Contributor Madison Ruppert - Editor of End the LieThere is
no shortage of
disturbing videos and
stories dealing with
disturbing episodes of police brutality and yet I still manage to be appalled by the actions of some out of control police officers.
Even with
brutal assaults on 66-year-olds for no reason, highly
suspicious deaths related to police violence, and even
outright homicide (with no consequences, of course), this particular video is especially troubling.
In the below video at the bottom of this post, captured by Jordan Rojas, a friend of 17-year-old Andrew Rodriguez, we see an officer identified as "Officer Arnold" by the
Dallas Observer (later identified by police as Officer Disraeli Arnold, a four and a half year veteran of the Hurts Police Department) sprinting towards Rodriguez and then slamming him in the back of the head with a flying knee.
After the brutal strike, Arnold screams, "Move, move, move and die! Move and fuckin' die!"
"You wanna die here? F**kin' move again! F**kin' move again!" Arnold screamed.
Arnold then turns to the young man filming the incident and says, "Get up, get over here!"
Then, nonsensically, Arnold screams, "Stay down and shut the f**k up. Sit down and shut the f**k up! Don't say nothing else!"
Moments later he screams at Rodrigquez, "Yeah faggot!"
The video has gone viral since it was posted on Nov. 23 with one posting receiving over 28,000 views and another on World Star Hip Hop receiving
over 431,000 views and it was even picked up by local Dallas/Fort Worth news outlet
WFAA.
There is
no shortage of
disturbing videos and
stories dealing with
disturbing episodes of police brutality and yet I still manage to be appalled by the actions of some out of control police officers.
Even with
brutal assaults on 66-year-olds for no reason, highly
suspicious deaths related to police violence, and even
outright homicide (with no consequences, of course), this particular video is especially troubling.
In the below video at the bottom of this post, captured by Jordan Rojas, a friend of 17-year-old Andrew Rodriguez, we see an officer identified as "Officer Arnold" by the
Dallas Observer (later identified by police as Officer Disraeli Arnold, a four and a half year veteran of the Hurts Police Department) sprinting towards Rodriguez and then slamming him in the back of the head with a flying knee.
After the brutal strike, Arnold screams, "Move, move, move and die! Move and fuckin' die!"
"You wanna die here? F**kin' move again! F**kin' move again!" Arnold screamed.
Arnold then turns to the young man filming the incident and says, "Get up, get over here!"
Then, nonsensically, Arnold screams, "Stay down and shut the f**k up. Sit down and shut the f**k up! Don't say nothing else!"
Moments later he screams at Rodrigquez, "Yeah faggot!"
The video has gone viral since it was posted on Nov. 23 with one posting receiving over 28,000 views and another on World Star Hip Hop receiving
over 431,000 views and it was even picked up by local Dallas/Fort Worth news outlet
WFAA.
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