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An Alabama police officer is on leave while authorities investigate a weekend arrest captured on video in Reform showing a handcuffed man being hit with a stun gun.

The video begins with a white female officer from the Reform Police Department in Pickens County ordering the Black man to “stand up” after he was handcuffed in the roadway in Pickens County.

She then tells him to lay down on the front of a vehicle, which he does face down.

The officer then holds a stun gun to the man’s back while she goes through his pockets. She tells him to “stay still” at which point he says, “I ain’t doing shit, bro. I got a gun right there.”

The officer laughs as she retrieves the gun and says, “Oh yea.”

She then deploys the stun gun directly into the man’s back, telling him to “shut the (expletive) up” as he screams.

The man then begins to cry, repeatedly saying, “Oh my God.”

The officer then says, “Do you want it again?” as the man continues to cry. “Shut your bitch ass up,’’ the officer says

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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 84 points 11 months ago (1 children)

the Reform Police Department in Pickens County

Jesus, whoever writes the script for reality is done with subtlety.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 14 points 11 months ago

I was going to say, that sounds like where Officer Coon, officer N**gerHater, and officer KeepDarkyDown work! (From a Bill Hicks routine, check it out!)

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 58 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The complete and utter lack of humanity while she does it too, what a psycho, she really got off on that.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 11 months ago

You can see her soaking it in.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 56 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Reform police Chief Richard Black and Mayor Melody Davis sent out a statement Monday acknowledging they are aware of the video involving a “citizen’s arrest” that took place on Saturday.

WTF is with the "citizen's arrest" bullshit? She's a cop ffs.

ACAB

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They arrested a citizen. The phrasing is a bit confusing because the term "citizen's arrest" usually refers to an ordinary citizen arresting another.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 53 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The job of police officer attracts psychopaths and sadists.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The job of police officer has gone to the supreme court to actively defend passing on actual, qualified candidates to who know the law, just so they can hire the lowest common denominators like this cop, too.

[–] crazyCat@sh.itjust.works 51 points 11 months ago

Hot damn, that’s terrible and national news worthy shit.

[–] badbytes@lemmy.world 47 points 11 months ago

Just paid gang members

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

AMERICAN SYSTEM : Time to hire her in the next county, with a promotion ?

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or she'll take a job with the Border Patrol.

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Don't forget correctional officer, they love these types.

[–] SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

Watch protectandserve and other such xommunitiea defend this shit.

Disgusting.

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Apparently they called it a "citizens arrest"

I'm confused, anyone have an explanation as to how an office arresting someone can be a citizens arrest

[–] Whattrees@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think they meant "citizen*'s* arrest" as in "arrest of a citizen". Not a citizen doing the arrest, as in "citizens arrest" .

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

Oooh, what confusing wording but yea sounds right, thx

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[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 29 points 11 months ago

Sadist pigs

[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah… she’s overdue for the woodchipper.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lophostemon@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, even cops need a hobby, but this might be taking it a leeeeeeeetle too far. Num sayin?

[–] cgarret3@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Totally unrelated, but have you ever seen the movie Fargo?

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[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 25 points 11 months ago

wtf
It's like a scene from a bdsm porn movie.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

Turns out the very apple itself is poison and they're all "bad" from the poison being an unregulated union.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's weird how since George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, cops haven't done anything mean to black people. No reason to have a protest/riot about police brutality since the problem got fixed!

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[–] zik@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

Tasers are effectively handheld torture devices. Put them in the hands of cops and it's not surprising they'd be used that way.

[–] DABDA@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Pickens County Jail identifies the man as 24-year-old Micah Johnson

I thought that name seemed familiar, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers

Motive: Backlash to police brutality

Be a real shame for history to repeat itself.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not the same guy.

Good try tho.

[–] DABDA@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I mean, obviously it's not the same person since M.X.J. died in 2016 and this Micah Johnson is only 24 years old and not a reanimated exploded corpse (as far as I know).

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't worry, all those good guys with a gun will protect us from tyrants.

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[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I'm trying to figure out who was recording this

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