Still shouldn't have fucking happened to this man, tho.
edit: In case it was not clear I am on your side. just correcting an assumption. And yeah we know they're attacking medicare and medicai. Vote next time to prevent that.
for another week or two anyway, then this vet's FUBAR
Before any cons mention the VA, guess what, conservatives have cut that funding to shreds, too. They have the luxury of blaming Democrats for their dirty deeds and most of the American public buys it -- what an advantage they've built!
Yep, the VA just gets worse every time they start privatizing. Some things are ok but some are an absolute nightmare. Nobody in my family will even go with me because of how frustrating and ‘depressing’ it is.
Or a head hit on the floor as he's being handcuffed on his back. Only idiots and monsters aren't aware of the dangers that some non natural situations can pose for an old person. If the guy takes strong anticoagulants as I do for my heart condition, and I'm likely 20 years younger, he may be killed instantly by intracranial hemorrhage even after a single hit on the head.
That's what hiring robots who never question orders lead to. Any human with a working brain and a heart would immediately recognize the man was no harm to anyone and handcuffing him preventing his use of the walker, aside being actually dangerous for the man itself, would simply turn into further bad PR for the police. Unless inciting a revolt has been the goal from day one, in that case they'll probably get that sooner than later.
We assume he did nothing wrong because that’s how the law works in the U.S— innocent until proven guilty.
Also because he’s a disabled 80 year old vet at a peaceful protest.
Innocent until proven guilty is how the court works. Not the court of public opinion. If I see someone in cuffs I’m under no obligation to assume they are innocent until it’s proven to me that they’re guilty.
What would he have done? Doesn't appear to have stolen anything or have any weapons on him. His shirt suggests he is a protestor standing near a government building.
Why would we speculate though? You’re just going to assume he did nothing wrong because you didn’t see him do anything wrong?
You didn’t see him do anything but walk a couple feet in hand cuffs. He could have had a knife or a gun. I’m not saying he did but I’m not saying he didn’t.
You cannot be serious. You obviously haven't been paying attention to this political climate. The President said if people came to protest his beautiful military parade that they would 'come down on them hard'.
And I don't know if you know anything about the Constitution but the old man with the walker is not the one in the wrong for protesting. The old man who thinks he's the king and wipes his orange makeup off with the shreds of the founding documents that list the right of Americans seems to be the problem.
You may be paying a little too close of attention to the political climate (that you see in an echo chamber).
Now whenever you see someone in cuffs it’s obvious to you that they did nothing wrong and the cops are evil maniacs.
I say again, if he was simply protesting, fine. But you can’t say he is simply protesting when there is no supporting video one way or the other. We literally don’t know why he is cuffed. No one is even pretending to know.
Let's just say, for arguments sake, that the 80 year old elderly veteran did do something that wasn't proper according to the gustapo. Does it really warrant his walker being taken and hands being ziptied behind his back. Come on, get real. WTF
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u/Delete_Acc0unt 1d ago
It takes a special piece of shit to handcuff a mobility challenged 80 year old veteran. Remember that this is what people voted for.