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So, I have a question. From the Daily Beast article:
Why are we taking the word of the cops for what happened? We know the right-wingers don't distinguish between cross-dressers and pedophiles. We know that some of them find great satisfaction in abusing, torturing and even killing those that they consider "other". And we know that cops cover for other cops.
Yes, it's entirely possible and plausible that this guy killed himself, but why are we just blindly accepting the cops' version of events here?
This is the NY Post. It's a Murdoch-owned, rage-bait rag. It's going to be slanted, if not completely exaggerated.
I would hope there is dashcam footage to corroborate their report.
Good point, what kind of wellness check involves a roadside stop?
It seems quite possible that the police pulled him over to harass him.
Every cop had body/ dash cams, I doubt there's anything conspiratorial in the mix.
Oh, sure. Nothing ever happens like that with cops. They never turn their cameras off or lie.
That doesn't really count for anything unless people other than cops look at the footage. Not that I'm saying it should be made publicly available but somebody independent should see it.
If it turns out there's no body cam footage that's a problem too but again unless someone outside the police force can see that there's no body cam footage the lack of footage isn't ever going to be made public knowledge.
The police have body cam footage to make sure they're doing their actual jobs and not something else, for the bloody useless if they turn them off or no one ever reviews the footage. They are not primarily there for the police's benefit they're there for ours.