The NYPD has released the tape of tennis star James Blake being tackled by one of their officials. The undercover police officer confused Blake with a person suspected of credit card fraud. Critics say this was police abuse because he was black. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian (The Point), Ben Mankiewicz (What The Flick?!), and Wes Clark Jr. hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
Do you think his race mattered? Was this an overreaction by the officer? Let us know in the comments below.
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“Security footage released by the New York City Police Department on Friday shows a plainclothes cop slamming former tennis star James Blake to the ground as he casually stands outside his hotel.
Blake said he suffered cuts and bruises from the Wednesday incident, when detectives in Manhattan mistook him for a suspect in an identity theft ring. The video shows the officer, James Frascatore, accost Blake as he leans against a wall outside the Grand Hyatt in midtown. Frascatore can be seen slamming Blake to the ground to cuff him.”
Comments
if he had an armed bodyguard the bodyguard would have killed the policeofficer in selfdefense
“someone is attacking my principal, hes a terrorist, i shoot to kill”
if i was a bodyguard and see someone with a skimask takling the guy i protect, i would shoot
if they don t idetify as police they are just terrorists
kill them and call the police because you just stoped a terrorist attack
whats the diffrence between terrorists and police ?