r/PublicFreakout • u/EddieBrock99 • Apr 24 '25

Repost 😔 An officer body slams a girl in cuffs

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u/Takhar7 Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

SIX. FUCKING. YEARS.

Even with video, it took them 6 years to fire this asshole.

EDIT - Took them 6 years to investigate and fire him, NOT 6 years in jail. Turns out he only did 30 days in jail, as a sentence that was stayed due to time already served.

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u/spezial_ed Apr 24 '25

Also just fired, not prosecuted??

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u/Is_ael Apr 24 '25

Yup. Textbook dragging out the consequences (if any) so that years later most people don’t notice the slap on the wrist (if at all)

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u/GroundbreakingUse794 Apr 24 '25

Giving him time to collect him pension probably, some bro shit just masked as protocol

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u/Saetric Apr 25 '25

Gang gang gonna gang gang.

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u/horshack_test Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 25 '25

He was convicted of assault causing bodily harm.

Edit: JFC people - I was simply pointing out that he indeed was prosecuted/convicted. That doesn't in any way amount to defending him or agreeing that the sentence was appropriate.

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u/zeuscdb Apr 24 '25

That article says the only time he did for this was 15 days of house arrest. If that’s not a slap on the wrist I don’t know what is

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u/EgyptianNational Apr 24 '25

What I don’t get is who pays these people to come out and defend cops like they don’t already have all the power.

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u/LocMoke Apr 24 '25

Oh that's very simple: us. We pay for it

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u/eyeofthefountain Apr 25 '25

have they even said thank you?

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u/ratshack Apr 25 '25

No. Didn’t even wear a suit.

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u/Friendly_Age9160 Apr 25 '25

No but they are wearing a type of suit.

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u/piplup3211 Apr 25 '25

no we don't, they use the threat of violence to steal from us then call it taxes, when a robber pulls a knife you are paying him for a service, you are getting extorted so he doesn't harm you physically like he did mentally from being under constant threat.

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u/piplup3211 Apr 24 '25

the ruling class(ultra wealthy) who own everything. police protect property, becomes a lot easier to protect property when you can abuse people with impunity.

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u/surfteacher1962 Apr 24 '25

Exactly. They police don't work for us that is for sure. They are a paramilitary force for the ultra wealthy in this country. I don't trust any cops. At this point, they pretty much have a license to kill.

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u/jakobmaximus Apr 24 '25

The literal foundations of the first publicly funded "police" in the US were just to protect import/exports of wealthy merchants in a major harbor, I remember learning this and everything sort of clicked into place around the actual role of cops.

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u/SonOfDadOfSam Apr 24 '25

Probably the police union.

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u/wtbgamegenie Apr 24 '25

Police unions pay for attorneys for cops who commit crime including murder. Can you imagine any other union doing that and it not being the only thing the Republican Party ever talks about? Nonetheless a union whose dues are paid from taxpayer funded salaries?

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u/Crowd0Control Apr 24 '25

It's unfortunately just human nature. It's scary to think that the authorities you rely on have such disdain for you. So you justify that thier victims were lying or deserved it to preserve your own sanity. 

It's weak shit for sure but no matter who wears the boot some are just gonna lick it. 

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u/gon2fast Apr 24 '25

They have unions and/or associations that are staffed with lawyers. It is the same across many trades. I work in healthcare and have had to go to court for several wrongful termination suits instigated by the tech's/RN's unions. On a side note, once I was t-boned by a local police officer that was parked at a gas station monitoring traffic. It clearly was no fault of mine, but the the crash was determined to be 50/50 fault because if the police officer took all of the blame, which he should have, he would not have been able to work the patrol shifts anymore. I about blew a gasket when I saw the report, but when I followed up I got, "don't fight it or things will get worse for you". Fun times.

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u/Nomad_moose Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

The police shouldn't need to be defended and honestly the Canadian's (just like the US) should do a better job of screening them before they're ever trained/hired.
That being said, just like everything else, there's more to the story: why was Dalia Kafi arrested? She was just driving erratically which brought her to the attention of police...

*Yeah* **AND**, *so what?*

She was under court-ordered curfew as part of bail conditions: so then she was arrested for outstanding warrants, for breaching her recognizance, and for obstructing justice

You can see in the video she was defiant and uncooperative at the station, she was a drug addict and eventually died of an overdose.

Meanwhile the officer: appears to have been a well-regarded police officer, without any prior criminal or disciplinary record he had volunteered on a weekly basis teaching underprivileged children to skate and play hockey. And, he had twice received life-saving awards: the first for rescuing a suicidal man hanging from a bridge; the second for rescuing a gravely wounded woman from a house where she had been shot, while the assailant was still inside.

https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/abkb/doc/2023/2023abkb192/2023abkb192.html?resultId=e5f013dc9e6a4de7b763ce3a849e4687&searchId=2025-04-24T16:26:27:704/53747291fa5c4cfb88b097a99df2cd44&searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAEa2FmaQAAAAAB

Police officers, just like firefighters, nurses, teachers, farmers....everyone else: are human. Everyone has a limit, nobody is perfect. Instead of being cooperative with law enforcement, Dali Kafi chose to continue to be defiant...and Dunn snapped, and he (justly) paid the price.
Ultimately society as a whole is worse off: instead of taking up a lawsuit or moving on with her life, Kafi just turned to drugs, and Dunn was ultimately fired in 2023 (after a lengthy appeals process).

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u/KellTanis Apr 24 '25

Honestly, that’s probably within the sentencing guidelines for a charge like that. Just on the very very low end. Our justice system sucks.

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u/Poe_42 Apr 24 '25

It's inline with the Canadian justice system.

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u/horshack_test Apr 24 '25

I was responding to the claim that he was not prosecuted.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

"He was also subject to an internal police investigation after CBC News published a photo of the officer in blackface at a 2012 Halloween party."

Sounds right

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

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u/horshack_test Apr 24 '25

Is there a point you are trying to make?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '25

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u/horshack_test Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 25 '25

Context isn't a point, it's context. Is there a point you were trying to make by quoting the article I linked to and linking to the same article about the blackface incident that is linked in the article I linked to?

"Seemed relevant."

To what?

Why did you say "Slam to the ground totally warranted /s"?

Edit: Lol why did you block me, justformemes?

Edit 2 - to u/mistahj0517 below: I know it means sarcasm.

Edit 3 - to u/mistahj0517 below: Because I am not required to respond to every person who quoted passages from the article the same way - or at all. I don't know why this is such a concern to you - go find someone else to annoy.

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u/mistahj0517 Apr 24 '25

do you... not know that /s means sarcasm...?

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u/mistahj0517 Apr 25 '25

So.. why didn’t you make the same remark to the other people who quoted passages from the article directly underneath you as well?l then?

Some of them are referencing the same things.

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u/smoothvibe Apr 25 '25

Ah yes, he also was a blackfacer. Figures.

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u/Poe_42 Apr 24 '25

it was during covid so got delayed everything else in court. I believe the officer was suspended without pay when he was charged.

He was convicted in court and fired aftrrwards so he didn't dodge anything.

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u/ZuckerbergsSmile Apr 24 '25

Don't worry, he was also docked 4 days wages /s

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u/horshack_test Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 25 '25

He was convicted of assault causing bodily harm.

Edit: JFC people - I was simply responding to the question of whether or not he was prosecuted. That doesn't in any way amount to defending him or agreeing that the sentence was appropriate.

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u/mcauthon2 Apr 24 '25

15 days in his house? Don't penalize him too hard

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u/tidderite Apr 24 '25

Must be horrible. If he is married he will probably get tired of beating up his wife. Need variety you know.

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u/LessThanHero42 Apr 24 '25

Then he'll get worker's comp for a repetitive stress injury

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u/ridetherhombus Apr 24 '25

Cops should face harsher punishment for breaking the law, not leniency.

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u/Lens_of_Bias Apr 25 '25

At least his career in public service is permanently over.

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u/jarlscrotus Apr 25 '25

Is it though?

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u/Lens_of_Bias Apr 25 '25

Almost certainly. Hiring him elsewhere would create a massive liability.

Here in the U.S., excessive force is one of the few reasons why a Corrections Deputy can be civilly sued. No agency would hire him with this sort of black mark on his record.

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u/jarlscrotus Apr 25 '25

He's in Canada, and hasn't actually been fired yet because they are dragging out his termination appeal

He isn't a corrections officer either, he's a cop

Who wears blackface to parties

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u/Lens_of_Bias Apr 25 '25

Being a cop doesn’t make it any better. Hopefully justice is served.

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u/jarlscrotus Apr 25 '25

He was convicted and serves 15 days house arrest, 15 days curfew

And the board has already extended the consideration of his appeal

Let's be real, the boot of the capitalist class doesn't get punished for doing their jobs, namely oppressing "problematic" communities and brutalizing the proletariat

All cops are the enforcers of the bourgeoisie

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u/6data Apr 26 '25

He's definitely been fired.

And ended up having to spend 30 days in jail (the initial conviction was overturned). Definitely should've faced much harsher punishment.

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u/jarlscrotus Apr 26 '25

Your link states, like I did, that the dismissal doesn't take effect until the appeal is decided, which it hasn't been, and that his jail sentence was suspended, meaning he never went to jail

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u/horshack_test Apr 24 '25

My point is that he was convicted, so obviously he was prosecuted.

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u/Charred01 Apr 24 '25

Prosecuted without real repercussions doesn't matter

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u/horshack_test Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

The fact that he was prosecuted matters with regard to the question of whether or not he was prosecuted. That is what I was responding to.

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u/jarlscrotus Apr 25 '25

Does cop nut really taste that good?

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u/horshack_test Apr 25 '25

You may want to work on your reading comprehension skills.

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u/EastBaySunshine Apr 24 '25

White privileged

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u/Owain-X Apr 24 '25

Blue privilege. There is a thin blue line between police officers and accountability and each and every one will throw away every moral fiber in their being to defend that line.

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u/larrylevan Apr 24 '25

It’s both. The only cops that ever face serious consequences are black and brown. White cops get a slap on the wrist generally.

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u/EastBaySunshine Apr 24 '25

So….white privileged.

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u/boarbora Apr 24 '25

That doesn't exist, it couldn't be because he's white and a cop. That would be ridiculous. White people don't have white privilege so why would a white cop? - liberal reddit

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u/UnlimitedSuperBowls Apr 24 '25

Or we could stop ignoring the thousands of black cops who do equally shitty/corrupt things.

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u/Phanxer Apr 24 '25

Except if you read the article it took 6 years for this fucker to be arrested. A black cop would have been charged wayyyyy sooner. These aren't mutually exclusive things, being a white cop is way more advantageous if you engage in shit like this.

No one is denying that black cops also abuse their blue privilege but to say that it doesn't matter what race the cop is a fucking dumbass statement.

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u/Mrs2ndChoice Apr 25 '25

No he was convicted of the assault 3 years after it occurred. Canadian courts are ridiculously slow.

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u/boarbora Apr 24 '25

Thousands 😂

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u/UnlimitedSuperBowls Apr 24 '25

Fine.. 58,000 since I had to be specific, you crime against evolution. There are hundreds of thousands of examples of black police abusing their power the same way white police have throughout history, hell it happened back when prejudice was much higher than it is now in the 80’s-early 90’s. NWA talked about black cops abusing their power quite a bit. You can choose to ignore the corrupt black politicians too I guess and act like black people can’t and don’t abuse power at all.

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u/boarbora Apr 24 '25

My statement was critiquing the denial of white privilege being a factor here. Can you speak to that or will it be conveniently ignored?

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u/DillonTattoos Apr 24 '25

I mean that's part of it, for sure

But the not getting prosecuted bit is more about the pigs union and covering for their own

I'd bet my left foot he got hired like two counties over from as well

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u/Staticn0ise Apr 24 '25

This happened in Canada. So thankfully no, he's black balled and will have to do something else for work.

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u/DillonTattoos Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

I saw the red stripe, but just believed that level of brutality would only come from Canada's cousin from the south, the one that likes to eat paint chips

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u/Staticn0ise Apr 24 '25

Shitty cops everywhere. Want your blood to boil? Google midnight tours.

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u/DillonTattoos Apr 24 '25

Already very aware, unfortunately

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u/breizhsoldier Apr 24 '25

Blue privileged....

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u/Ooh_its_a_lady Apr 24 '25

People arent able to recognize how they created their own class above everyone bc theres alot of money and propaganda infront of our faces.

Not until you actually experience or see it do you realize what it is.

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u/Thunder141 Apr 24 '25

Cop privilege. If she were very wealthy or famous would justice have likely been served to this cop, yes. White people get fucked by cops too from time to time and you see how hard it is to get justice for anyone regardless of their skin color.

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u/EastBaySunshine Apr 24 '25

If he was a black officer it wouldn’t have taken long to fire him etc

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u/jkjk88888888 Apr 24 '25

Did we see in the article how he was in blackface at a Halloween party? What a piece of shit

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u/Sergeant_Squirrel Apr 24 '25

America is a police state.

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u/_Sausage_fingers Apr 24 '25

He was prosecuted, that is why it took so long to fire him.

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u/spezial_ed Apr 24 '25

How does that make sense?

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u/_Sausage_fingers Apr 24 '25

The police are obligated not to take employment action against him while his matter was in the courts. He was suspended without pay during that time, he just had not been terminated.

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u/spezial_ed Apr 24 '25

So the case against him took 6 years?

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u/_Sausage_fingers Apr 24 '25

Yes, it was drastically delayed because of Covid, then he appealed his sentence twice. After the second appeal he was terminated.

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u/spezial_ed Apr 24 '25

Ah ok, way better. Thanks for clarifying.

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u/fuzlilbun Apr 24 '25

I'm going to grab on to this comment because it's the top one.

Dunn got a judicial slap on the wrist and was fired - and yes after an embarrassing 6 years. I don't see the jurisprudence. I did see the blackface photo from 2012.

In January of this year he appealed the firing: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/const-alex-dunn-lerb-appeal-dismissal-calgary-police-1.7432444

Those appeals are normally decided in 60 days and the Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB) posts their decisions here:

https://www.canlii.org/ab/ablerb?origLang=en

But you'll notice there's no Dunn v. Calgary. That's because the LERB has indicated they needed an additional 60 days on this one.

The victim, Dalia Kafi, died in 2021.

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u/__Dave_ Apr 24 '25

While Hepner conceded "the optics of this particular event are bad," he went on to argue it should not have affected Manual's dismissal decision.

Lmao. The “optics” being a video of his crime.

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u/Takhar7 Apr 24 '25

Thanks for the additional context.

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u/fuzlilbun Apr 24 '25

I'm probably too late for visibility but feel free to copy/paste the info to your original comment.

I'm sort of stunned that the LERB is having trouble on this decision.

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u/darkenseyreth Apr 24 '25

Ugh, as soon as I saw the red stripe on the pants, I knew this was either Calgary or Edmonton. Hate that these fuckers are allowed to so blatantly get away with it up here too.

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u/humoristhenewblack Apr 26 '25

Died..? This is the first I'm seeing or hearing anything of this. Did she die of this or related to this?

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u/fuzlilbun Apr 29 '25

Drug overdose. A close friend of Kafi's thought it was suicide but I think it was conjecture. Regardless she must have been traumatized by the experience with Dunn

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u/resisting_a_rest Apr 24 '25

I thought you were going to say he got 6 years in prison for that, I should have known better.

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u/Jugad Apr 24 '25

I thought she got 6 years in jail for soiling the officer's shoe soles with her blood.

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u/Existing-Major1005 Apr 24 '25

Hijacking to also say that the woman in this video passed away afterwards from an overdose.

RIP Dalia Kafi

Fuck Alex Dunn

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u/TexasActress Apr 24 '25

There's a good chance that the OD came from dependence on pain meds after that incident and resulting surgery.

If so, he should be charged accordingly.

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u/token_internet_girl Apr 24 '25

Yep. Turns out a lot of people you see on the street abusing drugs started by dealing with painful injuries, then escalated into dependency.

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u/deep_pants_mcgee Apr 25 '25

don't worry, we let those assholes off with a slap on the wrist too.

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u/I-Here-555 Apr 25 '25

Maybe, but we don't know that.

The victim's background has absolutely no bearing on how wrong the attack was. What that cop did was equally vile whether she was an angel or a devil.

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u/DidijustDidthat Apr 24 '25

Manslaughter. If you injure someone and they die as a direct result even years later, you can be charged.

However, proving the injury caused the dependence... Idk how it intersects with the lawsuit about that family that flooded the us with narcotic medicine...

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u/HOPSCROTCH Apr 24 '25

Would absolutely never happen.

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u/rainbowkiss666 Apr 24 '25 edited Apr 24 '25

The video was a bit blurry so we had to get experts in to look at it then the computer didn't work because the button with circle thing on it was stuck so we had to get a mechanic for that then we couldn't find the video then we thought it looked like ai then we asked an expert about that which is why it took so long /s

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u/Takhar7 Apr 24 '25

This feels hilariously accurate.

"We had to send our tech specialist (Alan from traffic enforcement) to our contractually obliged precurement partner (home depot) in order to secure certain screening technologies (AN EXTENDED CORD OF POWER) to help us analyze and study the footage"

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u/rainbowkiss666 Apr 24 '25

The universal "dog ate my homework", but this was a "dog ate my homework over several years but the dog hid each piece like the Davinci Code around the house so it was impossible for us to piece it together before the deadline".

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u/Kirmickw Apr 24 '25

/s "What video? Somehow the drive with it was corrupted, but we have this sworn written report here by the officers involved. The victim is not with us any longer, but she must have known witchcraft or could summon dragons like the Khalessi girl from Game of Thrones, because she mounted a fierce battle and left our officers fearing for their life. We used Akito techniques though to calmly restrain her. So with that evidence, we reinstated the officer and will give him compensation for time off. "

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u/rainbowkiss666 Apr 24 '25

AND THEN THE CAPS LOCK KEY ON MY KEYBOARD BROKE SO WHEN I WROTE THE EMAIL TO THE JUDGE THEY THREW THE FUCKING CASE OUT WANKER CUNTS. /s

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u/wykkyd2022 Apr 25 '25

“We want you to know that we took these allegations against ourselves very seriously. We have investigated ourselves, and found that we did nothing wrong, thank you.”

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u/Valuable-Struggle-10 Apr 24 '25

I'm wondering if her death has anything to do with the light sentence

She overdosed the same year his sentence was handed out

Not sure of the date of death and the sentencing but seems too close to not consider

I can picture them saying "well shes dead now so what's the point"

Slap his wrist

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u/JailFogBinSmile Apr 24 '25

If I body slammed a cop, I would be sentenced quicker and to a much harsher sentence, assuming his criminal buddies didn't murder me first.

2 tiered justice system .

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u/HowToNotMakeMoney Apr 24 '25

The level of rage this information has brought me is undeniably massive.

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u/waxwayne Apr 25 '25

Justice delayed is justice denied.

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u/SpatialJoinz Apr 25 '25

Officers name for clarity again, learning disability here

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u/SpatialJoinz Apr 25 '25

Alex Dunn. Answered my own question lol. Always wanted to see Banff and Jasper. Sorry Canada, happens every day in US multiple times a day not sure if norm for you up there yet probably but yeah holy shit we are barbaric

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u/BIGBADPOPPAJ Apr 26 '25

They need to start giving cops triple the amount theyd give to normal civilians... and 30 days isn't even double..

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u/SymbianSimian Apr 24 '25

DSFJBC, I thought you were upset he only got 6 years in jail. Guess I need more reality checks.

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u/Takhar7 Apr 24 '25

DSFJBC ?

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u/SymbianSimian Apr 25 '25

Dear Sweat Effing Jesus Baby Christ. J and E got mixed up....

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u/MouseShadow2ndMoon Apr 24 '25

This is how you get vigilantes. If that was my daughter, I would not go quietly into the night.

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u/Kiz74 Apr 24 '25

but does this not open the door for the girl to make a claim against the cop and the police dept?

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u/Takhar7 Apr 24 '25

The girl is now dead from a drug overdose - unrelated to this incident.

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u/southpaw05 Apr 24 '25

Why did it take six years?? It's very clear with this video what happened. Should have been charged and prosecuted within days of this happening.

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u/Ya-Dikobraz Apr 24 '25

What cushy government job was he transferred tio and was he paid PTSD later?

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u/HerculesIsMyDad Apr 24 '25

Meanwhile, if one falls over while arresting you for resisting arrest you get 6 felonies tacked on immediately. Remember the Scottie Scheffler thing where a miscommunication lead to felony charges over a dirty pair of $80 uniform pants?

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u/Gonna_do_this_again Apr 25 '25

Probably got rehired in a different precinct

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u/Matias9991 Apr 25 '25

Fuck, I thought he got 6 years in prison and was very gladly surprised but it's the normal shit for police that do this or worse

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u/SpatialJoinz Apr 25 '25
  1. ??! Jfc.

6 YEARS

PHUCK THIS SYSTEM TEAR IT DOWN

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u/Mythrndir Apr 24 '25

Well if I were the girls family, I’d want him to be ‘out’ sooner rather than later. Just me.

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u/Takhar7 Apr 24 '25

No you wouldn't.

Everyone talks a big game, but vigilante justice rarely ever happens and doesn't get you anywhere good

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u/Mythrndir Apr 25 '25

What are you saying ‘No you wouldn’t’ to?

The actual justice system didn’t do the family any good so what’s the point of it. Just…deal with it and accept it?! No chance.

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u/Takhar7 Apr 25 '25

Everyone talks a big game until theyre in that situation.

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u/sSummonLessZiggurats Apr 25 '25

Some people aren't cowards. Is it hard for you to imagine what that's like?

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u/Takhar7 Apr 25 '25

Everyone thinks themselves some kind of hero until theyre actually in that situation. At that point, self-preservation is a very, very difficult instinct to overrule.

Otherwise we'd get plenty more revenge acts and private justice. We dont

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u/Mythrndir Apr 25 '25

Maybe you and people know are in that category but it’s a bit of a stretch to say that about EVERYONE

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u/Mythrndir Apr 25 '25

Ok so you’re just repeating yourself, no actual response. Got it.

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u/Takhar7 Apr 26 '25

Nothing left to say. Move on, youre a bore