What in the hell is wrong with people?

[CrufflerSteve]

Brazil is noted for its police working as death squads against poor kids, especially any that dare come close to areas the wealthy or tourists hang out. It's a mess. When they're had some international conferences and such that get world attention, who piles of poor kids like this just disappear.

The only difference is that it was video taped. I really think that equipping everybody with the a video camera is actually a big win for freedom since abuses are no longer private.

I know there are some LEO's on this board who are upset about attitudes here. I'm rather upset by LEO's, DA's and such who are opposed to the taping of police activities. I can see that there might be some narrow areas of preventing taping like protecting the privacy of a crime victim or showing gory accidents. In doing their job I don't think police have a reasonable right of privacy when interacting with the public. Reason magazine has collected piles of stories of attempts by law enforcement groups to ban the taping of their activities and quite a few arrests and prosecutions of people doing taping.

Steve

[BushMasterBoy]

The state as a criminal, what a novel concept...

[hip55]

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely

[Elhuero]

in many places around the world, corruption is a way of life.

take a wild guess what I think should happen to the police in the video.

[Irving]

take a wild guess what I think should happen to the police in the video.

Paid leave during the investigation, of course.

[patrick0685]

thats terrible, thank God the kid didnt die

[Ah Pook]

sorta like Denver PD

Too dumb to look for cameras first?

[rondog]

I'm pretty skeptical of the "security camera" claim. That camera had an operator that was moving it around following the action. Manned security cameras in a country like that, in a location like that? Hmmmm.

And just how can a skinny kid take several pistol shots and never even fall down?

[Irving]

Probably the same way a buck can take a rifle shot through both lungs and the heart and still run 250 yards.

[Byte Stryke]

I'm pretty skeptical of the "security camera" claim. That camera had an operator that was moving it around following the action. Manned security cameras in a country like that, in a location like that? Hmmmm.

And just how can a skinny kid take several pistol shots and never even fall down?

I am going to make an assumption here.
Lets play make believe.
Make believe its a 9mm
Now lets make believe he is a fairly young child with not allot of upper body mass.
Lets make believe its fired at point blank.

sorry for the sarcasm, but in all honesty it was probably not a fatal placement due to lack of stance and aim. Being a 9mm at PB it went through-through.

The child eventually does collapse (assumed shock) at the end of the video.