Agree. They should concentrate on the legal aspects of the situation.
First of all it is the Union, and NOT the LAPD that is making this request. Two different organizations.
The union probably thinks that the DA will not have the back of the police involved in the incident, and thus they think Hayes will get off this. So, the union is requesting Benson and the NBA to penalize him especially if the charges are dropped against him.
Wonder if this is why we are seeing reports that the Pels are interested in Lauri?
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That's what it looks like to me.
Footage comes out of them doing something that most people think looks like a serious abuse of power and their first response is to be like ''b-b-b-b-b-but he said the N word!'' and then comparing it to Leonard's anti-semitic slurs. Not sure if the LAPD Police Union is aware that Jaxson is black or not, but general cultural and linguistic norms lend themselves towards him being allowed to use that word without it being a big deal.
The police union doesn’t have any power to press or drop charges against Jaxson. The function of the police union is to “represent” their members, i.e. the people on the police force who pay union dues.
It’s pretty much just a PR move to show to their dues paying members that they have their back. After all, I suppose their members expect to have something in return for the union dues they pay every month.
There is actually a pretty compelling argument that public service jobs (i.e. police, teachers) shouldn’t have unions.
Lebron, Chris Paul. Jaylen Brown come in defense of Jaxson yet?
Meh. The whole thing looks pretty minor to me (I didn't have audio, but could read it). He should've chilled out, but I'd probably be agitated too if they kept putting their hands all over me like that.
I listened to it and the police never seemed to communicate to him exactly what was going on or why they had a right to come into his house. Whenever he said you need a warrant they just saying “no we don’t.”
Big JAX fan here.
Sorry, JAX was wrong. He will be suspended for about 10 games and life will go on.
Regardless, the cops could’ve de escalated the situation by simply making it a calmer environment and communicating exactly what was going on and just a bit of respect. “Sir, in these situations we are obligated to make sure that both parties are ok.” No they immediately wanted to cuff him and push him around like bullies. They were looking for a fight.
Am I mistaken or didn’t the girlfriend call 911? Yeah there is no “calmer environment” during a safety check for someone calling the cops on someone else. The officers rose their level of intensity as Jaxon rose his. The only thing I think the police are really at fault for is the taser. I’ve watched the full video multiple times, and I can’t justify the use of the taser.
From what I have seen the gf 's cousin who was not there called the police when the gf texted them that Jax was acting upset. No one at the location wanted the police there or contacted them.