Taylor Rogers said her 2021 arrest "underscores ... the absence of empathy and human compassion" among some law enforcement officers.
  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    48·
    5 months ago

    Ruben Espinoza, the police chief for the Santa Fe Independent School District, told NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston that the video does not tell the full story of what happened.

    The video where she’s shown hog-tied face down in a pile of fire ants? Yeah, there’s nothing she could have done that justifies what we see in the video. No criminal or suspect ever deserves police brutality, regardless of the crime.

    • El Barto@lemmy.world
      134·
      5 months ago

      Regardless on any crime whatsoever? Even murdering 1,000 families?

      Edit: point taken.

      • WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        5 months ago

        Its not supposed to be the police that metes out the punishment. They have a historically bad track record on the matter