This has been quite a week for catching cops in the act of slamming people of color to the ground—and today is only Wednesday.
By now, we’ve all seen the video of the United Airlines passenger, Dr. David Dao, being forcefully removed from his seat after refusing to be bumped from his flight so United personnel could fly instead. Yes, there are varying perspectives on what happened and what the legal rights passengers havevwhen a flight is overbooked. But clearly, the institutions of policing and security are increasingly becoming more adversarial and hostile to the citizens they are supposed to protect, and these incidents give us more reasons to bring these conversations into the national spotlight.
Yet another incident gives us a chance to reflect after the Sacramento Police Department (SPD) announced that it was investigating the actions of one of its officers after video emerged showing him slamming a black man to the ground and beating him—for a simple jaywalking charge.
The video, released Monday, has sparked national outrage. It shows the officer confronting the man, identified as Nandi Cain Jr., as he crossed an intersection and attempting to talk to Cain but the situation quickly escalates.
After some words are exchanged while Cain is standing in the street, the officer then violently throws Cain to the ground and begins to punch him in the head.
The events leading up to the incident were not captured by the camera, and it is not possible to hear the conversation between Cain and the officer before the incident occurred.
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