An Alabama high school band director says he was just “doing my job” when police officers arrested him and shocked him with a stun gun after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football game.
  • pulaskiwasright@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1062·
    2 years ago

    Police need to be made to fear the law. Until they do they will continue to be sadistic monsters.

    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
      421·
      2 years ago

      Can we do three strikes policies on police? Any violation of a law counts to the total and sends you to life in prison? And failing to report a violation is an automatic strike for everyone that didn’t report it? I’m tired of cops getting off easy and working a county over and getting a raise for their “suffering”.

      • snooggums@kbin.social
        251·
        2 years ago

        They should be held to anhigher standard.

        Two strikes if the first was an understandable misunderstanding.

    • SuiXi3D@kbin.social
      202·
      2 years ago

      The law? No, those motherfuckers need to learn to fear the people they ‘serve’ and ‘protect’.

      • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
        18·
        2 years ago

        Oh, they do. They serve and protect the ownership class, not the labor class. There was nobody there they cared about, or worked for.

  • dethb0y@lemmy.world
    891·
    2 years ago

    This is one of those situations where there was no need for a police interaction at all, let alone a violent or forceful one.

  • Iwasondigg@lemmy.one
    144·
    2 years ago

    Hmm, I wonder if there were ever a group of people in history, who committed atrocities, and said they were just “following orders.” Who could they be? It’s a head scratcher.

        • floatingPoint@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          2 years ago

          The cops wanted ppl to leave the stadium because they were there to ensure safety after the game. Both schools had prepared a 5th quarter, which is a musical performance that happens after the game. The schools, students, and parents were aware of this, apparently the cops were not and demanded everyone leave immediate after the game. One school’s band leader acquiesced and stopped his students, the other school’s band leader wanted to let the kids finish their song. He was tased and arrested.

          • vrek@programming.devEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Ok he was arrested… To my understanding to be arrested you must be charged with a crime, what crime was he charged with?

            • floatingPoint@lemmy.worldEnglish
              6·
              2 years ago

              Disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He was arguing with the officers to let the students finish their song. Fifth quarter shows are a ton of work for the student performers and they had every right to finish.