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Wild video posted by AL.com from the Tuesday incident in the Birmingham big-box store shows the cop placing the woman in handcuffs as she begins to walk away from him. The officer then grabs the woman, lifts her up and drops her to the floor face-first.
The Birmingham Police Department said it is investigating the use of force by the officer, who was off-duty and working a side gig as a security guard for the store.
The woman has not been identified but faces charges for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, third-degree criminal trespassing, possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
"We understand we're operating in trying times,'' said Birmingham police spokesman Sgt. Rod Mauldin in a video statement. "The Birmingham Police Department has maintained a consistent, community-oriented educational approach to the surrounding circumstances of COVID-19."
In addition to her lacking a face mask, the interaction was spurred by the woman's alleged "disorderly conduct," Mauldin said.
A Walmart employee had asked the woman to wear a face covering, but she allegedly grew angry and attracted the attention of the officer.
The woman began "yelling out obscenities toward customers and employees," Mauldin said. The officer began to detain her after she was asked to leave the store and refused.
"The officer used a takedown measure to gain control due to the other threat factors in the store," he said.
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civilisedfair society, at most it should be a single minor charge of disturbing the peace ... I certainly can't rationalize labeling anything the lady has done as being a crimeIn a "criminalized state", most of European "civilization", the woman is a criminal and should be locked up for ages. Her liberty and freedom removed for the benefit of society
Is it SOP ... I suppose it depends on your status, your skin colour, your location etc,
When you are either part of the state machinery or an enemy of the state then that's a police state
You shall know them by their masks.
If that tedros guy from the W.H.O. appeared on television and said that everybody should put a nice pair of cement shoes and jump to the nearest river the number of suicides would be astronomical...
Welcome to the world according bill gates!
Alabama DOES NOT EVEN CLAIM TO HAVE A 'MANDATORY FACE MASK' LAW NOR ORDER!
-US HAS NO national requirement for face masks. (And we know that 'should' means that we are NOT required
- Alabama is NOT listed on states with 'orders'/'laws' requiring masks.
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R.C.
Our rights have been totally not only tread on, but trampled!!!
"There is no incontrovertible, compelling or even a preponderance of evidence to support an Order to
wear a cloth mask in the community setting at this time."
But goes on to argue both sides, it's like they're being a little pregnant....
Do we really want a society where anyone resisting being arrested should be arrested, or should we require a crime to occur first?
"The woman has not been identified but faces charges for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, third-degree criminal trespassing, possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
The woman began "yelling out obscenities toward customers and employees," Mauldin said. The officer began to detain her after she was asked to leave the store and refused."
Judging from the picture, she was not only yelling obscenities but was also expressing herself by knocking goods off the shelves. Fortunately the security guard and perp are both black, so liberal media cannot play the race card. Have the rights of this female bully been violated? No.