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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Both officers? What about every other officer that walked right past the man without stopping to render aid? Who just ignored him as if he was a piece of litter on the sidewalk. Have they no humanity? A scene like that is straight out of the Warsaw ghetto circa 1943. I never imagined I'd see anything like that in the United States of America in 2020.
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And while they're at it, how about an inquiry into what sort of process allowed them to put out a press release saying that this man 'tripped and fell'. Were other officers interviewed? Did they all lie? Did they attempt to interview witnesses?
Police (and supporters of police) sometimes wonder why others don't believe the police accounts of these encounters with protesters and bystanders. They certainly don't earn any trust by releasing accounts to the public that favour optics over truth or even optics over pleas for patience while they investigate. I suppose there's an ingrained 'nothing to see here, folks!' instinct, but it needs to change.