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genderbitch:

Philadelphia cop sucker punches woman celebrating Latino heritage

frickingfragonard:

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youngbadmanbrown:

sinidentidades:

A Philadelphia police officer has been caught on video allegedly punching a woman in the face after she appeared to throw water on him during the city’s Puerto Rican Day Parade over the weekend.

Video of the incident dated Sept. 30, 2012 was uploaded by YouTube user Gisela Valentin on Sunday.

The clip shows the unnamed woman tossing water in the air in the direction of a group of police officers. A second person also throws water in their direction.

One officer in a white shirt runs over to the woman and punches her in the face as she’s walking away, laying her flat on her back.

“Oh, shit!” a bystander can be heard saying.

The woman is immediately handcuffed as other officers create a perimeter around the scene. The woman can be seen bleeding from her mouth as an officer in a blue shirt leads her away.

“Over 1,500 participants, including performers, local celebrities, youth groups” gathered in Philadelphia on Sunday to celebrate Puerto Rican and Latino heritage, according to the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation.

Watch this video, uploaded to YouTube on Sept. 30, 2012.

Stay. Fucking. Classy. Philly PD.

Did she even throw water? It looks like someone else threw it, the cops turned around and saw her, and punched her.

WTF?

yes, because taunting the police is always a good thing to do. I mean, seriously? 8I Seriously? The police are not known to be a group of individuals to forgive and forget. So you throw water at them. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. You, individual who threw the water, deserve a gold star.

That being siad, YOU FUCKING PUNCH SOMEONE IN THE FACE FOR THROWING WATER AT YOU? WHAT THE FUCKING HELL?! That’s police brutality. Caught on motherfucking tape. She better sue.

Did you just victim blame and then try to immediately erase it by actually talking about what the fuck was actually wrong with the situation and then fuck up the apparent retraction by trying to get the victim to pursue assistance from THE LEGAL SYSTEM to deal with CORRUPTION AND RACISM IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM

the fuck just happened… I can’t… wat… how…

Yes and no and yes and no. You might call it victim blaming. I don’t.
You know that police will react poorly to even the slightest hint of what they consider disrespect. So you throw water at them. How does this make sense? It doesn’t. Why put yourself in a potentially bad situation. And you don’t punch someone cause they threw water at you.
There is fault with both parties. She did instigate but the police escalated the situation.
And I didn’t immediately erase it. That’s what went through my head: “Why did she throw water?” and “WHAT THE FUCK? THEY PUNCHED HER FOR IT?”
But you do make a valid point. The part that’s wrong with the situation is the police being asshats and punching a woman who threw water.

Somehow you made it worse with your “clarification”.

Less clear, even more victim blaming (with a hefty helping of OMG MY OPINION) and then a giant self contradiction in the end.

My mind, it is filled with fuck. Plz reboot and try again.