at first. But then, when the abuse continued, Green threw a plant into the yard of the neighbor, identified in police reports as Frank Tumm. That’s when, Loving says, Tumm, who is white, pulled out a shotgun and said he would “shoot my burnt black-ass face off my neck.” Fearing for their lives, the women fled. They called 911 as soon as they reached a safe place.

    At least five Miami-Dade Police officers responded to the call around 10 a.m.

    Then Officer Alejandro Giraldo pulled up. “He started interrogating us like we were the suspects,” Loving says. “I asked if he could escort us back to my friend’s house so I could put my phone on a charger and call my children.

    When the video begins, Giraldo can be heard telling the woman she needs to be Baker Acted.

    https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/details-emerge-in-viral-arrest-video-victims-speaks-after-violent-arrest-by-miami-dade-police-11117596

    He was giving her orders and saying that she was being disorderly,” an unidentified female officer tells Green. “She needs to calm down and do as he says.”

    Giraldo, when later confronted by Green about his use of physical force, appears to deny being in the wrong, telling her that he “could have just tased her.”

    Loving said she was examined at a hospital for injuries to her neck sustained during her arrest. “I thought he crushed my throat,” she told HuffPost. “I couldn’t talk for three days. Even now it hurts a little bit to talk.

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/miami-dade-officer-relieved-duty_n_5c8a5198e4b0450ddae7d951

    Baker Act is a 72-hour involuntary hold for mental illness. I hope she sues the shit out Miami-Dade PD’s “core values.”

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      Dinosaurs and Nachos, Very Legal and Very Cool!LolaFalanasLongAssLegs
      3/14/19 2:34pm

      Imagine how these pigs react when a woman calls for help with her abusive partner.

      Or don’t, if you don’t also have a stiff drink handy.  

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      SheeshTheseNamesLolaFalanasLongAssLegs
      3/14/19 4:04pm

      Omg. I didn’t think it could be any worse!

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    RubycakesAnne Branigin
    3/14/19 12:32pm

    The money quote:

    I find the actions depicted on the video deeply troubling and in no way reflective of our core values of integrity, respect, service and fairness,” Perez wrote.

    How many times must this tale be told? When someone shows you who they are, believe them. This is par for the course for many LEO. Let's not pretend otherwise.

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      Probably Redundant CommentRubycakes
      3/14/19 12:53pm

      Repetition = Sincerity

      ...Right?

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      WolfFacedWolfRubycakes
      3/14/19 2:03pm

      “I don’t know what got into his mind,” Perez said.

      This is the one that kills me.  Dude, EVERYBODY knows what got into his mind.  Literally everybody.

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    LawrenceAnne Branigin
    3/14/19 1:44pm

    resulted in the involved officer being relieved of duty and of his role as a field training officer

    That officer was a trainer! I’ve been saying it over and over again. The Police are trained to escalate situations with POC’s.

    From the Police Training Handbook:

    Step 1: Give order verbally or telepathically (as in this case).
    Step 2: If order is not obeyed... Use excessive force and violence.

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    FlamingFeministaAnne Branigin
    3/14/19 12:53pm

    This happens because of the underlying philosophy that’s drilled into LEO during training: YOU must DOMINATE and CONTROL every situation you enter! Make all present SUBMIT to your domination, then you can address the actual matter at hand if you feel like it. Oh, and Black women need to be controlled, let's not forget that.

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    Probably Redundant CommentAnne Branigin
    3/14/19 12:51pm

    “I find the actions depicted on the video deeply troubling and in no way reflective of our core values of integrity, respect, service and fairness,”

    I wonder if they’re using a form letter or just copy / pasting it.

    Maybe it’s a custom template for people in power

    Mayors:

    “I find the actions depicted on the video deeply troubling and in no way reflect the core values of integrity, respect, service and fairness of our city and citizens”

    CEO & Managers:

    “I / We find the actions depicted on the video deeply troubling and in no way reflect our company’s core values of integrity, respect, service, fairness, and equality”

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    Raineyb1013Anne Branigin
    3/14/19 6:04pm

    So the white man who was menacing a Black woman is not arrested while his victim is? Sounds about white.

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      Raineyb1013Raineyb1013
      3/15/19 3:49pm
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      Really you trolling fuck? This poor woman was assaulted by police on the fucking 5th. This motherfucker was arrested yesterday. Now do the math so you can get why comment is nothing more than brain dead droppings you cretinous twit.

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    Freak0nautAnne Branigin
    3/14/19 1:38pm

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BVP51FT/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb

    Illustration for article titled

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      TheseCommentsHaveBeenTakenOutOfContextFreak0naut
      3/14/19 3:02pm

      Thank you for sharing this.

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      Freak0nautTheseCommentsHaveBeenTakenOutOfContext
      3/14/19 4:23pm

      I am just so sick of the PoPo.  They ruin peoples lives with this bullshit and it’s just an entitled power trip.

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    Flamingo83Anne Branigin
    3/14/19 3:37pm

    I’m so tired of this shit and nothing changing. Everyone knows that cop saw an “angry uppity black woman who needed to be put in her place” she was a victim and he’s abusing her for daring to have emotional behavior.

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    CryptoAmygdalaAnne Branigin
    3/14/19 6:08pm

    Funny how when these fucking stormtroopers break the law, it’s treated as a (possible) violation of department policy. On a good day, anyway.

    And when dark citizen does nothing wrong, it’s treated as a violent crime. On an average day.

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    I'mSofaKingSickofWonderBreadAnne Branigin
    3/15/19 4:56pm

    “Upon becoming aware of the video posted on social media...”

    “We were just gonna arrest this woman and “hope” she “disappeared” at some point like Sandra Bland, but then Jocko McKillz’emall got on Twitter to brag about his good deeds for the day. That’s when we found out we were up Schitt’s Creek, and I myself actually sat on the paddle...”

    Seriously, was there any intention of looking into any complaints the alleged “resistor” in this case might have been lodging the whole fucking time you assholes were shitting all over her rights??? Is the fact that (thank Bob!) her friend recorded this bullshit and posted it for all the world to see the ONLY reason you fuckers took any action at all??? And how fucking dumb do these troglodytes have to be not to understand that the tiny box in her hands MIGHT have a recording device on it? I thought you idiots considered phones a deadly weapon anyway, considering all the murders that have happened when you’ve seen them in people’s hands...

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