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Not only the fact they where over aggressive, they searched the poor kids bag as well. My guess is they made up the story about him matching the description of someone they wanted so they could search him and his bag.

With that logic anybody can be stopped, searched and then just simply let go with an “I’m sorry, you matched the exact description of somebody else” defense.

Jeeze, how about stopping a *potential* suspect for a positive identity check first, against whatever photo or composite you’ve got, before clearing leather with your weapon?

I know that Randy Lawman will pop up here to tell us that’s wrong – I’ll admit they were probably within SOP. However, they treated him like he was armed and dangerous without that knowledge.

Neither cop looked like they could chase down a suspect. Policing has gone to fat, in a *big* way, lulz. Probably why tasers, pepper spray and bullets are so popular with cops – no cardio exertion required. Just hit the button on the remote.

Kudos to the communications majors, being on-the-spot and unafraid with the camcorder – swift response time. It almost looked like a training film. They even added intro, credits, voiceover, etc. Professional, and let’s hope they don’t lose that courage when out on the job, on the street.

With reference to the way cops look “big” now, the question is “How would they look if steroid testing was done?”

The “bald headed, not able to touch their toes” look is quite popular now.

miami is not a friendly place. I think I won’t visit.

oopsie. you’d think the kid was carrying an atomic bomb, rather than being a robbery suspect

If the guy matches the description of a car thief, of course the officer is going to handle it that way. You don’t just waltz up to someone you think stole a vehicle and ask to see his ID. We (the police) prefer err on the side of caution to avoid being shot and killed by criminals. We are just silly that way.

He apparently matched the description very closely. Once the police determined it was the wrong person, he was released.

I didn’t seen any bruises on him and he didn’t have any excessive force complaints so I don’t see the problem.

“We (the police) prefer err on the side of caution to avoid being shot and killed by criminals”

It’s probably pure luck that this kid wasn’t shot. Once the cop was in hyper-paranoid cop mode, one wrong move and he could have been dead. Stupid cops can’t see when they are the danger to the citizens, not the other way around. He probably matched the description very closely? Yeah right.

It’s funny, Johnny – we Citizens prefer that police err on the side of caution, too: so they don’t shoot and kill us by mistake, or taser us to death, or just taser us out of laziness or sloppiness. We like it when police are professionals, and not bullies who make law enforcement decisions based on how pissed off they are that day.

We’re funny that way. Get it yet?

JL

It was a motorcycle dumbass. Are you trying to prove that you are twice as stupid as they are?

I made up my mind years ago that Florida would never be on my vacation list of places to visit. I had watched a cop show where a female police officer at the miami airport stops and searches some guy for drugs while he is waiting for a flight. she goes through all his luggage and then places her hand on his groin. This is all on video. I said to myself “putting yourself through this kind of egregious, fascist, prurient destruction of your personal space and your body is not something worth having happen just to visit that offensive part of the world”.

Oooooh man! The Black cop needs to work on the trigger discipline. I shoot and #3 of the four rules is you don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you’ve made the conscious decision to shoot. That poor kid could’ve lost his life that night.

I think we all remember the DEA agent and the “Glock Fo’Tay” video, same thing… Poor shooting fundamentals.

Flo:
The cop knows well the rule. He did make the decision to shoot.