His attorney says that he “served” in the Olympics? As if he joined the military and went to war for America? That is the stupidest thing I’ve ever ever heard.
Sadly you don’t know what the word “served” means, but his lawyer does. Please get some education.
Exactly, this Jabroni has an issue with using the word served in an entirely appropriate context.
Sadly you don’t know what the word “served” means, but his lawyer does. Please get some education.
Exactly, this Jabroni has an issue with using the word served in an entirely appropriate context.
You can't be serious.
The larger point is- just because he can run fast, shouldn't make a damn difference in how he is treated by the law. It does not surprise me that his lawyer brought it up but it should be considered insane that it should/ could matter. It shouldn't.
Exactly, this Jabroni has an issue with using the word served in an entirely appropriate context.
You can't be serious.
The larger point is- just because he can run fast, shouldn't make a damn difference in how he is treated by the law. It does not surprise me that his lawyer brought it up but it should be considered insane that it should/ could matter. It shouldn't.
We are discussing whether the lawyer used the word “served” correctly. And he did. You are changing the subject.
The funny thing is, once upon a time I said the exact same thing about flagpole and malmo told me I was wrong. He always tells you that you are wrong. Even when you're trying to support him. It's what he lives for.
But here he is right.
Arguing about who is right when it is Flagpole versus Mallmo is the textbook definition of being stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Nobody that responds in these message boards in favor of police would ever react calmly when confronted, especially not in that manner. There are plenty of examples of police officers handling these situations with more tact, albeit less noteworthy. Why? Because it's their job. It's a job that has its challenges, but at the end of the day, requires people to work with other people.
Obviously this isn't the place for racially sensitive discussions to be held. But it is abundantly clear who is predisposed to dislike black people judging by their response to this video.
Had the situation been typed out with no identifying characteristics, exactly how it was shown on video, would so many people be supporting the police? And if that changes your mind: why?
I've dealt with at least five more aggressive individuals just driving around today than these cops dealt with in Fred Kerley. And I'm a good driver. At the end of the day, it's a good litmus test to see how people deal with concepts of empathy/sympathy when it's not always easy to give.
You don't like how someone speaks, call him out for how he talks or uses language, implying he doesn't know how? You call him a thug for how you perceive his behavior to be? You see what he looks like and immediately assume he was the aggressor? Check your bias before it checks you. Adults in form, but children in function. Can't stand racists, including the ones that say "I'm all for people standing up for themselves, but there's a stereotype for a reason."
Good old garden-variety passive-aggressive snake-in-the-grass style racism rearing its ugly head and festering on the message boards. Say it here, because nobody will want to hear it in real life.
So very sad to see this involving one of our great sprinters. All involved could have deescalated. Those that are trained to do so didn’t - not a good look on the police involved.
To both of you posters. High probability Grant and Yared would have acted differently, as would have most anyone. Say “yes officer”, even if the officer is being a jerk or in the wrong.
Walk away to another day.
To Fast Sprinter; don’t judge a book by its cover, I have heard Grant is a double black belt.
What was he being arrested for? Removing an officers hand from your chest is not assault either.
did you not watch the video? after he removed the officer's hand, he then charged the officer and got in a physical altercation with him.
That is going to get you arrested. Once the officer says you are under arrest you are expected to comply and they're not going to back down until you are subdued even if you feel the arrest is unwarranted.
So before the scuffle Kerley is actually walking away from cops but ends up being blocked by another cop and is essentially blocked between the cops and they touch Kerley first. No wonder he reacted the way he did as the Cops totally instigated it.
You guys are really stupid, you know that? I swear people have lost all abilities to think critically.
They are 2 separate charges. He is alleged to have bettered a police officer (pushing an officer would qualify) and then when they tried to arrest him for said battery, he resisted without violence. Resisting without violence is refusing to put your hands behind your back, curing up into a ball, or doing anything to avoid being arrested while not using violence or fleeing. Fleeing is a different charge as is resisting with violence. It's not that hard people.
Kerley's girlfriend, Cleo Rahman, 32, a national DJ known as Dj Sky High Baby, also is facing a charge of resisting an officer without violence charge because "her actions took several officers to divert their attention from assisting the officers to deal with her," according to the arrest report. Florida's Halo Law, effective on Wednesday, establishes a 25-foot buffer zone around first responders to protect them during active duties and violations are classified as second-degree misdemeanors.
omg I thought you were being satirical but this is real.
here'e more detail on it. this is INSANE giving the police this much power
