Police brutality or just unprofessionalism?

[bluefrog]

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DeKalb deputies under fire for video of arrest

The video shows police violently banging on the door of what the residents say is the wrong house and then berating the occupants, including threatening to "tase the sh*t out of" them, once they are let inside. The family says they were also physically assaulted during the incident.

Spokesmen from the sheriff's department have disputed the claims of physical violence and maintained that they had a valid warrant for the arrest of one of the home's occupants. Dekalb County Sheriff Tom Brown did say that the "verbal lashing" given to the family by deputies was uncalled-for.

Another fishy thing is this family seems to have a history with the Dekalb Sheriffs

...but he said that this was not the first time his family has had a negative experience with DeKalb County officers.

Two years ago, Hall said, police accused them of squatting at the home. After Hall said his mother produced documentation proving ownership of the house, things got even worse.

Hall said a department spokesperson told him there were concerns that members of the family were not legal citizens, but those were eventually allayed. He said an investigation into the behavior of the two officers involved was opened, but two years later it has still not been solved.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Or both?

 

[bluefrog]

I don't think the deputies will receive any sort of disciplinary action from this. I've seen worse examples of police aggression with the perpetrators receiving suspension with pay as punishment.

I'm left with some questions after watching the video. Why serve the warrant at 1:30 in the morning? Did the deputies ever state why they were there? The warrant was for unpaid fines. What was the fine?

 

[MARIS61]

Like most LEO's, they give the impression of inbred morons, incapable of conducting simple procedures and inquiries without losing control of their volatile emotions. Totally unsuited for their field of employment and an embarrassment to the citizens who they supposedly represent.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Like most LEO's, they give the impression of inbred morons, incapable of conducting simple procedures and inquiries without losing control of their volatile emotions. Totally unsuited for their field of employment and an embarrassment to the citizens who they supposedly represent.

But how do you really feel about police?

 

[magnifier661]

Wow what a disturbing video! Fuck this department! Hopefully something will be done with this. They completely threw out police procedure out the window.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I sincerely hope every single one of those cops loses their badge. That is ridiculous


Unless of course they had a real reason for being there that warranted that amount of force