"This lawsuit is brought to prevent this from ever happening again"
In the country where cop abuse happens all the time, and nothing ever stops or prevents it.
this post was submitted on 14 May 2024
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She was dropping her son off as school. Her son was still in the car. She drove into the bus lane accidentally. The officer's response was that he was "scared she was going to run someone over" .. while her son who goes to the school is in the car. You could verify that in a 5 second radio call to the front office.
We need to re-think policing in general if cops are allowed to enforce their worst fears instead of seeing what's actually happening.
I don't believe for a second that that cop was actually afraid. This reads like he is a bully who grasps at every opportunity to pounce on someone who is in a weaker position than him. Classic bully behaviour that will continue as long as he gets away with it.
My read was that she was trying to bypass the line of cars dropping off kids, and he was trying to stop her so she wouldn't run over a kid exiting a vehicle. If you've ever dropped off kids at school in the morning, you know this is a major nono. The problem is that, if you rush someone yelling "STOP" in that situation, you run the risk of making them panic and do something even more unexpected (like accidentally turn into the bus lane). It would have been better to flag her down calmly, and explain the problem. But this guy was so obsessed with enforcing The Rules that he got aggressive and created a much worse situation for everyone involved.
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And if she struggles because of the ants and moves around, she gets beaten, shot with a heart attack machine, and/or shot with a gun, then charged with resisting arrest
or recklessly doped with ketamine
Which apparently is legal and aok according to the recent judgment
even if they overdose you, you cant do anything about it. unless youre rich maybe, as with all facets of the "justice" system
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Or just plain old suffocated to death
"resisting arrest without violence"
Look it’s just really difficult to get paid time off as a cop.
Clearly if she had just complied, those ants wouldn't have bitten her.
Now she's charged with 50,000 charges of harming a police ant.
The cruelty is the point. Police are not to protect the people. FTP
police job #1 - protect the police. in us vs them, they joined the gang
You can't reform or fix a collective of abusers and evil people. ACAB.
Ruben Espinoza, the police chief for the Santa Fe Independent School District
Why the fuck does a school district need a police chief?
Espinoza accused her of "being erratic and noncompliant"
FTFY: 'Espinoza accused her of "being erratic and not respecting my authoritai"'
I'd be fucking erratic and noncompliant too with my FACE IN A FIRE ANT HILL
Espinoza said that Rogers was "treated with respect" and "professionalism" during her arrest and said there was not a visible ant pile.
She could have been allergic, you heap of trash with a badge.
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America is such a violent country. No one comes out unscathed from this madness. Police fears citizens, citizens fear police. Only the gangs and criminals are the winners.
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