So, The Riot News Returneth
by Ben Broman on Apr 13, 2010 6:32 PM EDT
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Welcome to the party, fellas. Sorry if there's no food or alcohol left. It's been awhile.
Yes, the major news media outlets finally got a hold of video documenting the simultaneously awesome and awful post-Duke victory riots. Of course, they apparently just recently discovered just released footage of the riot, which included an image of a random passerby getting beaten badly by a few police officers for no reason.
Unsurprisingly, the same scene was on YouTube (and here) - albeit not in its entirety - shortly after the riots subsided. That leads to some questions about why there was that month and half long wait, but let's just let the MSM be for awhile.
Regardless, it's good to finally get some closure about what happened to the officers in question: they were suspended. The riot was a questionable decision by the students, but the PG County Police reaction was far worse than questionable: it was downright dumb.
Move along, folks, nothing much to see here.
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So the MSM should have been trolling YouTube for random riot videos?
It’s a damn shame that anyone got injured, and hopefully the right corrective measures are taken against the offending officers. But it’s not like this is truly a huge national issue. I don’t really rate a bunch of “rioting” students (many of which are drunk, in public, breaking several other laws) as worthy of great media scrutiny.
Anyone know if the cops banging their sticks/batons on their shields is SOP? Or was it some sort of weird homage to “Gladiator”?
Probably not a huge deal, but it's just funny how it all turns up so late
I just find it humorous that it’s just now now becoming such a big deal. Probably shouldn’t really expect more.
I'm just surprised they picked it up at all
And I saw fooey on almost everyone involved. I find the “rioting” to be rather asinine, and repeatedly whacking a kid with a baton to be ridiculous.
by ckstevenson on Apr 13, 2010 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't expect the media to research youtube, but I expect the police to
but the PG police are claiming they hadn’t seen this video until very recently… I know for a fact the campus police saw it within days (someone who sent a complaint about it got an email response from UMPD saying it wasn’t their jurisdiction)
Well anyways, what do you expect from the force behind the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwyn_Heights,_Maryland_mayor%27s_residence_drug_raid and numerous other cases of random, bizarre, and racist violence over the years.
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