If a citizen did they, there would be multiple felonies - assault, battery, kidnapping, etc. But cops flaunt their 'above the law' immunity repeatedly, and know they are usually untouchable, no matter what they do.
I once got into a very heated discussion on Facebook with a group of K9 handler cops about a video of an arrest in which the K9 cops kept siccing their dog on the suspect who was lying prone on the ground with his hands over his head. I told them that the use of the K9 was a clear violation of the suspect's rights, excessive force and was totally uncalled for. Using dogs to do this is cruel, and they have no business doing it, imo. It's not the cops' place to act as judge, jury and executioner - they are meant to secure suspects in custody in order to bring them to TRIAL. Cops who appoint themselves judge, jury and executioner should not ever be employed as police.
Murder requires intent. No prosecutor is going to seek that without some kind of proof so unless an email or text or something comes out with one of the cops saying "hey, let's kill this guy" that's never going to happen.
We had a similar case here in Southern Ohio. After a short vehicle chase, the driver of the truck being pursued by State Troopers exited his vehicle, got on his knees. put his hands in the air complying with the Trooper's orders. Next, a small town Barney Fife appeared on the scene and released his dog against the suspect. This after being told by the Trooper, to not release the dog. The damage done to the suspect, by the dog was so horrific that on the video, one of the Troopers on scene was visually disturbed by what she saw, and had to look and walk away from attack. I'm not sure if this incident has been settled, but Barney Fife needs to be put behind bars for a few years, and his department held liable for damages and any extras a jury might seem fit to award this man.
I am getting real tired of departments claiming that these violent assaults are "not in accordance with their training." Multiple officers involved while on camera and nobody bats an eye? That means that everybody involved saw no problems with these actions. And if your training program allows people to think this is acceptable then it very much was in accordance with your training.
I served on a jury in a case like this (that had audio from the cops but no video). The mother of two young kids was arrested in her apartment by cops who busted in her door looking for someone else unrelated to her. She was charged with resisting arrest (she had no idea what was going on initially and was trying to protect her young kids). It took us maybe an hour to come back with not guilty. NONE of us could believe the prosecutor was willing to try that case. She (the prosecutor) stuck around after the verdict to ask me (and other jurors) why we found the lady not guilty. The answer was simple... they "arrested" her unlawfully and therefore she shouldn't have been charged for resisting. Frankly the officers should've been charged, but I'm sure they weren't.
This is a prosecutor who should be charged. Had she done her homework, likely the case would have bern dropped. Now, the evidence to charge the cops MAY have been weak without video, dunno. But a good prosecutor would, at the minimum, have told them, "Don't you DARE darken my office with a case like this ever again, because it WILL be prison for you."
@@annelarrybrunelle3570 Charged with extremely high voltage after an appropriate jury of her employers renders a summary judgement like she did to so many others
Prosecutor confronting a jury, even after the fact just seems unethical if not illegal. Best guess is they were fishing for cause for mistrial or something (not a lawyer - unclear what would apply here).
Judge, Prosecutor, Cop. The Law Enforcement Triade. They all have immunity, given to themselves, and they watch each other's backs. So even if enough eyes from the public and news outlets concentrate on criminal abuses of power, they will makes sure those accused will receive one final favor. All charges are reduced to the lowest possible levels that will not cause a riot or federal inquiry of corruption. The Judges: Bosses, The Prosecutors: Captains, and The Cops: Lieutenants and soldiers. It's your basic mob set up.
Not charging them with a felony leaves the door open for the pigs to get hired somewhere else. I hear Sangamon County is hiring and their standards are sh*t low.
That misdemeanor charge results in prison time if guilty! It is not letting the cop off. Another TH-camr (LackLuster?) discussed the assault laws in that state. To get to felony level in that state, you have to cause permanent injury. The state has multiple levels of assaults, and the specific charge depends on the extent of the damage. This charge was the highest misdemeanor level because the injuries were severe. But by the time they were charging the officer, it was clear the victim's physical injuries were going to fully heal so the assault did not rise to the felony level. Again - if the cop is found guilty of this misdemeanor, he will go to prison. (Which is not what I am used to for misdemeanor and felony. I also usually translate misdemeanor to fine and felony to prison.)
@@cirian75what’s more likely the dog isn’t in service because his handler is no longer a trooper. Dogs take time to build a reliable enough relationship with their handler to be suitable for police service. This force may have a policy that states a dog only ever gets one handler or the dog was too close to the end of its service career to transition it to another handler. Either way because of the circumstances it is unlikely the dog would be deemed vicious, nor should it be, as it was doing exactly what it was commanded to do.
Misdemeanor assault? The Police Chief should be asked what the charges would have been had 2 guys done the same thing to a cop. I'm guessing attempted murder, kidnapping, breaking and entering, assault with a deadly weapon, speeding, and refusal to ID. And trying to poison a K-9 officer.
There is another case of mistaken identity that happened to someone I knew, back in the 70's: He was walking in the parking lot of a convenience store, when a cop tackled him from behind. It was only after hitting the ground, that the cop realized that he had the wrong person (he was supposedly looking for a violent felon). The ambulance came to check out the victim, as he was badly bruised and scraped. Because this case involved the police, the local lawyers either wouldn't touch it, or, the wanted their fees up-front. Being that the victim was poor, nothing ever came of this case.
They always get charged with as little as possible. A misdemeanor for this level of violence is window dressing to keep the public off their backs not an actual punishment.
crin - They may wonder but often they know exactly what they have done and they know that's why we hate them. Hence the extreme focus on "officer safety".
I literally had an officer tell me, "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE GO THROUGH!!!!" after he shoved his pistol in my face as I was handing him my license for a traffic stop. Apparently, I was acting too aggressive with retrieving my wallet from my back pocket. You know, like 99.9999% of every male driver would do when asked for I.D.
@@thatjeff7550 Yes. I had a Federale in Puerto Vallarta 1973, rack his pistol and put it to my right temple unless I told him where we bought the weed. I made something up. Next morning they got the real perp. Same type of thing in Austin, TX, 1978 for armed robbery, double homicide. After 4 hours they got the guy and he confessed.
@@Bonjour-World But the advent of cell phone cameras and social media is exposing literally THOUSANDS of examples of abuse by cop. From Rodney King in 1991 to George Floyd recently. I started to make a long list but very soon, I was overwhelmed. And the cops now even know that THEY ARE BEING RECORDED !!! Like Derek Chauvin, COPS DON'T CARE !! He learned.
edu - 1. Abolish qualified immunity ASAP, 2. Abolish civil asset forfeiture ASAP, 3. Make it illegal for a cop to mute or turn off a cop body camera, 4. Make it cheap, easy and fast for a citizen to obtain any and all ... not redacted when possible ...records, 5. Make all internal investigations subject to independent civilian oversight. 6. Fast track civil rights lawsuits into months instead of years. 7. Overturn Terry v. Ohio.
Inb4 "Then nobody will want to be a police officer" If police cannot do their jobs without engaging in criminality and must be exempted from natural consequences for said criminality, then there should be no police. @@stevejette2329
Inb4 "Then nobody will want to be a police officer" If police cannot do their jobs without engaging in criminality and must be exempted from natural consequences for said criminality, then there should be no police. @@stevejette2329
Inb4 "Then nobody will want to be a police officer" If police cannot do their jobs without engaging in criminality and must be exempted from natural consequences for said criminality, then there should be no police. @@stevejette2329
This happened in the town I live in. The cops told a criminal to sit on the sidewalk with hands in the air. The criminal complied, but one of the cops released the German Shephard on him and let him chew on the guy for over 15 seconds. Lawsuit is still on-going.
As an Alaskan, this sickens me. And it's even worse than it looks. The victim, Ben Tikka, had called the police to ask if it was legal for him to camp in a public park. The police got him confused with his cousin and sent the two troopers out to arrest him. His cousin, Garret Tikka had a warrant for failing to serve a 10 day sentence for driving with a revoked license. Ben was sleeping in the back seat of the vehicle when the troopers arrived. So, yeah, he didn't respond right away when they woke him up. It isn't just that they had the wrong guy, it isn't just that they brutally beat him, it's also that the original warrant was for something non-violent. It's disgusting.
That DA there is horrible on protecting cops. He loves to let them off the hook. Want to know all this information. I bet I know those troopers then can tell you if they are known for this.
@@MinionNumber3that's kind of the conclusion I've drawn . I hope this guy can get ahold of NIJ to get help taking this case all the way . This is incredibly bad .
Man, it's so rare to hear ANYONE charged with a "4th degree" misdemeanor... I wasn't sure what that covered, so I looked it up. Apparently they considered this equal to "profane swearing" , "intoxication in public", and "unauthorized use of public property". These misdemeanors do not carry the possibility of any jail time, and carry a fine of up to $250. You pay more than that if you get charged for jaywalking...
There is a very small pool of folks to recruit from and the need is great. Incompetent people will get through the filtering process. I saw the same thing in the military where standards were lowered to cast a wider net. It never goes well.
@@closer71 Not on purpose for sure. Low wages and dealing with idiots drives most people away. People want champagne law enforcement on a Paul Blart salary.
@@closer71 Not on purpose for sure. Plenty of idiots out there that never made it through screening. Folks want champagne style law enforcement while paying for Paul Blart.
Qualified Immunity is the problem. Sadly, the SCOTUS upheld it. If QI goes away, LE and the judiciary with be forced to behave and then by extension so will prosecutors.
Because the police are the instruments of and serve the ruling oligarchs, not the people. Any benefit to the people is strictly incidental. Their function is to keep you from upsetting your rulers.
It took Sean Grayson murdering Sonya Massey to find out how bad of a cop he was. He was disciplined several times but was able to pass on to a different department. Rhetorically, I suppose, Grayson was asked by the Deputy Chief at Logan County, '...how are you still working here?'. People who believe that bad cops in law enforcement are a rare exception, better reconsider that notion.
Cops don't want to admit that the number of cops that will be good no matter what are low. It is up to the leadership in the organization to keep the majority in line. If this keeps happening then it is a failure in leadership.
Wait so the dog lost its job but the humans didn’t? Only police in America can this happen. Sad thing is, they will be employed with another city, in no time.
Police unions are some of the strongest unions in the U.S. There's an entire process for firing them and usually they just can't be fired. And unfortunately, the unions go to bat even for bad cops because thin blue line yo.
@@foureyedelf6151 why would you say that…you seem to think the dog acted on its own to attack the victim. It didn’t, it’s clearly stated that it was commanded to attack.
It takes about 14000 hours to become an attorney. It takes 1800 to become a barber. It only takes about 500 hours to become a cop. They’re not in those uniforms because they are geniuses.
Not only that but police departments prefer to hire candidates with IQs below a certain threshold because they're more likely to follow orders without questions.
it's about 9500 hrs to apprentice to become a journeyman electrician. 12 hours of continueing education and license renewal every 2 years thereafter. these guys barely have HS diplomas and they give them guns and power. it's no wonder these guys are running amok
I've seen cases where police order someone out of the car in freezing cold temperatures, and then make them wait outside of the car until they consent to a search.
right. people have a tendency to misbelieve that just because someone has been accused of a crime that it means that person is automatically guilty and has no rights what-so-ever. we can't forget that the majority of people called criminals are still American citizens.
Exactly, it doesn't matter that it was the wrong man, the amount of violence used is questionable even considering the circumstances they THOUGHT they had.
Those officers should be charged with a felony. This is a slap on the wrist for what they did. They should also lose their police certification and be required to pay the victim for what they did to him.
It is why the Authority came up with qualified immunity. Too protect the police officer. It is why the police act this way but if they did not have qualified immunity nobody would be Police Officers. It was much worse before the cameras and media platforms complaining about police violence.
@@RealPackCat instead they got payed leave while the case was investigated by their fellow State Police Officers and maybe got a verbal reprimand and a write up in their permanent State Police file and they are also charged with a 4th degree misdemeanor and I don't what happened there but it was probably dismissed. How much you wanna bet it was dismissed by the Judge or by the Prosecutors?
Exactly. Charge attempted murder, settle for aggregated assault, and various weapons charges. Rules for thee though, police are special snowflakes that aren’t competent enough to be held responsible for their own actions.
@@HansSchick It's interesting how you instigate and parrot the same comments, but don't answer it when @thedave1771 asked about yours. I do not have a record, get out of here troll/bot.
As a non-lawyer, I've been told someone can refuse to show ID unless the police have an articulatable crime. In this case, a warrant for the arrest of the owner of the car so he would HAVE to show ID.
@@RPSchonherr The US justice system has different levels of crimes. From what I understand there are two main buckets. Misdemeanors and Felonies. Misdemeanors are lower in severity.
It’s difficult to forget Jordan v New London where a person who applied to work as a law enforcement officer was denied employment due to having too high an IQ. Sadly, I have a feeling that New London, CT may not be the only police force that has a hiring policy like that.
Charging the cops with 4th degree assault is laughable. THAT'S WHAT THEY CHARGED THE GUY THEY ARRESTED BEFORE THE PROSECUTOR DISMISSED THE CHARGES (it was 3 counts against 3 cops). And of course Alaska Troopers refuses to release the body cam footage to the public saying that only after the prosecution will it be released. Optically must be really bad for them to pull that one out of their bag of reasons. This guy has a juicy lawsuit against these cops and maybe against the state as a pattern and practice claim.
Yeah, and the other story with the 10 year old girl they handcuffed. Real tough there. If your afraid for your life from an unarmed 10 year old, you really need a new job.
I think they knew it wasn't the guy in the back on the warrant they just got angry he didn't want to get out of the car so they wanted to teach him a lesson then they just said we thought it was him on the warrant to cover themselves.
Worse, when they KNOW they've got the wrong person, but still charge them and take them to jail. That should be charges of abuse of power and felony kidnapping at minimum.
It is a TAUTOLOGY. A good example of a tautology is when someone is "famous for being famous". Another legal "tautology" is if an innocent person is in prison, escapes or tries to escape, then gets exonerated of the original crime but still has to serve time for the escape or escape attempt. Then you have a tautology where someone's ONLY crime is the escape when they should not have been in jail in the first place.
This happens more because people lack discipline and become combative. I've never had issues with cops and I've even been in situations where there was misunderstandings. This guy brought it on himself.
@@billybassman21cops broke his car window, pepper sprayed him, tased him and set a dog on him BUT you're saying it was the citizen that was combative?😅
Any charge picked up by a cop, whether it be a misdemeanor or a felony, should have a felony enhancement tacked on because as law enforcement officers, they should know better.
How HOW are they ONLY charged with a MISDEMEANOR assault!? I've watched videos of arrestees whom have only flailed against wrongful assaults by police and were charged w/felony assault
What's messed up is that this is only a problem for them because they did this to the wrong guy. So doing all of this to someone with a warrant is justified then?
In a Republic this is unacceptable But since Amerika is communist this is Reasonable Pay attention to that last word; you'll head it a lot. Because who gets to define Reasonable?
Hahaha. That day will never come. A majority of the populations don't care about police misconduct, not even towards themselves, as long as they feel safe most of the time.
That day is already here. Prosecutors won't take cases unless the state makes money off it. any and all civil cases of theft, violence or harm around me don't even get filed. Perps walk free on PR, known car thieves, drug dealers all end up back on the street. Get a speeding ticket, expired reg, the wrong tint or anything else the state can fine you for and they'll drag you out of the car, beat you senseless and charge you with resisting then drag you into court.
Lived in Mat su valley Alaska for 37 years, not surprised at all hearing about troopers doing bad things, mat su division "misplaced" over 700 firearms in 12 months also missing drugs & cash from evidence.
Personal injury lawyers usually work on a contingency basis where the client doesn‘t pay them directly, but the lawyer gets a portion of the settlement/verdict. In cases like this that can settle for millions, he will have no trouble getting a good lawyer.
Should have been charged under the felony statutes as bodily harm was done, some would argue it was grievious, thus meeting the code definition of Aggravated Assault.
To pass a message to his cousin that was under that warrant, the local cop did beat the teen kids of a local dealer back in the day to pass a message same here
Probably because he pushed back and didn't immediately start enjoying the taste their boots. Not all cops are tyrants but the ones who are will take things as far as they think they can and then claim qualified immunity. They thought they would be able to hide behind qualified immunity after teaching him to show them the proper respect.
@@migrivp2672yup. Sounds like something a crappy gang leader would do. Insecurity and thinking fear is the same as respect are the traits of fools in a leaders clothes.
What really bothers me is this probably only happened because it was the wrong guy - as if it would somehow still be OK to arrest an unarmed person like this even if it was the right guy.
It makes me sick that police departments buy these dogs, ostensibly for drug detection, and train (abuse them) to become violent on command. If anyone else were to abuse an animal like this and use it to attack another person, they'd be facing felony charges and the dog would be euthanised. But of course, when you're the police, the rules don't apply to you.
@@dwaynepenner2788 I hope the Armed Forces don't get bad teeth from constantly biting something! I know you didn't respond to that comment but at a glance it looked so humorous.
No kidding! When we see these things, the officer is often yelling stop resisting when the Citizen is experiencing serious injuries at the hand of the officer. The human body responds correctly by pulling away.
It's particularly galling when cops yell at you to "stop fighting the dog" as you're being mauled by it. Ridiculous that a person can be charged for it. Absolutely asinine.
@@vihtoripuurola3775 those 99% don't hold "the few bad apples" accountable, those 99% are complicit, those 99% are there a paycheck, power, or something else selfish. The 0.0001% (or whatever the insanely small percentage is) of police who report their coworkers' bad conduct are the only ones who truly care about helping people and serving honorably.
I dunno, it's possible in some places (not the US) that 99% of cops actually are there to help. In the US, it's more like 99% of them are there to bully people... and they don't care whether the person is innocent or not, or whether the force they use is reasonable. That's my generous take on HansSchick's reply. Assuming he's from Germany, he may have actually meant non-US cops.
End qualified immunity & start mandatory personal liability insurance policing policies (just like medical malpractice policies) where each person becoming a law enforcement officer is required to carry & then pay for personally. If insurance companies will no longer provide coverage due to excessive payouts, then the individual can no longer be a police officer, period. It looks like those 6 weeks "at the academy" is proving to be woefully inadequate.
Also make a new Amendment to the constitution. That the Government, thus police, jail guards, and all other people with the ability, have a Constitutional Duty to help and save Citizens, even if they themselves get hurt or die. That would fix a lot of issues if we have it in the constitution that the GOVERNMENT must actually HELP and SAVE people Constitutionally, and violating that by HARMING innocent Citizens should be grounds of immediate Firing, banned from EVER working any job tied to the government again, and 20 years in jail. None of which can be removed or changed through settlements or agreements.
The dogs name is Donna, a Belgian Malinois who started her service at the age of 3 in 2016. 2024 would put her at 11 years old with 8 years of service. There is some speculation she was put down, but given her age (they have an average life expectancy of 10-14 years) she also could have just been retired. Can’t find any more information, but please add if you do.
This is not an isolated incident. They constantly get the wrong addresses to execute warrants or misspell last names . It's going on quite often . Buffalo, NY, had to borrow money to cover claims for those kind of mistakes.
In the Netherlands using a k9 is one step below shooting a person. You better believe that a police officer would be looking at serious jail time if they tried that here.
This is the problem; in any one of our European or Australasian countries police do not routinely behave like this and are accountable if they do. In the US they get away with little or no punishment and do whatever they feel like regardless of law and civil rights.
Misdemeanor assault?
That should be felony assault for the canine and officer handler.
Well, Brady lists don't seem to work, so...
@@Canaris_Kiss It doesn't work because it isn't used. Cops are hardly ever Brady listed.
Depends on state law.... Every state has it's own "Penal Code".
@@shamrocm I bet you wouldn't be saying that if you watched the video. Assaulting someone with a weapon is a felony in EVERY state.
We're lucky they got charged at all. I'm surprised. Normally they get a paid vacation and a promotion.
Should be charged as a felony, not as a misdemeanor.
Sham charges to protect the DA and police officers. He should refuse to participate in the investigation and trial.
Astounding MISDEMEANOR, if that is THE LAW... THEN IT MAKES NO SENSE !!! IF THERE IS NO "DUTY TO PROTECT" THEN GET RID OF "QUALIFIED IMUNITY"
@@mtyx01their duty is to property not people.
If a citizen did they, there would be multiple felonies - assault, battery, kidnapping, etc.
But cops flaunt their 'above the law' immunity repeatedly, and know they are usually untouchable, no matter what they do.
Having a felony rap might mean they lose the police certification. DA would never have the spine to do that to a trooper
Police justification of assault: he's guilty of being innocent
@@proteus404 innocent are guilty of wasting authorities times
@@migrivp2672How dare that person be someone else!
When a dog is tearing your flesh, demanding you comply while all you are in agonizing pain is absurd.
I mean that's their usual MO. They beat you bloody while shouting "stop resisting"
@@danporath536 for real, it’s so ridiculous right?
To not go ham on an attacking dog, even if it is a police dog, is also absurd.
The third Reich used dogs on death camp prisoners
As soon as you hear “you need to stop resisting” you know the officers have stepped over the line
pepper spray, a tazer, and a dog seems like it should be a lot more than just a "misdemeanor assault"
What would the charges be if he did that to a cop? Hmm I wonder, ya you know, he would be dead right?
This isn't justice, it is a cover-up.
bls - It IS a cover-up and they are all in it ...
cops, unions, judges, DAs, prosecutors ...
Yup, will be dropped or lost on purpose by the prosecutor.
Misdemeanor? Did they also give them a paid vacation? What a joke
The dog didn't get a paid vacation
Probaably "administrative leave" which is on top of their regular leave. It's considered a punishment.
@@baronvonslambert and they will be promoted to detective. What you just stated, only applies to me and you.
Actually, yes, they did get a paid vacation. Whatever there’s an investigation going on you get time off with pay.
@@RailmanAMD yeah you’re kind of missing the point
Assault while armed with deadly weapons is a felony.
The fact they had guns while in commission of a crime, makes it an automatic felony.
The dog is a deadly weapon. This is 1st degree assault. Definitely not a misdemeanor.
I once got into a very heated discussion on Facebook with a group of K9 handler cops about a video of an arrest in which the K9 cops kept siccing their dog on the suspect who was lying prone on the ground with his hands over his head. I told them that the use of the K9 was a clear violation of the suspect's rights, excessive force and was totally uncalled for. Using dogs to do this is cruel, and they have no business doing it, imo. It's not the cops' place to act as judge, jury and executioner - they are meant to secure suspects in custody in order to bring them to TRIAL. Cops who appoint themselves judge, jury and executioner should not ever be employed as police.
But what did these K9 handler cops SAY?!? Did their eyes get big when you told them how they were the bad guys? he he heh
@@glintinggoldThat's what I wanna know. Why even mention k9 handlers if you're not gonna tell their response
The real crime here is that these crimes would have been felonies if you or I ( Non-LEO) had perpetrated just 1 of these things!
Deprivation of rights under color of law with bodily injury is a felony, but they're above the law.
well, you know, higher standards mean you don't have to strain yourself as badly when they limbo under them.
We wouldn't even need to send the victim to an urgent care center for a few minor stitches without earning a prison sentence
Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why no assault with a deadly weapon or attempted murder charges?
Murder requires intent. No prosecutor is going to seek that without some kind of proof so unless an email or text or something comes out with one of the cops saying "hey, let's kill this guy" that's never going to happen.
@@HansSchick
Generally when you move to mock someone, as traditionally accepted, the mock should at least make sense, your’s not any.
Law enforcement is held to lower standards.
Well that's the "higher standard" police constantly say they are held to.
How about kidnapping??
Only 4th degree assault...if a citizen did half of what the cops did to him, they would get 1st degree charges with putting the dog down.
Double standards
Judge to Civilian: ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Judge to Cops: how were you supposed to know?
Citizens do not have a union to buy off the prosecutors and judges.
Rules for thee but not for me.
STOP PLEA DEALS!
They are the sovereign citizens you were warned about
We had a similar case here in Southern Ohio. After a short vehicle chase, the driver of the truck being pursued by State Troopers exited his vehicle, got on his knees. put his hands in the air complying with the Trooper's orders. Next, a small town Barney Fife appeared on the scene and released his dog against the suspect. This after being told by the Trooper, to not release the dog. The damage done to the suspect, by the dog was so horrific that on the video, one of the Troopers on scene was visually disturbed by what she saw, and had to look and walk away from attack. I'm not sure if this incident has been settled, but Barney Fife needs to be put behind bars for a few years, and his department held liable for damages and any extras a jury might seem fit to award this man.
That cop was fired. I think he might have tried getting his job back but they did fire him. Idk if he got his job back though.
I am getting real tired of departments claiming that these violent assaults are "not in accordance with their training." Multiple officers involved while on camera and nobody bats an eye? That means that everybody involved saw no problems with these actions. And if your training program allows people to think this is acceptable then it very much was in accordance with your training.
Agree 100%! The curricula should be public information so we can see just what the cops are told and that would be pretty revealing!
I served on a jury in a case like this (that had audio from the cops but no video). The mother of two young kids was arrested in her apartment by cops who busted in her door looking for someone else unrelated to her. She was charged with resisting arrest (she had no idea what was going on initially and was trying to protect her young kids). It took us maybe an hour to come back with not guilty. NONE of us could believe the prosecutor was willing to try that case. She (the prosecutor) stuck around after the verdict to ask me (and other jurors) why we found the lady not guilty. The answer was simple... they "arrested" her unlawfully and therefore she shouldn't have been charged for resisting. Frankly the officers should've been charged, but I'm sure they weren't.
This is a prosecutor who should be charged. Had she done her homework, likely the case would have bern dropped. Now, the evidence to charge the cops MAY have been weak without video, dunno. But a good prosecutor would, at the minimum, have told them, "Don't you DARE darken my office with a case like this ever again, because it WILL be prison for you."
This righteous acquittal means so much to this lady, more than you can ever imagine.
@@annelarrybrunelle3570 Charged with extremely high voltage after an appropriate jury of her employers renders a summary judgement like she did to so many others
Every day we stray further from God's light 🥲
Prosecutor confronting a jury, even after the fact just seems unethical if not illegal. Best guess is they were fishing for cause for mistrial or something (not a lawyer - unclear what would apply here).
Who is the DEA that decided to charge the cops with a misdemeanor instead of a felony? Unacceptable.
da, not dea.
Judge, Prosecutor, Cop. The Law Enforcement Triade. They all have immunity, given to themselves, and they watch each other's backs. So even if enough eyes from the public and news outlets concentrate on criminal abuses of power, they will makes sure those accused will receive one final favor. All charges are reduced to the lowest possible levels that will not cause a riot or federal inquiry of corruption. The Judges: Bosses, The Prosecutors: Captains, and The Cops: Lieutenants and soldiers. It's your basic mob set up.
Not charging them with a felony leaves the door open for the pigs to get hired somewhere else. I hear Sangamon County is hiring and their standards are sh*t low.
Means the DA didn’t really want to charge them at all, but figured they had to, and so charged them as low as possible.
That misdemeanor charge results in prison time if guilty! It is not letting the cop off.
Another TH-camr (LackLuster?) discussed the assault laws in that state. To get to felony level in that state, you have to cause permanent injury. The state has multiple levels of assaults, and the specific charge depends on the extent of the damage. This charge was the highest misdemeanor level because the injuries were severe. But by the time they were charging the officer, it was clear the victim's physical injuries were going to fully heal so the assault did not rise to the felony level.
Again - if the cop is found guilty of this misdemeanor, he will go to prison. (Which is not what I am used to for misdemeanor and felony. I also usually translate misdemeanor to fine and felony to prison.)
Teaching a dog to attack a person is animal abuse. It should be a felony.
The third Reich was fond of the use of dogs against people. Also the
Spanish empire, and the Roman Empire liked the use of dogs.
Trained to detect drugs or contraband is ok. Lazy out of shape cops resort to using dogs.
That is so cute. They fired the dog. That is like arresting the gun.
I know you are being funny but you are right, it actually is
They had to fire the dog. He was the smartest one there and they can't risk him testifying against them.
😂😅
These troopers are too irresponsible to check somebody’s ID, but they can carry a gun, a taser and a dog on someone? How does that even make sense?
The ONE TIME they NEED to ID somebody, they conveniently don't. This is huge.
Why only misdemeanor?
They should be charged with assault, battery, kidnapping, etc....
Yep
Thin blue line.
mrt - Because they are members of the thin blue line gang union.
Attempted murder
@Cuban-Jo
There's a situation that needs to change ASAP !!!
The dog’s handler should be the one who is “ no longer in service”!! The dog was following commands from his handler!
The dog is probably no longer in service because he also bit his handler.
American K9 handlers are a joke. You should see K9 handlers in Denmark.
@@M1903a4 there is also the possibility that the dog has been destroyed (euthanized)
@@cirian75 The dog was put down before he started talking.
@@cirian75what’s more likely the dog isn’t in service because his handler is no longer a trooper. Dogs take time to build a reliable enough relationship with their handler to be suitable for police service. This force may have a policy that states a dog only ever gets one handler or the dog was too close to the end of its service career to transition it to another handler. Either way because of the circumstances it is unlikely the dog would be deemed vicious, nor should it be, as it was doing exactly what it was commanded to do.
Misdemeanor assault? The Police Chief should be asked what the charges would have been had 2 guys done the same thing to a cop. I'm guessing attempted murder, kidnapping, breaking and entering, assault with a deadly weapon, speeding, and refusal to ID. And trying to poison a K-9 officer.
Absolutely.
The injuries needed surgery to repair, and it’s only a misdemeanor assault? The DA needs to answer some very serious questions.
There is another case of mistaken identity that happened to someone I knew, back in the 70's: He was walking in the parking lot of a convenience store, when a cop tackled him from behind. It was only after hitting the ground, that the cop realized that he had the wrong person (he was supposedly looking for a violent felon). The ambulance came to check out the victim, as he was badly bruised and scraped. Because this case involved the police, the local lawyers either wouldn't touch it, or, the wanted their fees up-front. Being that the victim was poor, nothing ever came of this case.
Back then, there might not have been the groups willing to help out in such cases.
Wrong guy or right guy this was excessive force.
This is my thought also.
Thank you. 😊 be safe.
Why only a misdemeanor? They should be charged with a bunch of stuff, assault, kidnapping, maybe attempted murder, vandalism for sure too
Because cops are above the law
Because this is a show and they will get off anyway.
@HansSchick how's that boot taste?
The dog got fired. What else do you want? 😂 🤦♂️ (I’m being sarcastic)
Weak DA, it is a felony.
He wants a plea because the chances that there will be one bootlicker on the jury is high.
A misdemeanor? Wow!!! If a civilian did that, there would have been multiple felonies thrown at them.
They always get charged with as little as possible. A misdemeanor for this level of violence is window dressing to keep the public off their backs not an actual punishment.
And cops wonder why half of our society hates them.
crin - They may wonder but often they know exactly what they have done and they know that's why we hate them.
Hence the extreme focus on "officer safety".
I suspect that "half of our society" is a gross exaggeration ... perhaps more than half the people you know.
I literally had an officer tell me, "YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE GO THROUGH!!!!" after he shoved his pistol in my face as I was handing him my license for a traffic stop. Apparently, I was acting too aggressive with retrieving my wallet from my back pocket. You know, like 99.9999% of every male driver would do when asked for I.D.
@@thatjeff7550 Yes. I had a Federale in Puerto Vallarta
1973, rack his pistol and put it to my right temple unless I told him where we bought the weed.
I made something up. Next morning they got the real perp.
Same type of thing in Austin, TX, 1978 for armed robbery, double homicide. After 4 hours they got the guy and he confessed.
@@Bonjour-World But the advent of cell phone cameras and social media is exposing literally THOUSANDS of examples of abuse by cop.
From Rodney King in 1991 to George Floyd recently.
I started to make a long list but very soon, I was overwhelmed.
And the cops now even know that
THEY ARE BEING RECORDED !!!
Like Derek Chauvin, COPS DON'T CARE !! He learned.
*END QUALIFIED IMMUNITY*
edu -
1. Abolish qualified immunity ASAP,
2. Abolish civil asset forfeiture ASAP,
3. Make it illegal for a cop to mute or turn off a cop body camera,
4. Make it cheap, easy and fast for a citizen to obtain any and all ... not redacted when possible ...records,
5. Make all internal investigations subject to independent civilian oversight.
6. Fast track civil rights lawsuits into months instead of years.
7. Overturn Terry v. Ohio.
Inb4 "Then nobody will want to be a police officer"
If police cannot do their jobs without engaging in criminality and must be exempted from natural consequences for said criminality, then there should be no police. @@stevejette2329
Inb4 "Then nobody will want to be a police officer"
If police cannot do their jobs without engaging in criminality and must be exempted from natural consequences for said criminality, then there should be no police.
@@stevejette2329
@@stevejette2329 I agree with 1-6, but isn't Terry v. Ohio a good thing?
Inb4 "Then nobody will want to be a police officer"
If police cannot do their jobs without engaging in criminality and must be exempted from natural consequences for said criminality, then there should be no police.
@@stevejette2329
Punishment doesn’t fit the crime.
If you're being bitten, defending yourself is autonomic. You can't possibly lay still while people bitten. This is inhumane
This happened in the town I live in. The cops told a criminal to sit on the sidewalk with hands in the air. The criminal complied, but one of the cops released the German Shephard on him and let him chew on the guy for over 15 seconds. Lawsuit is still on-going.
As an Alaskan, this sickens me. And it's even worse than it looks. The victim, Ben Tikka, had called the police to ask if it was legal for him to camp in a public park. The police got him confused with his cousin and sent the two troopers out to arrest him. His cousin, Garret Tikka had a warrant for failing to serve a 10 day sentence for driving with a revoked license. Ben was sleeping in the back seat of the vehicle when the troopers arrived. So, yeah, he didn't respond right away when they woke him up. It isn't just that they had the wrong guy, it isn't just that they brutally beat him, it's also that the original warrant was for something non-violent. It's disgusting.
That DA there is horrible on protecting cops. He loves to let them off the hook.
Want to know all this information. I bet I know those troopers then can tell you if they are known for this.
I hope he sues them.
With this level of disproportional unwarranted violence, I have to assume Ben is an unarmed black person?
@@MinionNumber3that's kind of the conclusion I've drawn . I hope this guy can get ahold of NIJ to get help taking this case all the way . This is incredibly bad .
@@MinionNumber3 the powers that be want you to think bad police is due to racism because if people focused on the real issues that be terrible.
Misdemeanor? It should be a felony. Both of those cops should get at least 15 years in prison each.
Troopers only charged with a misdemeanor ? They violently beat and falsely arrested a man. Yet another example of the two-tier justice system.
I'm guessing you can't be a police officer if you have a felony conviction on your record. they are trying to protect his job.
Man, it's so rare to hear ANYONE charged with a "4th degree" misdemeanor... I wasn't sure what that covered, so I looked it up. Apparently they considered this equal to "profane swearing" , "intoxication in public", and "unauthorized use of public property".
These misdemeanors do not carry the possibility of any jail time, and carry a fine of up to $250.
You pay more than that if you get charged for jaywalking...
Misdemeanor? With a dog? Yeah already showing special treatment
"The most dangerous thing in life is an incompetent that has been given a gun and a law enforcement badge."
- Steven Magee
There is a very small pool of folks to recruit from and the need is great. Incompetent people will get through the filtering process. I saw the same thing in the military where standards were lowered to cast a wider net. It never goes well.
@@vihtoripuurola3775WRONG. Incompetents are hired ON PURPOSE. They follow orders blindly and never question anything.
@@closer71 Not on purpose for sure. Low wages and dealing with idiots drives most people away. People want champagne law enforcement on a Paul Blart salary.
@@closer71 Not on purpose for sure. Plenty of idiots out there that never made it through screening. Folks want champagne style law enforcement while paying for Paul Blart.
@@vihtoripuurola3775 I don’t think paying pigs $185,000 a year is reasonable PERIOD. No matter what kind of law enforcement it is
Why do we continue to not hold police, prosecutors, and judges to a higher standard?
Because the people of this country have lost control of the goobermints.
Because you're not allowed to hold the wannabe gods accountable for their actions.
Qualified Immunity is the problem. Sadly, the SCOTUS upheld it. If QI goes away, LE and the judiciary with be forced to behave and then by extension so will prosecutors.
Qual immunity and police unions
Because the police are the instruments of and serve the ruling oligarchs, not the people. Any benefit to the people is strictly incidental. Their function is to keep you from upsetting your rulers.
It took Sean Grayson murdering Sonya Massey to find out how bad of a cop he was. He was disciplined several times but was able to pass on to a different department. Rhetorically, I suppose, Grayson was asked by the Deputy Chief at Logan County, '...how are you still working here?'. People who believe that bad cops in law enforcement are a rare exception, better reconsider that notion.
Cops don't want to admit that the number of cops that will be good no matter what are low. It is up to the leadership in the organization to keep the majority in line. If this keeps happening then it is a failure in leadership.
Making a educated decision takes intelligence
The dog has hired an attorney, and is exercising is 5th amendment rights.
Union Rep suing for rehire.
We investigated our selves and found the dog doing the wrong doing
There's a legal loophole that a dog can't testify against its master.
@@randomaxe662 that is word for word for why it’s nearly impossible for us to sue the federal government 😂
The Dog was the only one held accountable!?!?
@@cases2939 Had his dog license revoked.
Wait so the dog lost its job but the humans didn’t? Only police in America can this happen. Sad thing is, they will be employed with another city, in no time.
Police unions are some of the strongest unions in the U.S.
There's an entire process for firing them and usually they just can't be fired. And unfortunately, the unions go to bat even for bad cops because thin blue line yo.
That dog will probably be put down. It can't be adopted out with a history like that. Unless the handler keeps it.
WRONG! Arrogance and bullying is world wide.
@@missflowerpower8724 I said basically the same thing in another reply and my post got deleted. Someone is trying to stir up crap again.
@@foureyedelf6151 why would you say that…you seem to think the dog acted on its own to attack the victim. It didn’t, it’s clearly stated that it was commanded to attack.
It takes about 14000 hours to become an attorney. It takes 1800 to become a barber. It only takes about 500 hours to become a cop. They’re not in those uniforms because they are geniuses.
Depends on the level of cop lol. We talking city police? Or county sheriff's? Or state troopers,and in what state? Because it differs state to state.
Nice copy/paste
@@billyyank5807 no it does not, billy
Not only that but police departments prefer to hire candidates with IQs below a certain threshold because they're more likely to follow orders without questions.
it's about 9500 hrs to apprentice to become a journeyman electrician. 12 hours of continueing education and license renewal every 2 years thereafter. these guys barely have HS diplomas and they give them guns and power. it's no wonder these guys are running amok
It’s amazing. They caught these two troopers. The first time they ever did something like this. It’s just truly amazing.
I've seen cases where police order someone out of the car in freezing cold temperatures, and then make them wait outside of the car until they consent to a search.
If it had been the correct suspect then that would have been ok then?
That headline concerns me.
right. people have a tendency to misbelieve that just because someone has been accused of a crime that it means that person is automatically guilty and has no rights what-so-ever. we can't forget that the majority of people called criminals are still American citizens.
Exactly, it doesn't matter that it was the wrong man, the amount of violence used is questionable even considering the circumstances they THOUGHT they had.
Those officers should be charged with a felony. This is a slap on the wrist for what they did. They should also lose their police certification and be required to pay the victim for what they did to him.
It is why the Authority came up with qualified immunity. Too protect the police officer. It is why the police act this way but if they did not have qualified immunity nobody would be Police Officers. It was much worse before the cameras and media platforms complaining about police violence.
They should be assigned to security at Waffle House.
@@RealPackCat instead they got payed leave while the case was investigated by their fellow State Police Officers and maybe got a verbal reprimand and a write up in their permanent State Police file and they are also charged with a 4th degree misdemeanor and I don't what happened there but it was probably dismissed. How much you wanna bet it was dismissed by the Judge or by the Prosecutors?
That's attempted murder, not assault.
Intent shows inflicting physical injury, regardless of life.
Life notwithstanding. 😂
Exactly. Charge attempted murder, settle for aggregated assault, and various weapons charges.
Rules for thee though, police are special snowflakes that aren’t competent enough to be held responsible for their own actions.
@@HansSchick not so much as a jaywalking ticket. And yes, that’s an actual ticket, here. You?
@@HansSchick that has absolutely no relevance to the incident at hand. Stop the "what about" b.s. and comment intelligent thoughts...if you have any.
@@HansSchick It's interesting how you instigate and parrot the same comments, but don't answer it when @thedave1771 asked about yours. I do not have a record, get out of here troll/bot.
As a non-lawyer, I've been told someone can refuse to show ID unless the police have an articulatable crime.
In this case, a warrant for the arrest of the owner of the car so he would HAVE to show ID.
How many millions of dollars do they have to pay? Contra Costa County recently paid 8.4 million dollars for a false arrest with no injuries.
All that for serving a MISDEMEANOR warrant? C'mon guys
That's what I was thinking. If it was a felony warrant they probably would have murdered the guy.
Was it a misdemeanor? I missed that.
@@RPSchonherr The US justice system has different levels of crimes. From what I understand there are two main buckets. Misdemeanors and Felonies. Misdemeanors are lower in severity.
Well when you resist things can escalate and assuming this is what happened.
Yeah, when I heard they were stopping him for a misdemeanor warrant I couldn't believe the mayhem that ensued.
It’s difficult to forget Jordan v New London where a person who applied to work as a law enforcement officer was denied employment due to having too high an IQ. Sadly, I have a feeling that New London, CT may not be the only police force that has a hiring policy like that.
That's a real thing and that's why I qualified immunity exists.
Charging the cops with 4th degree assault is laughable. THAT'S WHAT THEY CHARGED THE GUY THEY ARRESTED BEFORE THE PROSECUTOR DISMISSED THE CHARGES (it was 3 counts against 3 cops). And of course Alaska Troopers refuses to release the body cam footage to the public saying that only after the prosecution will it be released. Optically must be really bad for them to pull that one out of their bag of reasons. This guy has a juicy lawsuit against these cops and maybe against the state as a pattern and practice claim.
Not charged with a felony and just charged with 4th degree assault?! If I did that I'd be in jail for attempted M*****
The real shocker is that they did all of this for a guy who had a misdemeanor warrant. Dealing with real tough criminals these days.
Yeah, and the other story with the 10 year old girl they handcuffed. Real tough there. If your afraid for your life from an unarmed 10 year old, you really need a new job.
I think they knew it wasn't the guy in the back on the warrant they just got angry he didn't want to get out of the car so they wanted to teach him a lesson then they just said we thought it was him on the warrant to cover themselves.
It always bothers me when people are arrested, and the only charge is resisting arrest.
Worse, when they KNOW they've got the wrong person, but still charge them and take them to jail. That should be charges of abuse of power and felony kidnapping at minimum.
Resisting is the “covering their behind” charge.
It is a TAUTOLOGY. A good example of a tautology is when someone is "famous for being famous". Another legal "tautology" is if an innocent person is in prison, escapes or tries to escape, then gets exonerated of the original crime but still has to serve time for the escape or escape attempt. Then you have a tautology where someone's ONLY crime is the escape when they should not have been in jail in the first place.
This happens more because people lack discipline and become combative. I've never had issues with cops and I've even been in situations where there was misunderstandings. This guy brought it on himself.
@@billybassman21cops broke his car window, pepper sprayed him, tased him and set a dog on him BUT you're saying it was the citizen that was combative?😅
Without the badges they would be facing felony Aggravated assault with weapons charges & decades in prison
And property damaged
Ogre - Yes. You or I would be away for a LONG time.
And the badges make it WORSE
They should get all that AND official misconduct type charges ALSO
Without their badges, they'd be facing the ceiling of the corner's office.
That's what I wrote too.
Any charge picked up by a cop, whether it be a misdemeanor or a felony, should have a felony enhancement tacked on because as law enforcement officers, they should know better.
And receive maximum sentencing.
How HOW are they ONLY charged with a MISDEMEANOR assault!?
I've watched videos of arrestees whom have only flailed against wrongful assaults by police and were charged w/felony assault
What's messed up is that this is only a problem for them because they did this to the wrong guy. So doing all of this to someone with a warrant is justified then?
In a Republic this is unacceptable
But since Amerika is communist this is Reasonable
Pay attention to that last word; you'll head it a lot. Because who gets to define Reasonable?
My thoughts exactly. Abusing someone in custody is apparently ok in Alaska. They undercharged even with this.
Even more so as the warrant was for a misdemeanor only
it was acceptable to them for the man they attacked, not just for the citizen that was actually named on the warrant
The day is rapidly approaching when people will realize there is no justice available to them in a courtroom. It’s going to be a dark day.
You mean a bright day
Hahaha. That day will never come. A majority of the populations don't care about police misconduct, not even towards themselves, as long as they feel safe most of the time.
That day is already here. Prosecutors won't take cases unless the state makes money off it. any and all civil cases of theft, violence or harm around me don't even get filed. Perps walk free on PR, known car thieves, drug dealers all end up back on the street. Get a speeding ticket, expired reg, the wrong tint or anything else the state can fine you for and they'll drag you out of the car, beat you senseless and charge you with resisting then drag you into court.
Most cops are still good people. There are psychopaths in every profession, it's just that most of them don't make the nightly news.
and you wonder why they want the populace disarmed
Using weapons , these should be felony charges .
They should be charged with felony assault. She should be in jail for years. Why do Americans think this behavior is okay to your fellow citizens.
We don't.
Misdemeanor Assault for a crime we'd go to Federal Prison for.
This story is exactly why my doctor recommends watching your channel every time my blood pressure drops too low!
😂 by that logic i should not be watching. Luckily Belgian police is quite a bit nicer.
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@@ErwinDecoene well if our cops were drink delirium tremens or bavik instead of budweiser, theyd probably be nicer too 😂😂
How in ANY reality is this a MISDEMEANOR!? This poor guy needs a very good attorney!!
Lived in Mat su valley Alaska for 37 years, not surprised at all hearing about troopers doing bad things, mat su division "misplaced" over 700 firearms in 12 months also missing drugs & cash from evidence.
Crooked cops hands down!!
That dog will jump 1 jurisdiction over and be employed next week. lol
4th degree assault, means nothing will happen to them. I guess he can sue if he has $50K to hire a lawyer or one will work for free
He will get a lawfirm to go after the City/State for this one. In the end he will, get 100k+. Maybe much more.
Yeah in the Corporate States of America justice must be bought
@@NScherdinLawyers will get most of it
Now it's sadly pretty common the lawyer gets 55% AND any paid "experts" get paid out of the victims 45%.
Personal injury lawyers usually work on a contingency basis where the client doesn‘t pay them directly, but the lawyer gets a portion of the settlement/verdict.
In cases like this that can settle for millions, he will have no trouble getting a good lawyer.
Should have been charged under the felony statutes as bodily harm was done, some would argue it was grievious, thus meeting the code definition of Aggravated Assault.
Smash n Bash ask questions later.
Now let's talk about why they felt they needed that much force to arrest someone on a misdemeanor warrant?
To pass a message to his cousin that was under that warrant, the local cop did beat the teen kids of a local dealer back in the day to pass a message same here
@@migrivp2672that’s disgusting 🤢
That's how Daleks roll
Probably because he pushed back and didn't immediately start enjoying the taste their boots. Not all cops are tyrants but the ones who are will take things as far as they think they can and then claim qualified immunity. They thought they would be able to hide behind qualified immunity after teaching him to show them the proper respect.
@@migrivp2672yup. Sounds like something a crappy gang leader would do. Insecurity and thinking fear is the same as respect are the traits of fools in a leaders clothes.
Take the settlement out of their police union pension fund. Guaranteed this will stop.
Misdemeanor assault? I would be charged with a felony if I did that to anyone.
What really bothers me is this probably only happened because it was the wrong guy - as if it would somehow still be OK to arrest an unarmed person like this even if it was the right guy.
Two tier justice system.
For a misdemeanor!!!!!!?????
Fed law suit with injury will be millions awarded
All that for a misdemeanor warrant! WTF!
Misdemeanor? Those cops need delivered to general population... The ones behind bars.
I'm glad to hear the dog no longer has to be used as a weapon.
It makes me sick that police departments buy these dogs, ostensibly for drug detection, and train (abuse them) to become violent on command. If anyone else were to abuse an animal like this and use it to attack another person, they'd be facing felony charges and the dog would be euthanised. But of course, when you're the police, the rules don't apply to you.
Nazis used dogs too
Service dogs usually get bad teeth because they're constantly biting something.
@@aarondale1852 so does the American armed forces…what’s your point?
@@dwaynepenner2788 I hope the Armed Forces don't get bad teeth from constantly biting something! I know you didn't respond to that comment but at a glance it looked so humorous.
So… 4th degree assault is a misdemeanor? Wouldn’t a trained attack dog be considered a deadly weapon?
"Charged with assault for VIOLENTLY arresting WRONG person." So you can VIOLENTLY arrest the correct person?
Only a misdemeanor? Total bullshit
Honest mistakes happen, but honest cops are very rare.
Mistake?! 4:00
“honest cops don’t exist.” Fixed it for you
I'd be hard pressed to stop struggling if a dog was biting me.
No kidding! When we see these things, the officer is often yelling stop resisting when the Citizen is experiencing serious injuries at the hand of the officer. The human body responds correctly by pulling away.
It's particularly galling when cops yell at you to "stop fighting the dog" as you're being mauled by it. Ridiculous that a person can be charged for it. Absolutely asinine.
I smell one hell of a civil suit.
“It appears the dog has been fired” best statement ever.
Imagine believing cops are here to help anyone
I stopped believing that about 50 years ago.
99% are.
@@vihtoripuurola3775 those 99% don't hold "the few bad apples" accountable, those 99% are complicit, those 99% are there a paycheck, power, or something else selfish. The 0.0001% (or whatever the insanely small percentage is) of police who report their coworkers' bad conduct are the only ones who truly care about helping people and serving honorably.
@@HansSchick how many times are you going to parrot this distraction through the comments? Get out of here Russia bot.
I dunno, it's possible in some places (not the US) that 99% of cops actually are there to help. In the US, it's more like 99% of them are there to bully people... and they don't care whether the person is innocent or not, or whether the force they use is reasonable. That's my generous take on HansSchick's reply. Assuming he's from Germany, he may have actually meant non-US cops.
End qualified immunity & start mandatory personal liability insurance policing policies (just like medical malpractice policies) where each person becoming a law enforcement officer is required to carry & then pay for personally. If insurance companies will no longer provide coverage due to excessive payouts, then the individual can no longer be a police officer, period. It looks like those 6 weeks "at the academy" is proving to be woefully inadequate.
Also make a new Amendment to the constitution. That the Government, thus police, jail guards, and all other people with the ability, have a Constitutional Duty to help and save Citizens, even if they themselves get hurt or die. That would fix a lot of issues if we have it in the constitution that the GOVERNMENT must actually HELP and SAVE people Constitutionally, and violating that by HARMING innocent Citizens should be grounds of immediate Firing, banned from EVER working any job tied to the government again, and 20 years in jail. None of which can be removed or changed through settlements or agreements.
Expecting cops to do reasonable police work before violence? Far too many cops think that's expecting too much.
The dogs name is Donna, a Belgian Malinois who started her service at the age of 3 in 2016. 2024 would put her at 11 years old with 8 years of service. There is some speculation she was put down, but given her age (they have an average life expectancy of 10-14 years) she also could have just been retired. Can’t find any more information, but please add if you do.
This is not an isolated incident. They constantly get the wrong addresses to execute warrants or misspell last names . It's going on quite often . Buffalo, NY, had to borrow money to cover claims for those kind of mistakes.
I can't get over the type of people they hire for cops today. This is not that unusual.
It's not today, it's always been like this. We just happen to have cameras everywhere now.
It is though...
In the Netherlands using a k9 is one step below shooting a person. You better believe that a police officer would be looking at serious jail time if they tried that here.
This is the problem; in any one of our European or Australasian countries police do not routinely behave like this and are accountable if they do. In the US they get away with little or no punishment and do whatever they feel like regardless of law and civil rights.