Or maybe the officers could use good judgement and not bodyslam someone that couldn't speak English and wasn't presenting any threat to anyone. This happened not because the victim was a threat to the officers, it happenedbecause they lost patience. This one is on the officer. The victim obviously couldn't understand what was going on.

 

I agree with you in this case. However, I don't understand why the man would have ignored the officers.

I agree with you in this case. However, I don't understand why the man would have ignored the officers.

 

The article said he had been in the country for 1 day. He might not have been used to being stopped and frisked for walking down the street. Maybe that kind of behavior isn't allowed by the police in India. He wasn't violent and wasn't resisting, he didn't want them sticking their hands in his pockets. One day isn't a lot of time to learn American police procedure.

Or maybe the officers could use good judgement and not bodyslam someone that couldn't speak English and wasn't presenting any threat to anyone. This happened not because the victim was a threat to the officers, it happenedbecause they lost patience. This one is on the officer. The victim obviously couldn't understand what was going on.

Agreed! He was not posing any threat at all, and if I recall, in the video the guy wasn't turning away, he was already looking away, I never saw him turn away. The department fired the officer for a reason, they saw that this now former officer was out of line. If it wasn't this man, it would have been someone else that this officer would have went overboard with, and the outcome may have been a lot worse.

 

The article said he had been in the country for 1 day. He might not have been used to being stopped and frisked for walking down the street. Maybe that kind of behavior isn't allowed by the police in India. He wasn't violent and wasn't resisting, he didn't want them sticking their hands in his pockets. One day isn't a lot of time to learn American police procedure.

 

He wasn't stopped just because he was walking down the street. Unless something has changed, I read they got a call for a suspicious person looking in garages and walking close to houses. The stop would have been perfectly legal, as would the frisk. (Assuming he matched the description)

 

Clearly not enough to arrest but I think they had the the right to confront him. Also to be clear, slamming him to the ground did not seem like the right move though. I know some will read the first part of my post and think I'm defending the officer completely.

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He wasn't stopped just because he was walking down the street. Unless something has changed, I read they got a call for a suspicious person looking in garages and walking close to houses. The stop would have been perfectly legal, as would the frisk. (Assuming he matched the description)

 

Clearly not enough to arrest but I think they had the the right to confront him. Also to be clear, slamming him to the ground did not seem like the right move though. I know some will read the first part of my post and think I'm defending the officer completely.

 

 

 

That was the officer's original story. Here's the actual transcript of the 911 call. He was just walking down the street.

 

 

The caller early Friday morning reports an individual walking on the street near his home. "He was doing it yesterday and today...He's just on foot. He's just kind of walking around close to the garage."

 

The operator asks what the man looks like. "He's a skinny black guy, he's got a toboggan on, he's really skinny."

That was the officer's original story. Here's the actual transcript of the 911 call. He was just walking down the street.

 

 

The caller early Friday morning reports an individual walking on the street near his home. "He was doing it yesterday and today...He's just on foot. He's just kind of walking around close to the garage."

 

The operator asks what the man looks like. "He's a skinny black guy, he's got a toboggan on, he's really skinny."

 

Sounds like the 911 operator may have embellished "Walking around close to the garage" to "Looking in garages"

That was the officer's original story. Here's the actual transcript of the 911 call. He was just walking down the street.

 

 

The caller early Friday morning reports an individual walking on the street near his home. "He was doing it yesterday and today...He's just on foot. He's just kind of walking around close to the garage."

 

The operator asks what the man looks like. "He's a skinny black guy, he's got a toboggan on, he's really skinny."

 

He had a snow sled on his head?

He had a snow sled on his head?

:lol2:

I find it interim ting that the officer acknowledged that the man didn't speak English but continued to ask him questions and tell him what to do.

I find it interim ting that the officer acknowledged that the man didn't speak English but continued to ask him questions and tell him what to do.

 

Don't you know that anyone in the world can understand English if you just speak it in the right accent. :lol2:

He wasn't stopped just because he was walking down the street. Unless something has changed, I read they got a call for a suspicious person looking in garages and walking close to houses. The stop would have been perfectly legal, as would the frisk. (Assuming he matched the description)

 

Clearly not enough to arrest but I think they had the the right to confront him. Also to be clear, slamming him to the ground did not seem like the right move though. I know some will read the first part of my post and think I'm defending the officer completely.

 

 

I think I understand the first (and second) part of what you are saying completely and agree.

Don't you know that anyone in the world can understand English if you just speak it in the right accent. :lol2:

As well as slow and loud, lol.

As well as slow and loud, lol.

 

Yeah, that's the key. Throwing an accent on top of that is just overkill, really.

I checked for an update on Mr. Patel. He had surgery to fuse two vertebrae. It is expected to be months before he regains use of his right leg. I believed use of his arms has returned.

I checked for an update on Mr. Patel. He had surgery to fuse two vertebrae. It is expected to be months before he regains use of his right leg. I believed use of his arms has returned.

Wow. Good to hear that he is making some progress in his recovery.