Ray Roberts shares perspective on Michael Bennetts arrest

[hawk45]

Well for starters I would suggest the cop in question have his badge cam ON! I cannot wait to hear what his punishment will be for not having it on (it's going to be a slap on the wrist).

The most important part of that situation wasn't recorded by the badge cam which would go a long way to clarifying what happened. I would LOVE to hear the audio alone.

This country is sliding down the slippery slope of becoming a police state and has been heading that way for awhile now. I'm not stating that MB was completely in the right or has his facts 100% correct. I wasn't there, but I'm not an innocent man of color being wrongfully detained fearing for my life with the adrenaline flowing either.

Body cams on when responding to a situation or penalties. This is such a lay-up to me.

But whoa, whoa, whoa on the police state comment and the wrongfully detained comment. When actual instances of that occur we can discuss it. But the Bennett situation was neither. Police - 2 hispanic and one black - were running towards what they thought was an active shooter situation to protect innocent lives.

Bennett turned out to not be the shooter, and being treated like one is traumatic and he's going to be unhappy. But there was no unlawful detainment, period. He wasn't arrested, he was neutralized, interviewed, and released.

Targeting won't be proven based on the footage and the fact that other people of color weren't similarly detained. I'm not saying I know it wasn't targeting, I am merely saying it cannot be proven with what we have unless we can read those cops' minds.

 

[Josea16]

I listened to the Ray Roberts podcast and enjoyed it, but one thing bothered me. He says we should open our hearts and listen, but he doesn't say we should listen to the LVPD version of the incident.
In their statement, the LVPD said:

Bennett was crouched behind a gaming machine around 1:30 a.m. Aug. 27 as a group of officers conducted a second sweep of the casino floor searching for a possible shooter, McMahill said. When officers saw Bennett, he ran outside and jumped a wall into traffic, where he was detained, the undersheriff said.
McMahill said officers thought Bennett may have been involved in the reported shooting.

Common sense tells you that if you act suspicious, police will treat you like a supect.

And this from the link:

McMahill said a supervisor explained the incident to Bennett at the scene. Bennett told the supervisor he understood and had no problem with what the officers did, except for having one officer aim a gun at his head, McMahill said.



Bennett went away that night apparently understanding why the police did what they did, but a week or two later decided to accuse the LVPD of racism.....Why?

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/loc ... etainment/

The point of Bennetts issue is he had a civil servant point a gun to his head and threaten to blow it off. Is that standard arrest procedure ? Is it right or wrong to conduct yourself that way?

It is if they consider you a suspect. I'm white and have been pulled over with police pointing their gun at me to expect less if you're considered a suspect is silly especially in today's environment.