Cop pistol-whips a teenager so hard his gun goes off. Kid gets 4 months in jail.
 

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http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/1943770...assault-arrest

thats gonna be a wealthy young man.

Its sickening.

Two extremely obvious points:
1) the cop should not have lied.
2) The whole story is not being represented here.

I agree. But you never lie on a report is far and beyond the most important.

Dude is going to get PAID.

So he had a ski mask AND a bag?

To lie and protect themselves

Cop just lost one of the hardest jobs to lose.

I'm curious as to why he got cold feet after reaching the gas station when you claim you were just going to buy snacks. Me thinks his friend with the ski mask was looking to do more than buy skittles.

I support the cop, doesn't sound like the 19 year old was doing anything constructive

You're a moron.

Why did the cop lie? How could that possibly help the situation?

He didn't know there was a security camera recording what happened. He thought he could get away with it. He did for quite a while, too.

That is one fugly ass lawyer. Shit.

Thought she was the one that got pistol whipped.

Damn... the kid wasnt even wearing a hoodie. If he had it would have been justifie but definitely not with a ski mask.

Wearing a ski mask to a convenience store? Really. That's pretty high up on the stupid scale.

Maybe.

Doesn't mean he deserved a pistol-whip.

You think they should have went straight to shooting him? I kinda feel the same way.

Cop is a total ****ing moron. Regardless of what may have happened before the kid stopped and turned...no threatening moves then the cop clocks him with his gun while he had his finger on the trigger. The cop is lucky as hell he didn't kill that kid.

Shenanigans

If you never lie they can never catch you lying. Double dumb to lie in writing.

people deserve whatever cops give 'em /CP

I'd love to hear your rationale.

I'm not sure why the cop felt he had to lie. I didn't see him do anything wrong in the video. I have to assume that the officer was telling the guy to get on the ground, and the guy didn't cooperate.

I think the officer gets fired, but I don't know that the guy gets a dime. He was about to rob the convenience store and got pistol whipped. Sounds like he got off easy to me.

Likely, but the whole ski mask thing is a WTF? That may toss a kink in his fat paycheck.

How about the bag/pillowcase thing he was carrying? Probably just needed someplace to keep his ski mask in case it got too hot.

Heh

And yet Cassel is a free man.

Huh?

If the cop wanted to stop him, he should have brought his tazer, or just tackled him.

Pistol whipping is okay?

The pig lied because he knew he ****ed up.

Where is the ski mask?

So it's not common for people to wear ski masks in Feb in the NE part of the USA?

What's the story that lead up to that moment?

What was the cops original story and why would he have to lie to anyone about what really happened, unless the cop knew he had done something wrong?

It's pretty ****ing ignorant to go into a convenience store at night with a ski mask, and expect people to believe a story that you were just there to buy some ****in snacks? I mean were they just higher and dumber than **** at the time?

I can't even tell if he's wearing one.

The cop lied because he knew he was wrong about pistol whipping him.

If not for the video, he'd have gotten away with it.

It was February and it could have been cold. Who knows?

Even IF that dude was going to rob the store, it does not excuse the pig for his actions.

That's pretty indefensible. Reminded me of Costner clubbing the drunk cowboys over the head in Wyatt Earp.

His friend was the one wearing the ski mask, morans.

LOL

I'm not crazy then, because it didnt look like he was wearing one.

Don't tell them that! Let them revel in idiocy. Funnier that way.

As someone who worked in a convenience\liquor store for several years I will say that if someone came in with a ski mask on the first thing I did was tell them to take it off when they hit the door with my hand on my firearm while doing so. Seeing as the kid who got popped was carrying a sack or some sort it does lend itself to a possible robbery but if they didn't do anything it's rather hard to justify whacking him upside the head with a pistol for nothing more than looking suspicous.

I am guessing as the story states the kid left because he didn't want any trouble that they saw the cops or got cold feet and tried to bail.

Oh i agree about the cop. The fact that he lied about what had happened only proves that he was trying to cover his ass for the excessive force he used.

I almost blew the head off of a guy I went to school with when he came into the store with a mask (bandana) over his face on halloween. We had a sign up that said no masks allowed on and all I saw was a guy walk by the window and duck down real quick with a blue bandana on his face, when he hit the door my firearm was drawn and I was screaming at him to hit the floor and take the mask off. He was just trying to pull a joke on me but he almost ended up losing his life over it.

Point is, cold or not, when you enter a convenience store, especially late at night, the first thing you need to do is make a move to remove the mask, otherwise you could wind up shot.

Not really.

So it's uncommon?

The cop is an idiot, as is the case with many cops out there. I don't hate cops but some of the people they get to do that job have no business being on the force in the first place. I personally believe that just like with any other job when you need people you bend the hiring process a little and say "Oh well that's not so bad." Or "We can work around that." It shows a complete lack of judgement on the city's part considering these guys are given polygraph tests and psychiatric evaluations. Is there a "No Officer Left Behind" program that was made as well?

Cops have "black radar". You'd never see this kind of recklessness if the boys were white.

To wear a ski mask around town in the NE? Yes.

Yeah, cops never beat up white kids.

He was black. /vailpass

Yep. White kids can walk into a convenience store at night in a ski mask carrying an empty pillowcase and turn around and leave when they see a cop, and nobody would think twice.

The cop ****ed up when he lied, but the dude deserved worse than a pistol whipping.

What about the department who reviewed the tape two days after the incident and didn't do anything?

Cops rule.

Agreed.

:spock:

He also served 4 months because the pig lied and there is no proof he did anything.

I wonder what color Ferrari the kid is going to get.

It sounded like the commentary stated that police grabbed his friend but this guy tried to walk away. I would suspect the police were giving orders to get on the ground and this guy (carrying the pillowcase or bag) had second thoughts about their plan and decided to engage in passive resistance. The bottom line is that if police are giving orders and you don't obey.......then you are resisting and will be treated as a potential threat. Clearly, a 10 second video clip does not tell the entire story. The accidental discharge was unfortunate and the aggressor and media are trying to take the focus off of the fact that the police most likely just thwarted a robbery. More often than not those who are about to commit a robbery are armed in some fashion and police have to consider all potential threats until they know otherwise.

Like I said, cops have black radar. They know they can run a brutal game and nobody (in charge) cares.

Thanks for dropping in, I had no idea what an idiot you are.

Seems like you're saying black people can't be in charge of police departments. That's weird.

Why didn't he use a taser or just try to tackle him?
The kid wasn't hostile, so there was no reason for the pig to respond that violently.

And you are leaving out one important fact: THE COP LIED. So it's obvious that he knew he ****ed up.

LMAO The gun discharging was unfortunate?

I'd have no problem with this had the cop pulled a Terry Tate on him.

He'd still have his job and would not be going to trial.

And he would have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for you kids.

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FYP.


Rooby Doo!

Side note: The dude at the bottom of the picture looks like the crippled guy from Family Guy.