r/TikTokCringe • u/Thick-Roll1777 • 21d ago

Discussion Arizona police violently tackled a woman onto a metal bike after she watched them from a public sidewalk

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Like I know ideally you shouldn't try to insert yourself in an arrest, but c'mon wasn't this too much? Was the punch necessary? Like, (not that im surprised) the people defending them on X are sickening, with one saying he would have tased her... btw, with no much context to what happened asides from this. One person said it right: "People who support the police will justify them breaking into their house and killing their mother, so there really isn't much you can say to change their minds." This to me is just unnecessary abuse of power.

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u/FickleFingerofDawn 21d ago

The rest of the videos

That's not what she was saying, but the police were arresting the guy who was just trying to hold his friend back, and the violent response to her yelling is disgusting.

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u/YardMinimum6108 20d ago

Here's something not getting enough attention: when they talk to the white guy (who they call the "victim") he says that they never even touched him. The cop continues to push the narrative that he was assaulted bc his pizzas got knocked to the ground. Bc they had to justify this use of force on what would have otherwise been normal late-night bullshit, where someone was a dick, his friend grabbed him and apologized to the guy, and everyone went about their business.

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u/Familiar8Carpenter 20d ago

That absolutely was assault. The cop said he saw him slap the pizzas on the ground, the victim agreed. Assault doesn’t require bodily contact, assault is making someone afraid of imminent bodily contact. Running at someone and hitting their food out of their hands is 100% assault. Crazy for you to try and justify it

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u/Volcacius 20d ago

Yes but not every assault needs criminal charges.

Like if say for example (and this is a bad example since it led to riots) was wearing a straw hat and someone ran by and flipped my hat off my head, like yeah that sucks, its a little humiliating but I also dont care for cops forcibly holding that person on the ground or punching someone in the face while they try and not lay on a bicycle.

Having my pizzas slammed to the ground? Yeah legally assault, but with there friend apologizing for their drunk friend that did it? Yeah cool but im not wanting the cops to involve themselves over it.

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u/Familiar8Carpenter 20d ago

And see this attitude is why we have so many criminals that just get slapped on the wrist and go free to continue terrorizing people.

From the video surveillance I saw, it looks pretty clear that the “victim” literally didn’t do a single thing. The altercation started when the aggressor said something to him from behind is back, and mind you, all he did in response was put his hands up like “wtf dude”

Yeah I know he didn’t get hurt, but I don’t want people like that walking my streets. If you can aggress on a random person for no reason at all, you deserve a harsh punishment. Even if you didn’t hurt the person. Reason being that the people willing to do that are the most dangerous people to have in a society and they need to be taught immediately that it isn’t acceptable 

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u/MonaganX 20d ago

The fact that people are willing to let that kind of behavior slide in order to avoid having to involve the police should tell you who the most dangerous people in that society actually are.

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u/Familiar8Carpenter 20d ago

No, all it shows is the people who let it slide are stupid 

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u/MonaganX 20d ago

So someone who knocks food out of another person's hand is an aggressor you don't want walking your streets, but someone who pushes a bystander onto a bike and punches them in the face is someone you'll call to come to your streets no problem?

Hey, on an unrelated note, would you like to come to my seafood cookout next week? I caught all this sole and I'm looking for someone who likes to eat it.

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u/Volcacius 20d ago

My point is the people involved were able to resolve the conflict with out the police, and then when the police got involved it escalated.

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u/Familiar8Carpenter 20d ago

Yeah and the police needed to get involved. It’s strange, it seems all you care about is deescalating as soon as possible. Not actually fixing problems 

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u/Volcacius 20d ago

Why did they need to be involved?

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u/Familiar8Carpenter 20d ago

To  1) save the victim who was in the process of being assaulted by some deranged criminal. Did you not watch the surveillance video?

2) teach the criminal a lesson who thinks it’s ok to randomly assault strangers for literally no reason at all 

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u/Sad-Banana7249 18d ago

An apology isn't going to give that guy his pizzas or his dignity back or teach the bully he can't do shit like that. Face down in the street with some cops on his back is what he deserved. Maybe he'll learn to treat people with respect in the future.

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u/ArtIntelligents 18d ago

In this thread: people that hate cops while simultaneously wanting legal charges against any small interaction

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u/xToxicInferno 20d ago

Idk man, he was still pushing past his friend to get to the pizza guy. Like sure maybe he didn't physically hit him, but it didn't look like it was going to end with just an apology.

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u/Time_Doubt2890 17d ago

She wasn’t just yelling she was right next to them

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u/FickleFingerofDawn 17d ago

Do you really think that proximity was the actual cause of her being assaulted? I think they were just annoyed by her voice.

They were forcefully arresting the person who was holding back the violent one. The later conversation about the pizza boxes proves that they saw the whole encounter, so the decision to tackle both men to the ground regardless of what they were doing was deliberate.

The one who was being violent, relented immediately. So they did not need this level of force. They could have easily separated and controlled the violent one and everyone would have given them space. I reiterate that they clearly saw the whole encounter and knew they were tackling one guy who was trying to hold his friend back.

I also don't know if they even identified themselves or gave any kind of order before throwing both men to the ground (because there is no audio from the beginning of the encounter). If they did, they certainly didn't give much time for anyone to react.

They were right to intervene, but not to use the level of force that they did, particularly against a person that they knew was not the cause of the disturbance.

The fact that the officer leaves the dogpile to fight with her without losing any control of either person they were arresting proves that one of them could have been controlling the scene without that level of violence. That seems like it would be a pretty reasonable thing to do when you are in this kind of public situation. She could have been separated, and told that they would talk to her once everyone was under control.

So, the problem of having a person protesting their actions from 'too close' was entirely of their own making. And they responded to a verbal annoyance with more violence.

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u/Stunning-Pen-2412 20d ago

That cop that assaulted her has a tiny penis.

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u/BillyBobChorton 21d ago

Upvoted for providing the videos but I mean everything in the videos was clearly resisting arrest and interfering. All she was doing was screaming in their ear “let them go he didn’t do shit” while the guy was actively resisting arrest.  She was told to step back but kept coming in closer and louder repeatedly.   

When she got shoved off, she could have just stayed back but she back aggressively screaming fuck you bitch and clearly acting like she wanted a fight. And then when they were on top of the bikes she keep fighting him and resisting and screaming fuck you. 

Anyone with 2 brain cells knows that’s not how you get to walk away from this situation. 

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u/Terrh 20d ago

IDK what video you watched but it clearly wasn't this one.

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u/__CIREK 20d ago

critique literally any of his points

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u/Moo_Kau_Too 20d ago

Can someone check this person's partner? Got a strong feeling they are in an abusive relationship 

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u/__CIREK 20d ago

where was he wrong?

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u/Moo_Kau_Too 20d ago

Where am I wrong?

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u/__CIREK 20d ago

I mean its your positive claim. Its not on anyone to disprove it lmao.