Interview · moment 5 of 12
Debating Police Shootings, Eric Garner, and Respect for Cops
from Least Likely Cop · #114
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6 minGuest
Tim pushes back on patterns of police violence against Black people, and Bo walks through the Eric Garner case in detail, arguing about asthma and cardiac arrest, before pivoting to a broader argument that police and citizens need mutual respect, recounting being beaten by his own father after a run-in with a cop as a kid.
- 15:55Pattern of police treating Black people as second-class citizens in shooting videos
- 17:02Millions of cop-citizen interactions happen daily, most end okay; majority of cops aren't out to kill
- 17:38Eric Garner case: Tim's argument that the headlock move itself didn't kill him, his health conditions did
- 18:54Selling loose cigarettes seems minor compared to the death that resulted from the arrest
- 19:17When a cop is in uniform, people need to show respect and use proper channels like civilian complaints
- 20:18Tim shares story of being beaten by an Irish cop as a 12-year-old, then beaten again at home for reporting it
- 20:53Police and people must respect each other; it's a hard line to understand unless you're out there doing the job
- 21:09Tim criticizes modern cops for not being in physical shape, unlike when he was a cop and could fight any man
- 21:47No height requirement for police today; small officers resort to guns instead of physical control
Luis GomezEric Garner