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Police beat black man to death in CINCINNATI incident

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Immortal:
well this is crazy, i wonder how police would treat the man if he were white.

smerlus:
that's easy, they don't pull whites over

Trauma-san:
Actually, I've got a different take.

I'm sure there are many many many racial beatings on black people by white cops all the time in the U.S., I'm not denying it or downplaying it, but I don't think this was racially motivated at all. If you listen to the tape, you get a totally different picture.  When the cops roll up, they had been told by the paramedics that the guy was being belligerant, that's why the parameds left.  They pull up, and go "Tell us what's going on" the guy starts coming at them.  They keep going "Tell us what's going on" over and over again, and he's trying to fight them.  He says "Fuckin' Crackers... Rednecks...." then says "Let me show you what my momma taught me" and takes a swing at one of them.  They're telling him to back up the entire time, and tell him to calm down, he won't.  Finally, they have to hit him.  I'd do the same thing, you'd do the same thing.  Here's a 400 pound man strung out on pcp and cocaine? He could lift a fucking tank if he wanted to.  It's unfortunate that it happened like this, but unfortunately, when you're hopped up on drugs, and trying to kill cops, shit like this happens.  

M Dogg™:
Yeah, I got family in the police force. The thing is, that you don't beat a man to death. You used the force that's necessary to arrest the man, you don't beat him to death. A 400 pound man or not, he is still a man. Another life, which is wrong to take.

Trauma-san:
^ They beat him until he stopped moving.  Unfortunately, he was hopped up on drugs, and had an enlarged heart, so he died.  They didn't provide the circumstance that killed him.  If you can't fight 3 cops, don't try! It's as simple as that.  Watch the tape.  

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