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Situation is unfolding but the cops are in full damage control mode. Local organizations are rallying. Picture is frames before the crime. You can see the perpetrator pointing their gun at the victim who is restrained and on the ground.
Full video of the execution was captured by @mudlord on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbGyT50BB1b
Obviously content warning and I'm hoping the little NSFW checkbox blurs the image.
My only productive addition obviously is ahistorical, devoid of the broader context, and doesn't live up to the moment but I kind of want to say it anyway
that's okay, I know this doesn't contradict the idea that ACAB and is not primary to how this situation came to be
Holy shit cops needs to know how to grapple! One of my primary moods has become Will from Good Will Hunting shouting "do you have any idea how fuckin easy this is for me?!" Do you have any idea how easy it is for me to keep someone belly down on their back? Give them a Dagestani handcuff and scrape up their face if they move the other one.The idea that someone on a bike represents a lethal threat or that someone who's monkey brain tells them that they have no recourse besides a gun is a loser with no business being in a martial profession. If they had BJJ then you could escalate up to and RNC turning off the lights in the building long enough to put the iron around the meat. You could even taze them before that sequence if you didn't want to grapple them! You could get a million complaints about how you're rough, scratching up faces, unnecessarily choking people, etc. but no one would accuse you of endangering them beyond what a couple band aids and an ice pack would fix. A knee on belly plus a couple slaps would have been plenty for anything that biker was up to
The Gracie family even has a memer who has BJJ distilled for people who handle people (cops, nurses, etc.) who don't want to hurt others. They also have BJJ lessons for cops.
What a stupid situation to be in
50/50 they were trained in krav maga
If you can't just trip them over/buckle the knee from behind and you have to drag them down with your bodyweight I'd hardly call them trained.
But nonetheless, what is it but a microcosm for the dumb, hateful, excessive violence of America? A tragedy where someone lost their life because a cop was bored.