An unarmed Black man was attacked by a police K-9 dog despite surrendering with his hands in the air | CNN
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An unarmed Black man was attacked by a police officer’s K-9 as he surrendered to authorities with his hands up, despite an Ohio State Trooper repeatedly urging officers not to release the dog.

An unarmed Black man was attacked by a police officer’s K-9 as he surrendered to authorities with his hands up, despite an Ohio State Trooper repeatedly urging officers not to release the dog.

  • Arotrios@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Ahh, Circleville, Ohio, nice small town with a population of 13k, voted by a 2 to 1 margin for Trump. Setting a police dog on an unarmed black man after he’s already surrendered has to be nothing but the action of one bad apple… oh wait… fuck.

    Shit, I guess they did try that in a small town, and have decided to keep trying despite the fact the Feds have opened an investigation into it:

    A state and federal investigation have been launched into the Circleville Police Department after concerns have risen that certain officers have abused their power. At the center of the investigation is the department’s newly-promoted deputy chief.

    The second-in-command, Doug Davis, was bumped to the job earlier this year after the ousting of then-deputy chief Phil Roar during a harassment and assault investigation that ultimately led to Roar’s retirement. Davis assumed the position of deputy chief but was only on the job for two months before he was placed on leave; leave that has spawned a criminal probe into allegations of civil rights violations.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      What people forget about the phrase including the term ‘bad apple’ is that it’s ‘one bad apple spoils the bunch.’ Even if it was “one bad apple,” the rest of them are complicit. Of course, it isn’t, but the “good” ones who don’t do the profiling or anything else racist personally are still complicit. ACAB.

      • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, it’s definitely an “actions speak louder than words” kind of dealio. I’d accept the one bad apple response if their actions showed that their approach was “let’s get rid of this apple asap to prevent contamination and also immediately investigate the apples in the bad one’s immediate vicinity for signs of spoilage”.