St. Louis police officers on trial for beating Black undercover detective during protest

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  • čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
  • St. Louis police detective Luther Hall was brutally beaten while working undercover at a protest against police brutality in September 2017. Now three fellow officers are on trial for the assault, which they claim was a case of mistaken identify. One of the officers already pleaded guilty and admitted to lying on the stand. Lauren Trager, an investigative reporter with CBS affiliate KMOV-TV, joins CBSN AM's Anne-Marie Green to discuss the case.
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  • @finris1
    @finris1 Před 3 lety +4200

    “Your honor. We thought we were unlawfully assaulting a nonviolent black protester. If we knew he was a cop, we wouldn’t have done it.”

    • @BigCheefaDaOG
      @BigCheefaDaOG Před 3 lety +302

      Judge: "ok i believe you....case dismissed"

    • @OP._.
      @OP._. Před 3 lety +37

      💀💀

    • @Krieghandt
      @Krieghandt Před 3 lety +149

      have you seen the video where cops arrest an undercover FBI agent? best part is they obviously don't realise they were being filmed.

    • @brodriguez11000
      @brodriguez11000 Před 3 lety +156

      @@Krieghandt : Shows how broken the system is when even cops aren't safe from each other.

    • @frederickhargro5153
      @frederickhargro5153 Před 3 lety +161

      And I guess he did not resist or try to fight. They start whaling on you for no reason to get you to react. It is human nature to want to defend yourself, that gives them the evidence they need to for “resisting arrest”.

  • @swiiper_the_fox
    @swiiper_the_fox Před 3 lety +3957

    If he wasn’t a undercover cop they would walk away with no trial.

    • @ShaggyRax
      @ShaggyRax Před 3 lety +151

      Say it louder 🗣️

    • @SarahLibogomalove
      @SarahLibogomalove Před 3 lety +157

      Seems to me like the undercover work was succesfull, yoelding results on police brutality rather than looting and all.
      I hope the planters intentions was open minded.

    • @gregboyington4896
      @gregboyington4896 Před 3 lety +93

      They'll still walk away. That badge is called a "shield" because it protects them from any consequences of their brutal illegal actions!

    • @dannyv2230
      @dannyv2230 Před 3 lety +123

      If he was an undercover cop I'm sure he wasn't rioting or anything. So this just tells me that they beat up anyone they want to what a shame.

    • @netx421
      @netx421 Před 3 lety +21

      Tell it!

  • @beckydennis6591
    @beckydennis6591 Před 3 lety +163

    The only reason they're being prosecuted is because it was another cop.

    • @russellruffin368
      @russellruffin368 Před 3 lety +7

      Great point. And true

    • @joedirtjr5375
      @joedirtjr5375 Před 3 lety +7

      No qualified immunity between cops.
      Very sad.

    • @CatherineSTodd
      @CatherineSTodd Před 3 lety +7

      Only "because it was another cop." Exactly. I am so sick of these violent psycho cops. Prison and make them the pay the civil payouts! Not we the taxpayers!

    • @ianbattles7290
      @ianbattles7290 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Police corruption is now so bad that the cops are assaulting each other!!!

  • @michaellawson7554
    @michaellawson7554 Před 3 lety +40

    So, it's okay to beat a person destroy their cell phone, and hold them against their will as long as they're not a policeman?

  • @asantewa3
    @asantewa3 Před 3 lety +3121

    That is the weirdest defense I've ever heard. We thought he was a protester? But what difference would that make? If he wasn't breaking the law at the time, what was the reason you assaulted him? Wonder if these guys have any confirmed location for 6 January. Jesus. They destroyed this man's life.

    • @Miss_Cherry
      @Miss_Cherry Před 3 lety +119

      They want to discourage protesting sounds like.

    • @Omniseed
      @Omniseed Před 3 lety +18

      ​Like life in prison if they luck out kind of crime.

    • @markhudson6137
      @markhudson6137 Před 3 lety +139

      @Kimberly Winters troll

    • @lynnewilson5385
      @lynnewilson5385 Před 3 lety +123

      @Kimberly Winters you are sick.

    • @gr8dvd
      @gr8dvd Před 3 lety +109

      @Kimberly Winters And Trump called himself a "very stable genius"... saying it doesn’t make it so.

  • @TailsClock
    @TailsClock Před 3 lety +1662

    "Why did you beat up your co-worker?"
    "I thought he was a protester."
    This is their defense. They aren't even bothering to hide it are they? Not like they ever did.

    • @demonhunter2121
      @demonhunter2121 Před 3 lety +6

      Why hide it?

    • @michaelhopkins2369
      @michaelhopkins2369 Před 3 lety +33

      They not trying to hide a damn thing they come right out and say we have to beat them to" protect" them

    • @lolalogan8661
      @lolalogan8661 Před 3 lety +42

      They thought he was a protester, but knew he was a Black man and that's the only reason he was beaten.

    • @yamaha5647
      @yamaha5647 Před 3 lety +14

      @@demonhunter2121 all cops do is lie. What's the point in stopping now?

    • @superblump87
      @superblump87 Před 3 lety +35

      @@demonhunter2121 protesting is a legal right. It is illegal to beat someone for protesting. Does that answer your question?

  • @Bear-kb4kt
    @Bear-kb4kt Před 3 lety +25

    "We thought he was protesting so we beat him to a bloody pulp"

  • @kathysherman4958
    @kathysherman4958 Před 3 lety +77

    Every channel needs to have this on an all over the internet!

  • @GSP-76
    @GSP-76 Před 3 lety +790

    "We thought he was a protestor" is NOT a defense. Who cares whether he was or wasn't a protestor?

    • @Irisicaaa
      @Irisicaaa Před 3 lety +7

      Well the real question was whether they thought he was dangerous.

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban Před 3 lety +24

      @@Irisicaaa yes, which is impossible because he was a cop on duty. Thats why they have no believable defense.

    • @GSP-76
      @GSP-76 Před 3 lety +10

      @@Irisicaaa to get to that premise legally, they would have been well beyond "is he a protestor or not"....it's called police work. None of which took place here.

    • @GSP-76
      @GSP-76 Před 3 lety +11

      @@dbdekudb6338 Bingo

    • @Irisicaaa
      @Irisicaaa Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheBooban Yes, but what I'm saying is that's what their defense would hinge on. That they had reasonable suspicion that he was dangerous. It's unlikely to work, but it's the only identity they because it's a matter of "mistaken identity"

  • @moirai1964
    @moirai1964 Před 3 lety +194

    Those officers went into this protest with racism, beat one of their own so badly he continues with health issues. They need to be held accountable. No excuse for their actions.

  • @smugglespompeo5015
    @smugglespompeo5015 Před 3 lety +17

    Imagine the untold millions who've suffered through the same bs

  • @OriginalBernieBro
    @OriginalBernieBro Před 3 lety +10

    The "we didn't know he was a cop" is a legal move cause assaulting a cop carries additional criminal penalties.

  • @greengabe5
    @greengabe5 Před 3 lety +1761

    “My bad, we thought this US Citizen was a protester...”

  • @jamesdandy1777
    @jamesdandy1777 Před 3 lety +517

    Even if he was a protester the cops should not be beating on folks like that

  • @andygee8716
    @andygee8716 Před 3 lety +5

    "We beat him because we thought he was a protestor" ............
    Let's think about that statement for just one moment.

  • @hilove7639
    @hilove7639 Před 3 lety +11

    when I was protesting in 2014 there was somebody throwing bottles at cars and spray painting and we as a group separated ourselves from him... I’m just glad they’re admitting they use undercovers during protests because we always knew....

  • @MountainMan23
    @MountainMan23 Před 3 lety +589

    "We thought he was a protester" - says everything about police "respect" for 1st amendment

    • @BBradshawProductions
      @BBradshawProductions Před 3 lety +35

      Only white 1st amendment matter.

    • @calebmahoney2448
      @calebmahoney2448 Před 3 lety +7

      @M VB educate yourself about a lawless country.

    • @PAS2010D
      @PAS2010D Před 3 lety +4

      @M VB don't worry boo. I got you 😉

    • @hvyarms4496
      @hvyarms4496 Před 3 lety +1

      @M VB seems pretty hate-speechy. Reported

    • @Vdub-md2wz
      @Vdub-md2wz Před 3 lety

      @M VB naw we need to lock up all the foreigners protesters and druggie parasites then find a way to profit off them

  • @chrisbarber3531
    @chrisbarber3531 Před 3 lety +178

    "One of the officers already pleaded guilty and admitted to lying on the stand."
    I no longer expect any better than this from police.

    • @Keepskatin
      @Keepskatin Před 3 lety +1

      Haaa the police spy got a first hand experience of his fellow crooks in blue.

    • @stevejette2329
      @stevejette2329 Před 3 lety

      Chris Barber - Yes, police have lost SO MUCH respect.

  • @santed.4109
    @santed.4109 Před 3 lety +4

    "our bad... We thought you were a citizen which would have made this beating ok..."

  • @jillysentinodiva
    @jillysentinodiva Před 3 lety +21

    Amazing that this is the first I am hearing of this. Thoughts and prayers to the victim-the physical and emotional injuries will never fully heal. Maybe others can/will learn from this.

  • @nonyabizness.original
    @nonyabizness.original Před 3 lety +602

    a black cop damn near murdered for being at a protest against a black guy being murdered by cops. ffs.

    • @hybrid10131
      @hybrid10131 Před 3 lety +22

      Historic Comment Why isnt it Pinned??

    • @coltdude9127
      @coltdude9127 Před 3 lety +5

      He was on duty undercover

    • @michaeldowner2337
      @michaeldowner2337 Před 3 lety +8

      America

    • @kendelsdad
      @kendelsdad Před 3 lety +24

      @@coltdude9127 wtf does that have to do with the comment. He was still a black man present at a rally for a black man killed by police.

    • @coltdude9127
      @coltdude9127 Před 3 lety +1

      @@kendelsdad what did I say wrong?

  • @redhennessy3046
    @redhennessy3046 Před 3 lety +10

    Damn now the police can see how it feels to get busted by an undercover some weird reverse uno phenomenon

  • @shonettearmstrong5139
    @shonettearmstrong5139 Před 3 lety +17

    This video needs to be tagged to every network.

  • @ianparks2653
    @ianparks2653 Před 3 lety +354

    Imagine being an undercover police officer and fearing the people you’re investigating but ending up being almost murdered by your “brothers” in blue

    • @klausbrinck2137
      @klausbrinck2137 Před 3 lety +28

      The irony of finding the crime, you´ve been searching for, but at a totally different place...

    • @heatman678
      @heatman678 Před 3 lety +10

      So much for "brotherhood"

    • @bbonds7849
      @bbonds7849 Před 3 lety +16

      Welcome to America.

    • @email4664
      @email4664 Před 3 lety +7

      @Joshua K rats too. I noticed one dead in a trap in my chicken coop, and came back in an hour and another rat chewed it off at the neck and took the body to eat elsewhere

    • @lifexscape3195
      @lifexscape3195 Před 3 lety +7

      Biggest gang in the United States police departments

  • @in.der.welt.sein.
    @in.der.welt.sein. Před 3 lety +634

    I also love the irony of the police sending informants and secret agents into protests against police brutality, and then they brutalize their own plants.

  • @professordick4868
    @professordick4868 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Uhhh, Sorry bro. We thought you were just an American citizen peacefully practicing your Constitutional Rights.

  • @kimbyrd2298
    @kimbyrd2298 Před 2 lety +3

    "And was just simply a Black man." That statement is wrong on so many levels.

  • @Redridge07
    @Redridge07 Před 3 lety +360

    People, please stop saying we are better than this. This is exactly who we are. We should be saying, this is who we are, let's change, let's get better.

    • @chrissycupcakes2448
      @chrissycupcakes2448 Před 3 lety +14

      Or pray for a meteor to incinerate us in the near future.

    • @2_2_4_3
      @2_2_4_3 Před 3 lety

      Yup! We are 😈

    • @walterhoward5686
      @walterhoward5686 Před 3 lety +3

      Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry ! What is wrong with you people ! Raise the bar people !

    • @jbaru648
      @jbaru648 Před 3 lety +3

      We?

    • @yankee1882
      @yankee1882 Před 3 lety +1

      No, we gotta go to Mars first.

  • @joellanderson5137
    @joellanderson5137 Před 3 lety +397

    Cops: "Your honor we thought we were beating up a regular civilian!"
    Judge: "Fair enough!"
    Charges Black undercover cop with entrapment...

    • @tmoore7049
      @tmoore7049 Před 3 lety +18

      Wow, this is a scary thought!

    • @samsallon
      @samsallon Před 3 lety +14

      Underappreciated comment.

    • @TheKingdallaz
      @TheKingdallaz Před 3 lety +7

      FACTZ/PREACH

    • @runtrout6597
      @runtrout6597 Před 3 lety +8

      This is unjustice.

    • @sobored6165
      @sobored6165 Před 3 lety +18

      This just gives blm more justification. A system built against black people but actively denies it.

  • @tiktoksmith8717
    @tiktoksmith8717 Před 3 lety +6

    As they should have already been off duty and no longer called officers of the law

  • @redmoneylady2213
    @redmoneylady2213 Před 3 lety +13

    This need to go viral. My first time hearing this! Make it a movie and maybe people will start believing. Say it loud!!!

    • @lovemylife1only
      @lovemylife1only Před 3 lety

      They believe it & definitely know it but if they SAY it's not true then that's that. Privilege.

  • @pj1643
    @pj1643 Před 3 lety +347

    So Luther was assigned to investigate the protesters and inadvertently found some dirty cops...kinda ironic, yet poetic at the same time.

    • @tommyliu7020
      @tommyliu7020 Před 3 lety +30

      Methinks that Internal Affairs should employ a LOT of black cops. Make the other police live in FEAR every time they go to a protest. Could one of those protestors be an undercover agent recording brutality?

    • @alexsmith358
      @alexsmith358 Před 3 lety +6

      Dirty cops, from overseas it looks like you have to work ultra hard to find any who aren’t.

    • @scottdaley1672
      @scottdaley1672 Před 3 lety +1

      Poetic Justice.

    • @Aritul
      @Aritul Před 3 lety

      @@alexsmith358 True.

  • @caramelbrowngirl2680
    @caramelbrowngirl2680 Před 3 lety +126

    So what if he's a protester, that doesn't give them a right to beat him

  • @kevingallegos4895
    @kevingallegos4895 Před 3 lety +11

    I read the caption and started laughing they beat one of their own 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @cbcd4546
    @cbcd4546 Před 3 lety +16

    R.i.p. to Deputy Kerr, and shouts to the Army LT. Arrested, demeaned, and tear gassed, for buying a new truck in Virginia🇺🇸🤢

  • @layoquinonez6141
    @layoquinonez6141 Před 3 lety +5514

    Dam. So if he wasnt a police officer they wouldnt even be on trial.smh

    • @thebastardgift
      @thebastardgift Před 3 lety +230

      Exactly.

    • @bobjones8949
      @bobjones8949 Před 3 lety +395

      If he was a real protester, he would have been charged with putting his face in the way of the polices fist.

    • @bridgettebianchi9315
      @bridgettebianchi9315 Před 3 lety +117

      Nope. This is the norm. People that say otherwise just have not been in interactions with the police (whether innocent or guilty does not matter). Death squads with an agenda. Put the middle and lower classes in jail to get more funding because “crime is out of control.” 🙄

    • @adubbization
      @adubbization Před 3 lety +3

      Yep

    • @alvisbondwinchester1554
      @alvisbondwinchester1554 Před 3 lety +2

      YEP...make that make sense🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

  • @Dead_Guy_Bob
    @Dead_Guy_Bob Před 3 lety +701

    "He resisted our illegal arrest, so we had to beat him."
    Typical pigs.

    • @kayshawnsimmons6822
      @kayshawnsimmons6822 Před 3 lety +24

      They were beating unarmed protesters😳 how is this ok? These saltines are really filled with hate demons and it's apart of their heritage

    • @robertlespanky3757
      @robertlespanky3757 Před 3 lety +5

      not pigs, just bad cops

    • @kazzysenpai5906
      @kazzysenpai5906 Před 3 lety +34

      @@robertlespanky3757 All Cops Are Bad Cops. The institution is systematically flawed and corrupt to its very core. Until the entirety of the corruption is purged, my statement will remain true.

    • @pumpkinthethird
      @pumpkinthethird Před 3 lety +9

      @@kazzysenpai5906 Yeah, no. These police departments just need to be more strict imo, so many cops get away with racism and just being plain evil these days. Especially in the past few years. The three cops should have been fired immediately and put in jail. Not all cops are bad, some legitimately joined to serve this country, it’s just cops like these that deserve a free pass to jail.

    • @kazzysenpai5906
      @kazzysenpai5906 Před 3 lety +19

      @@pumpkinthethird Except when your institution is founded on inherent racism and prejudice, no amount of strictness will fix it. As I said, it needs to be torn down and rebuilt

  • @frederickwilliams147
    @frederickwilliams147 Před 3 lety +1

    Now he knows how the public feels!😂

  • @jessicawalter9775
    @jessicawalter9775 Před 3 lety +21

    This is some crazy ish
    Imagine they texted before that thing happened, they knew what they were doing, they knew they was about to beat up someone, and that’s what they did 👁

  • @stephenkamenju
    @stephenkamenju Před 3 lety +1997

    How America is still being hailed as “land of the free” is beyond me.

    • @Nickcooperrei
      @Nickcooperrei Před 3 lety +236

      It stopped being free the moment Europeans arrived.

    • @beetlejuice2519
      @beetlejuice2519 Před 3 lety +31

      The most free country in the world

    • @avaphynx
      @avaphynx Před 3 lety +135

      @@beetlejuice2519 it's not lol

    • @beetlejuice2519
      @beetlejuice2519 Před 3 lety +38

      @@avaphynx this isnt a free country? Bro I been all over the world. Even Iraq. This is the best country. And it's not even close.

    • @frankyflowers
      @frankyflowers Před 3 lety +29

      what country is more free? even the nice ones have hate speech laws and lock people up for speaking freely.

  • @sherk3286
    @sherk3286 Před 3 lety +454

    "We thought he was one of those citizens we were supposed to be protecting"

  • @texan6673
    @texan6673 Před 3 lety +1

    White undercover cop: textbook arrest
    Black undercover cop: beaten to a pulp
    AND THEY WONDER WHY THERE ARE PROTESTS

  • @tiktoksmith8717
    @tiktoksmith8717 Před 3 lety +5

    They should have already been released and no longer called officer’s , I’m sure the black officer had an eye opening experience finding out first hand why the protesters were out there protesting 🇺🇸

  • @Metjammer
    @Metjammer Před 3 lety +1585

    Their defense is they didn't know it was a black man with a badge...

    • @MyName-pl7zn
      @MyName-pl7zn Před 3 lety +120

      Their worse fear an undercover black detective

    • @aka_pierre
      @aka_pierre Před 3 lety +23

      It's basically the ending scene from Black Klansman: czcams.com/video/lIbBAWzE6H8/video.html

    • @rickhard3979
      @rickhard3979 Před 3 lety +151

      Exactly, they couldn't see his blue life through his black skin.

    • @driven9863
      @driven9863 Před 3 lety +1

      Gee your intelligence, how did you figure that out Einstein?

    • @AspiePilo82
      @AspiePilo82 Před 3 lety +7

      Or maybe the brotha let the BLM hype get to him and acted a fool.

  • @ianbattles7290
    @ianbattles7290 Před 3 lety +645

    "We didn't know he was a cop!"
    That's not a valid excuse when you sell drugs to an undercover cop...so how could these cops be dumb enough to try that excuse???

    • @cg1450
      @cg1450 Před 3 lety +20

      RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT!!!👏👏👏✊

    • @cg1450
      @cg1450 Před 3 lety +14

      ACCURATE AF!

    • @BayouBarbie504
      @BayouBarbie504 Před 3 lety +9

      The irony is 🤯

    • @thisisme3238
      @thisisme3238 Před 3 lety +7

      Hope the public is too dumb to know the difference...

    • @HappyJackKitty
      @HappyJackKitty Před 3 lety +4

      That's the most overused excuse when someone is caught speeding past an unmarked squad car xDD

  • @caimremane6459
    @caimremane6459 Před 3 lety +2

    Finaly, police knows how it feels to be a civilian. And please, don't get me wrong!!!

  • @stevenmotta5659
    @stevenmotta5659 Před 3 lety +5

    They didn't know he was a police as if when they were clobbering him he yelled out saying wait I'm a cop! How do I know he yelled this out because if your a cop and you're getting a beat down by cops, that's the first thing you're going to say!

  • @Sacred_Silence
    @Sacred_Silence Před 3 lety +575

    "Thought he was a protester"
    That's not an excuse though. That's literally you admitting that you just wanted to beat up a protester for being a protester. Cause I guarantee an undercover cop did nothing to warrant being beaten smh.

    • @fitawrarifitness6842
      @fitawrarifitness6842 Před 3 lety +36

      Right! Does that mean they indiscriminately beat other protestors?

    • @barrysargent1213
      @barrysargent1213 Před 3 lety +30

      @@fitawrarifitness6842 yes

    • @MandeepKaur-pk5tq
      @MandeepKaur-pk5tq Před 3 lety +16

      @@fitawrarifitness6842 yes

    • @martinhanke1670
      @martinhanke1670 Před 3 lety +6

      Obviously.

    • @kuroitetsu6734
      @kuroitetsu6734 Před 3 lety

      What they call protesters is what we in the red states call rioters, and there not exactly none for there stunning compasion and kindness in the red states seeing as they damage personal property and hurt people. But you wouldnt hear that on your cnn news now would you.

  • @Alex-cw3rz
    @Alex-cw3rz Před 3 lety +670

    "They thought he was a protester" oh because then it's fine to assault people 🙄

    • @surfpsych
      @surfpsych Před 3 lety +27

      @@V8chump They made plans in advance to "beat up protesters."

    • @KenyanBunnie
      @KenyanBunnie Před 3 lety +6

      @@V8chump Hurr Durr Durr.

    • @V8chump
      @V8chump Před 3 lety +5

      @@surfpsych it’s just weird you never see police brutality at actual protests, just protests that are actually full blown riots... I’ve also heard they have people undercover to stir the pot and turn it into a riot but judging by this comment section a lot of people just read every headline they see and jump to conclusions without looking into it at all.... kinda like this video where they keep saying “protest” about a riot as if they’re opening fire on an MLK speech. If anything they made plans to ensue a riot then beat up “rioters” not “protesters” I’ve never seen police go after people peacefully protesting unless it was already an out of hand, violent, situation aka a riot

    • @V8chump
      @V8chump Před 3 lety +1

      @@KenyanBunnie too much thought for you I know. Jump to conclusions that works wonders.

    • @V8chump
      @V8chump Před 3 lety +6

      @Mateo Hodge when the goal is to stop potential violence and property damage done to innocent people who have nothing to do with it I don’t see anything wrong with it. We gonna arrest the guy who shot and killed a black “protester” that was trying to break into his store and take his livelihood? Nothing to do with his skin color or his political agenda whatsoever. Also his partner wasn’t beaten because he wasn’t in the active riot they mention that they were nowhere near each other when it happened. They’re not hunting down peaceful black protestors and beating them like it’s the civil rights movement let’s calm down.

  • @mikeveis612
    @mikeveis612 Před 3 lety +2

    Those are not cops, they're SS soldiers of the American Gestapo. They beat a non SS soldier.

  • @markschneider8815
    @markschneider8815 Před měsícem

    Police should not be beating peaceful protesters, period!
    Note: I'm former LEO.

  • @VerbalGOAT
    @VerbalGOAT Před 3 lety +274

    why is nobody talking about how they beat him for thinking he represented someone seeking equality non violently?!

  • @kristannestone1748
    @kristannestone1748 Před 3 lety +392

    So they destroyed his life for NOT resisting arrest, while doing nothing wrong.

    • @attheranch873
      @attheranch873 Před 3 lety +8

      Good point!

    • @TheAyanamiRei
      @TheAyanamiRei Před 3 lety +31

      Funny how the Blue Line and "Support OUr Fellow Officers" and such....do NOT seem to apply to African American Officers.
      Then again this is what happens when Police are NOT required to Protect OR Serve

    • @chalexen2862
      @chalexen2862 Před 3 lety

      Exactly

    • @dannyv2230
      @dannyv2230 Před 3 lety +11

      If he was an undercover cop I'm sure he wasn't rioting or anything. So this just tells me that they beat up anyone they want to what a shame.

    • @perfectperson214
      @perfectperson214 Před 3 lety +3

      @Jazzy Bebe but protesting isn’t illegal “wrong” either. And certainly doesn’t warrant violence.

  • @ravens6286
    @ravens6286 Před 3 lety +3

    I wonder what those 5 cops thought & said to each other when they found out that Hall was a fellow cop & they were beating him like a rug?
    Oh my Lord, I just looked to see what happened since the trial ended a month ago and this is what I found..."Defense attorneys said in spite of all of the photo and video evidence, nothing shows the three officers had a role in the beating. They said the prosecution was based on speculation, lies, and innuendo."
    Wow...just...wow. 😡😢

  • @ceesno9955
    @ceesno9955 Před 3 lety +3

    I'm confused as to why it's not assault on a police officer

    • @stevestelly3063
      @stevestelly3063 Před 3 lety

      He never identified himself as a police officer. because the beat down came without warning.

  • @ajushi10
    @ajushi10 Před 3 lety +132

    He was there to look for possible crime.
    He found it POLICE BRUTALITY!

  • @JustAGuyProduction
    @JustAGuyProduction Před 3 lety +197

    So if he wasn't a cop they would have gotten away with beating someone.

  • @jameshighsmith2184
    @jameshighsmith2184 Před 3 lety +4

    Where is Candice Owen's on this story. Since she says racism doesn't exist

    • @ceesno9955
      @ceesno9955 Před 3 lety

      I feel like she would definitely find a way to spin this story

  • @aliciamelendez4168
    @aliciamelendez4168 Před 3 lety +1

    To the officers in this video: You beat up one of your own. If this is how you treat one of your own, how to you treat innocent people?

  • @banesbox
    @banesbox Před 3 lety +336

    Took 4 years to bring them to trial? Good job judicial system.

    • @michbob9292
      @michbob9292 Před 3 lety +23

      Power of White Supremacist

    • @DeborahWalkerXOXO
      @DeborahWalkerXOXO Před 3 lety +22

      They beat him til he's still suffering FOUR. YEARS. LATER??!!! Good Lord!! Can you imagine what they have been doing to people?

    • @tomservo5007
      @tomservo5007 Před 3 lety +1

      @@michbob9292 undercover cops, being agitators, should be the bigger concern here

    • @1crzflyer
      @1crzflyer Před 3 lety

      that would be because of the defense.. not the prosecution.

    • @kgreen4411
      @kgreen4411 Před 3 lety

      @@tomservo5007 but the racist cop literally said that the undercover cop was not resisting, so tell me your argument again...

  • @stevejette2329
    @stevejette2329 Před 3 lety +376

    "We thought he was a protester. So of course we HAD to beat him."

    • @aboogie797
      @aboogie797 Před 3 lety +7

      Right 😑

    • @WanderingExistence
      @WanderingExistence Před 3 lety +10

      The first amendment and the rest of the Constitution don't matter in this country anymore...

    • @mutedonkey8361
      @mutedonkey8361 Před 3 lety +2

      Sounds like some stuff you'd see in South Park.

    • @kiyosenl.3889
      @kiyosenl.3889 Před 3 lety

      @R' merac thats my take, id give it 50\50 to appease all the trigger happy people who like to label everything racist but that seems to be the case, still awful that they would want to do this to anyone in general

  • @sandraford8169
    @sandraford8169 Před 3 lety +1

    When you beat the wrong black man... KARMA

  • @maximussarcasticus1312
    @maximussarcasticus1312 Před 3 lety +1

    Policing while black is apparently a crime as well.

  • @jimmyjones416
    @jimmyjones416 Před 3 lety +797

    "he was filming"...ahh, accountability...the one thing police hate...the camera doesn't lie

    • @sarahholland2600
      @sarahholland2600 Před 3 lety +32

      Doesn't stop them muting or turning of their bodycam tho. That should be corrected, it should be impossible to mute or switch off once on shift.

    • @smokedout7129
      @smokedout7129 Před 3 lety +1

      @Mrs. Phoenix Jones Funny the people that want police and law reform want biased ruling. No wonder more and more people are leaving that idiotic defund the police movement/scam organization.

    • @smokedout7129
      @smokedout7129 Před 3 lety +1

      @Mrs. Phoenix Jones You don't want unbiased ruling. Because you said it's because he's black. That shows me that you default to race every time it's a white cop on poc situation.
      I just don't understand why y'all are so eager to keep up this act. Because I used to be this way, but I stopped 2 years ago.

    • @kayt9576
      @kayt9576 Před 3 lety +4

      Video is very admissible in a court room. Throw them in jail and beat them ip the same way.

    • @newinformation1942
      @newinformation1942 Před 3 lety +8

      The Police don't hate it... The crooks that infiltrate the Police Uniform hate it...

  • @screweduptx512
    @screweduptx512 Před 3 lety +85

    Their testimony is that they thought he was a protester and simply a black man? Man that's messed up. Luther Hall should sue those officers.

    • @omensoffate
      @omensoffate Před 3 lety

      You are just hailing cbs as gospel and that’s the problem

    • @fredclay8104
      @fredclay8104 Před 3 lety +4

      He will SUE ..... HE WILL RECEIVE A VERY GOOD AWARD, MILLIONS !!!!!!!!! BREAK THE POCKETS OF ST.LOUIS. WHICH INCIDENTALLY, IS ONE OF THE LAST BASTIONS OF ULTRA-CONSERVATISM OF the OLD SOUTH......

    • @KetoStyle
      @KetoStyle Před 3 lety +4

      He needs to sue the state because I'm sure if you dig into the police department they will find that this crap happens all the time. They were texting their intentions before the shift that they were going to this. Why weren't they texting saying that they were going to keep cool heads and not let anything escalate?

  • @nixeradicatus
    @nixeradicatus Před 3 lety +3

    "Sometimes a soldier falls on his own sword."

  • @aduseibon94
    @aduseibon94 Před 3 lety +17

    When you beat one of your own. At least he felt for once how citizens feel when they complain about these issues

  • @Hello-zf5lq
    @Hello-zf5lq Před 3 lety +597

    “He is seeking a more lenient sentence because he is facing prison time.” Yeah, after a violent assault, filing a false police report, false arrest, perjury in court, and a preplanned random act of violence.

    • @LukeCuddy
      @LukeCuddy Před 3 lety +34

      Terrorism. When one uses violence for political reasons, or to install fear into a group of people, it's not just violence anymore, it's domestic terrorism; In spirit, if not in law.

    • @ShadowMokujin
      @ShadowMokujin Před 3 lety +12

      They make isis look tame

    • @rjskum688
      @rjskum688 Před 3 lety

      @@ShadowMokujin let's not be over dramatic.

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban Před 3 lety +5

      @Duck Billed Platypus you can preplan to randomly attack any protester they can get their hands on. Probably got this cop because he wasn’t scared and running like the rest.

    • @joefranks2356
      @joefranks2356 Před 3 lety +2

      Transformers...cowards in disguise.

  • @KCsFunHouse
    @KCsFunHouse Před 3 lety +327

    They really trying to use the “I thought it was a protester I was beating the crap out of not a cop” excuse? Like it would have been ok for them to do so.

    • @dryhumorfoe8275
      @dryhumorfoe8275 Před 3 lety +19

      Because they believe they have a right too. It's sad, but thats what this country has become. It's got to stop now.

    • @kialuvsyoo
      @kialuvsyoo Před 3 lety +3

      let's be real. it *would've* been ok. They'd all just be placed on paid administrative leave while they wait for the next incident to happen and then they can just slither back into their lives like nothing happened. Happens time and time again :(

    • @swizzbeats4321
      @swizzbeats4321 Před 3 lety +2

      If he wasn’t a cop they would stick to the “he resisted” argument. Speechless that this isn’t a bigger story.

    • @ronaldwilliams3182
      @ronaldwilliams3182 Před 3 lety

      @@dryhumorfoe8275 what do you mean that's what this country has become this country has always been that way the f*** out of here

    • @babyshaq6455
      @babyshaq6455 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ronaldwilliams3182 for some reason ppl can't fathom that it was worse than it is now. Some ppl act right when they know they are being filmed or someone can take out a camera at any time, others don't give AF. Before you could just capture stuff like that on camera ppl were getting their heads beat in and nobody would go to trial. If they did it was some type of bs trial where there was no chance anybody involved was going to be convicted.

  • @juanitawashington6774
    @juanitawashington6774 Před 3 lety +2

    Now he knows how it feels.

  • @orangecounty7144
    @orangecounty7144 Před 3 lety

    His undercover assignment (unwillingly) was to weed out the departments bad apples.😂😂

  • @juliematt1997
    @juliematt1997 Před 3 lety +305

    "We THOUGHT he was a protester" SO!! that mean he was not causing any damages or doing anything wrong.

    • @nathanvince3198
      @nathanvince3198 Před 3 lety +11

      You're right ✅

    • @RhodokTribesman
      @RhodokTribesman Před 3 lety +10

      Mask off moment for America for sure. They deployed troops to suppress black people that just don't want to be murdered by police, while a neo-fascistic wing can raid the capitol with no issues lmao

    • @joesef7718
      @joesef7718 Před 3 lety +1

      Dude was a blk cop and the white cops beat him .white cop arrested by blk cops no problem.this is to much .people wanna live in decency without threat of this .every good cop blk white s/b outraged and unsupportive of these cops .come on

    • @chrisraczak6931
      @chrisraczak6931 Před 3 lety

      @loganthe llama the capitol raid caught law enforcement off guard. They were doing that to protestors because they saw them doing the same things nightly .

    • @RhodokTribesman
      @RhodokTribesman Před 3 lety +1

      @@chrisraczak6931 They were not caught off guard. It's just that Trump suspended deployment of the National Guard before and during the capitol raid. He had no such hesitance when black people were protesting to just not be shot.

  • @eelnoops5200
    @eelnoops5200 Před 3 lety +436

    I can't believe this isn't on the national news radar. That alone says a lot.

    • @NoOneSaint
      @NoOneSaint Před 3 lety +12

      Yes it does.

    • @gobot581
      @gobot581 Před 3 lety +3

      We really settle for the tiniest things. Look how long it’s been. I don’t blame the police for doing thing when there’s close to no repercussions you give someone this much power and make them close to infallible they be idiots not to take full advantage.

    • @Celticevy
      @Celticevy Před 3 lety +12

      I can't believe it either! This is actually the first time I have even heard anything about this case. THIS needs to be a NATIONAL NEWS STORY!!

    • @DavidJohnson-dp4vv
      @DavidJohnson-dp4vv Před 3 lety +1

      wtf is CBS.. thats national news.

    • @videojones9884
      @videojones9884 Před 3 lety +1

      No it does not. It’s all mind control

  • @edwardmiessner6502
    @edwardmiessner6502 Před 3 lety +4

    "I didn't know they were cops, I thought they were trying to mug me!"
    That doesn't work unless state law exempts your acts in self defense when you don't know or have no reason to know they were police officers

  • @dangstangs
    @dangstangs Před 3 lety +4

    Imagine what the underwear of these five officers looked like after they found out they just beat a higher ranking officer with some pull. Ruined careers, ruined underwear.

  • @guiltyuntilproveninnocent.
    @guiltyuntilproveninnocent. Před 3 lety +181

    “My bad we thought you were a civilian “
    - The police

    • @relevation0
      @relevation0 Před 3 lety +4

      Number 1 comment

    • @rainonme3770
      @rainonme3770 Před 3 lety +3

      No they thought he was just a BLACK protester

    • @ThePinkBinks
      @ThePinkBinks Před 3 lety +4

      Weird because police _are_ civilians, not soldiers.
      "Police" literally means "men of the city" = civilians.

    • @suzettebavier4412
      @suzettebavier4412 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ThePinkBinks Yep 🤜🤛 that's Right 👍

    • @ThePinkBinks
      @ThePinkBinks Před 3 lety +3

      Suzette Bavier 🤜🤛 _bump_ 😊

  • @audience7264
    @audience7264 Před 3 lety +361

    Lol, they didn’t know he was an undercover, they thought he was just a regular black dude & they would just do what they regularly do.

    • @NAT-turners-Revenge
      @NAT-turners-Revenge Před 3 lety +12

      Exactly... What are the chances? Corrupt cops beat blk man? during a protest about police violence? The blk man is a police man to? 😅

    • @Daso1n
      @Daso1n Před 3 lety

      No American is regular, except the stupid ones. We are literally the bridge between the world being total chaos and a safe world. Yes other countries are trying but with the evil in the world we are the only ones currently strong enough to fight them all. Unfortunately our weakness "Racism maybe the fall of our country" at it is the very thing that creates conflict with other nations around the world.

    • @lulup5452
      @lulup5452 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Daso1n 😂😂😂 this post is funny. America? The bridge that holds the world together?😂😂😂

    • @moneybags999
      @moneybags999 Před 3 lety

      @@lulup5452 lol I'm not sure whether to laugh or simply roll my eyes at that comment.

  • @am4793
    @am4793 Před 3 lety +1

    This is like a scientific double blind test on racist policing.

  • @mtw1234
    @mtw1234 Před 10 měsíci +3

    My bad I thought he was a civilian

  • @wolfman515
    @wolfman515 Před 3 lety +442

    His job was to blend in, looks like he blended well enough to expose a much larger problem.

  • @deseangibir4764
    @deseangibir4764 Před 3 lety +183

    Out of that uniform they treat you exactly how they would any of us. This is what you call irony!

    • @goldenvulture6818
      @goldenvulture6818 Před 3 lety +1

      Its not just limited to non-White cops

    • @myivyfindstore
      @myivyfindstore Před 3 lety +16

      @@goldenvulture6818 Which other race gets beaten ???

    • @survivor6710
      @survivor6710 Před 3 lety +1

      Even with uniform on

    • @crazychicSHENA
      @crazychicSHENA Před 2 lety

      @@anonymous00117 todays word is racist remember that 😆

    • @fshhh
      @fshhh Před 2 lety

      @@goldenvulture6818 make it all about you

  • @freepunchintheface6344
    @freepunchintheface6344 Před 3 lety +1

    Wait a black man is this racism #ban racism #ban police

  • @jamesreedii1804
    @jamesreedii1804 Před 6 měsíci +2

    You have the right to resist unreasonable arrest dont comply to this strong arm tactics.

  • @hellomynameisname4270
    @hellomynameisname4270 Před 3 lety +395

    So their defense is, "we thought he was a regular protestor." I don't think thats a defense. Beating someone for practicing their constitutional right to protest is an even worse reason.

  • @rlaw4742
    @rlaw4742 Před 3 lety +515

    "Back the blue, unless they are black, but did not know the black blue has a badge." Rank and file are silent because the blue line does NOT extend to black blue with badge. Silence equals tacit agreement with racism.

    • @cs21uncc
      @cs21uncc Před 3 lety +43

      you know what gets me is that the cops are in trouble for beating a black man thats a cop...that's bad....but if he wasn't a cop it was going to be ok???

    • @cliffroebuck2277
      @cliffroebuck2277 Před 3 lety +22

      It's not okay to beat protesters. Protesting is just as as your right as owning a gun.

    • @elizabeththomas9485
      @elizabeththomas9485 Před 3 lety +5

      ABSOLUTELY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @RUTHLESSambition5
      @RUTHLESSambition5 Před 3 lety +4

      He was a sell out black cop... So glad those cops beat him. He thought he was immune

    • @konradyearwood5845
      @konradyearwood5845 Před 3 lety +9

      In reality you have a lot of people in uniform who, if they had never joined the police, would have most likely had criminal records in another life. Rigorous psychological screening at the recruitment stage, improved training and regular performance review are desperately required in US policing. Until that happens the disconnect between the community and their consent to be policed by the forces imposed upon them will remain.

  • @billbaumgartner8013
    @billbaumgartner8013 Před 3 lety +1

    What’s really a shame is the defense is that the officers “thought he was a protestor.” They aren’t even bothering to claim that the force used was reasonable! Sadly, the media is completely buying this line.

  • @mtw1234
    @mtw1234 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Well surprise surprise surprise they thought it was just a plain old civilian that they were beating. 🤔

  • @_JayRamsey_
    @_JayRamsey_ Před 3 lety +363

    I find the idea of an undercover detective resisting arrest highly unbelievable. It sounds like the uniformed pigs jumped him. If they don't get locked up for the savage beating they should get locked up for filing a false report.

    • @lindaharrell3916
      @lindaharrell3916 Před 3 lety +15

      FIVE OF THEM!

    • @1lbsmith
      @1lbsmith Před 3 lety +21

      I just wonder how many undercover plants are in these protests inciting riots to get more of us arrested. That is horrible.

    • @williamfisher4663
      @williamfisher4663 Před 3 lety +4

      A lot

    • @tiffany4231
      @tiffany4231 Před 3 lety +3

      @@1lbsmith there's a LOT of people that are paid to incite riots & violence, especially for the capital it's been proven & some that a lot of the footage that showed ppl vandalizing & committing destruction of the property were leftists w the cause to make the protesters look bad.

    • @mikofreeman1808
      @mikofreeman1808 Před 3 lety +13

      @@tiffany4231 show me ACTUAL proof, and not from Fox News or newsmax

  • @markhunter9313
    @markhunter9313 Před 3 lety +411

    The cops will get a slap on the wrist, like always. Then, a new “training” program will be instituted...😒

  • @MD-tr7wt
    @MD-tr7wt Před 3 lety +1

    Now is the time to realize “WRONG is just WRONG”. No matter how hard you try to cover it and makes it looks GOOD or RIGHT. Justice is justice too and should apply to all wrongdoers no matter who they are.

  • @steppenwolf3252
    @steppenwolf3252 Před 3 lety +1

    This police brutality MUST stop NOW!

  • @tommygunn1671
    @tommygunn1671 Před 3 lety +501

    The saddest part about this is theyll still be ppl defending the officers & claiming race has nothing to do with it

    • @Tshikonelo
      @Tshikonelo Před 3 lety +37

      The saddest part is the US police thinks they can just beat people up as long as they are not cops.

    • @wholeass83
      @wholeass83 Před 3 lety +3

      Yea its not about race its about the badge. The officers made that clear

    • @tommygunn1671
      @tommygunn1671 Před 3 lety +32

      @@wholeass83 thanks for proving my point

    • @HNiCDuke
      @HNiCDuke Před 3 lety +11

      @@wholeass83 you should go play in rush hour traffic

    • @wholeass83
      @wholeass83 Před 3 lety +2

      @@HNiCDuke what an intelligent comment and conversation from you.

  • @DrewSorensenMusic
    @DrewSorensenMusic Před 3 lety +475

    “Thought he was a protester”. Haha. Ok. Protesting is a crime now?

    • @sweetsue4204
      @sweetsue4204 Před 3 lety +58

      Unfortunately, to the political conservative right, yes it is, unless you’re a Trump rioter at the insurrection, mind you, or armed white protesters confronting state police at their capitals...... see the pattern? Protesting while black has more severe consequences.

    • @moparman1692
      @moparman1692 Před 3 lety +1

      No, but burning and looting in the streets is..

    • @henrytoledo4103
      @henrytoledo4103 Před 3 lety

      @thatsroughbuddy the UKs left has created all the hate speech laws and they're openly Anti Jewish anti British and pro immagrants.

    • @Emma.S.
      @Emma.S. Před 3 lety +17

      @@moparman1692 Just because your participate in a protest doesn’t mean you started burning tires or breaking windows. You can’t just group everyone up like that

    • @Astelch
      @Astelch Před 3 lety +7

      @@sweetsue4204 trump supporters still dnt believe it was MAGA at the capitol; they’re blaming antifa

  • @noelwright8740
    @noelwright8740 Před 3 lety +1

    So what I’m getting from this coverage is if the detective was a protester the beating would be justified, there is more at hand than just a beating, protesters have rights too.

  • @kathrynbeecher2963
    @kathrynbeecher2963 Před 3 lety +4

    Yeah, mistaken identity as in, "We didn't know he was a cop". Uh, derp. That's the whole point of working 'undercover'.

    • @delaney6413
      @delaney6413 Před 3 lety

      Same stuff drug dealers say when they get caught in a sting. "We didn't know he was a cop" doesn't work for them, though.

  • @ericisdead95
    @ericisdead95 Před 3 lety +296

    “Thought he was a protester” straight up fascism

    • @ericisdead95
      @ericisdead95 Před 3 lety +59

      @Ralph Rodgers lol we got a fascist sympathizer here everybody. I bet if the german people had rebelled against the nazis you would’ve disliked it too because its mean to the authowaties :(

    • @ericisdead95
      @ericisdead95 Před 3 lety +41

      @Ralph Rodgers doesn’t matter what you hate. You’re not on the side of the people, you’re on the side of capital and its protectors and some day they’re going to be against you.

    • @elohimsoldier3028
      @elohimsoldier3028 Před 3 lety +11

      @Ralph Rodgers considering you are the descendants of the most evil group evil on the planet your opinion doesn't matter.

    • @elohimsoldier3028
      @elohimsoldier3028 Před 3 lety +4

      @Ralph Rodgers sound about white lil

    • @violetraven9440
      @violetraven9440 Před 3 lety

      Yeah

  • @SecretEyeSpot
    @SecretEyeSpot Před 3 lety +175

    This leads to a greater question: How many victims have been unnecessarily assaulted by the police where they claimed he/she was "resisting arrest?"

  • @im7224
    @im7224 Před 2 lety +1

    Where are the consequences for a black man beating a police officer?

  • @jenniferfitzpatrick2282
    @jenniferfitzpatrick2282 Před 3 lety +1

    It’s interesting how phrasing can expose bias. The reporter said multiple times that the officer “changed his mind” rather than “changed his story” or “admitted he previously lied”

  • @ThePinkBinks
    @ThePinkBinks Před 3 lety +283

    Spying on potential crimes - has crime committed against him by his colleagues.

    • @gangsaretheblackkkk6291
      @gangsaretheblackkkk6291 Před 3 lety +10

      The most underrated comment

    • @WanderingExistence
      @WanderingExistence Před 3 lety +16

      I mean, cops, and the system they work for, are the biggest criminals.

    • @ThePinkBinks
      @ThePinkBinks Před 3 lety +8

      J B Not the biggest by a long shot but I get what you mean. They are the front line attack for the big criminals and traitors to the badge and the people.
      Not all, I know, but too many only become police to live out their fantasy of killing certain people "for free" like it is a live action cosplay.... and they _enjoy_ it. 🤢
      Rich and powerful in symbiosis with petty authority. It's their deadly system.
      Even the good people in it aren't safe from it. 😒

    • @ThePinkBinks
      @ThePinkBinks Před 3 lety

      J B Or maybe you're right. Could the big ones get away with it if we only had good police?
      Chicken and the egg situation?

    • @WanderingExistence
      @WanderingExistence Před 3 lety +4

      @@ThePinkBinks Your second comment is the point I was getting at when I added "and the system they work for". They use brutality in addition to helping the more powerful authoritarians of the world.