a trio of Danville cops had shown up at the Danville Walmart to fail to help a woman who had experienced a diabetic episode. Fortunately/surprisingly they didn’t beat her.
meanwhile in another part of the store a 66 year old guy with dementia got loose from his wife and went shopping on his own and went to the cash register with several items including 2 cases of beer.
there was some sort of issue with id over the beer so a clerk walks off with the beer and the guy follows and sticks them back in his cart.
walmart security gets involved and goes outside to find the trio of unhelpful Danville cops milling around while the lady is being loaded in an ambulance and are only too happy to get involved.
despite being advised shoplifting had not occurred, one of the trio decides shoplifting as a charge works for him. They also confer with some other Walmart employees who give medical and legal advice that greenlights them to escalate.
the cops then proceed to try cuffing the 66 year old who is confused so they then proceed to beat the shit out of him.
the Danville chief issues a press release justifying his soldiers’ actions by lying numerous times in said release.
local prosecutor starts laying on more charges till the attorney hired by the 66 year old’s family receives and shares the video footage.
This is very similar to dementia victim Karen Garner becoming the victim of Walmart and Loveland, Colorado police a few years back over shoplifting that didn’t occur.
You know recently we’ve had a lot of shootings posted here where, if the Cop was listening and observing closely, they never should have happened.
Serisously;
How long does it take for you to figure out you’re dealing with someone who has mental issues?
How do you treat people with mental issues differently?
I watched a video here the other day where a Native kid got shot by a Cop. I’m pretty sure that Cop had zero experiance dealing with Native People.
I think Cops need some serious mentorship to get good at the job and get a feel for the people they will be working for. Thats not happening in rural area’s where it’s one to a car.
Going with the technological trend of video. The written version of events, which is what would have been “known” about about the incident prior to recently, bears no resemblance to what happened.
Everyone involved knew lying was wrong by early childhood, yet the officers involved knew they would get a free pass because those further up the chain will lie to cover up their behavior.
NONE of the incidents caught on video are new trends and the lack of training/lack of pay/lowered hiring standards are just the latest way to deflect.
Back in the email list days incidents like this would come up in discussion occasionally. Since that was in pre cell phone/pre youtube days most of the tbl gang(i think that was prior to the term) would simply say any claims of le wrong doing was all a lie. Occasionally some of the younger cops would claim it was older cops behaving that way while the older cops would claim it was younger ones and here we are in 2025 with most of those 199x rookie cops having retired, but the behavior is still here and on video now.
This whole video is good, but around 16:00 he starts covering the stonewalling the agency referred to as transparency and how most current le leadership started out in pre cell phone cam days and how they oppose filming.
I doubt race relations would matter on the shooting, but(as you pointed out) that BS and the cover up isn’t sitting well with the tribe. If it had involved black kid, latino kid, and so on would have drawn opposition from their groups years ago. Recently, such as the December murder of Doug Harless by London KY PD, white folks are starting to bitch too.
The deputy, like these 3 cops, knew that higher ups would lie and cover for him almost no matter what he did and he wasnt disappointed by the police faux investigation.
I grew up next to the San Carlos Reservation, seeing Natives walk home after a “Night on the Town” used to frequently mean they were walking on or near the center line.
I dunno why, but that’s the way it was when I was a kid.
If I saw that guy I would ask him if he needed/wanted a ride. No problems just a ride to warm up.
Even if he say’s no, he’s out of the middle of the road and heading the right way.
But the quickest way to get trouble was to raise your voice or be less than friendly.
But Man, that went sideways too quick.
The aggressive and condescending behavior by cops is a common thing shown in videos and the indignation in response is almost as common. Shitty police and their supporters commenting on those videos rarely have anything negative to say about the cops’ behavior, but typically state anything other than total subservience from the recipient green lights the cop to do anything up to killing them on the spot.
Having dealt with several dementia patients way back when I worked patrol I can tell you the worst thing you can do is be loud and heavy handed with them as they will respond in kind. And I don’t think they know their own strength- I had one 120 lb. male dementia patient grab my wrist and it felt like someone slapped a handcuff on me. He wasn’t being aggressive, just asking for help but I had to coax him into letting go.
My ex Mother in Law had a very mild (in my opinion) case of dementia.
This upset my Ex alot, the more upset my Ex got with her Mother, the more upset her Mother got and the next thing you know it’s a mess.
I think they don’t understand the emotional temperature of the room, so they mimick to a degree.
So if you’re upset or confused, they are too. You become a bit of an emotional guide for them.
The cooler you are initally, the better off everything will go.
We’re talking about dementia patients here, but that applies to every interaction you have. Dementia or Not.
