[slgballa94]

the cops beating them...hmm how to explain this.. they are trained to bring the person to the ground, not beat the person.... yah i think it got taken out of context and the cops probably did beat them

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''Two teenagers who were playing with paintball guns say they were beaten by a Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy Saturday night outside a vacant Marrero apartment complex"" so they where playing with them out side! just because you said they where un clear

[crazycanuck]

usa cops r fucking stupid

[Barrett]

Their race was obviously not a factor in the cops abusive behavior. Still, it wasn't a smart thing to be playing in a public area without notifying the authorities first.

[CRU_Paintball]

Ok, I need to be honest, some of your replies kinda upset me. I'm probably going to get slaughtered on here for posting my opinion but i can't sit here and read this and not say something. I may be a bit toward favoring police officers because my father has been one for over 20 years now. However, I am 26 years old and am able to make my own decisions, and I know how the world works.

This article is obviously written from the "victims" perspective. Now if this went down exactly the way they say, which I'm 99% sure it didn't) the police officers are completely in the wrong for beating them. However, I'm fairly certain these high school kids didn't just sit there quietly. In any event, Their guns should be taken and not returned.

They were playing paintball in the middle of an apartment complex. The reason I know they were playing there is it says they were going back to the truck to "reload". They should do some type of jail time or at least community service for playing paintball in the middle of an apartment complex. What's funny is if someone made a tv show of people playing paintball in an apartment, everyone on this website would be up in arms about how unsafe it is but when it happens in real life people want these kids to get their guns back.

Sorry to break it to you but these kids are idiots, anyone who would play paintball in a place like that is an idiot and seriously lacks the ability to make good decisions. Which is why I'm fairly sure that they weren't little angels like the article says they were when confronted by the police.

The other thing that everyone needs to take into consideration is that these police are coming to the scene with the report of people walking around with "long rifles". Now instead of looking at this as an everyday person, try to take the police officer's perspective. He gets a call saying to go to this apartment complex because there are MULTIPLE PEOPLE walking around with long rifles. That is going to automatically put them on edge.

The thing a lot of people don't understand is that being a cop is just a job like anything else. The major difference is that they could lose their life at any time while working. So if they have to over react sometimes to keep themselves alive, I'm all for it. If I'm a cop, my main objective every day is to make it home alive.

Now obviously in hindsight knowing that they were just paintball markers it seems harsh treatment to put them in cuffs and take their guns but you have to realize that they were going there expecting to be walking up to multiple people with long rifles.

Lastly, if the teens didn't do anything to provoke any type of aggressive reaction towards them, the whole beating thing was completely uncalled for and the offenders should be dealt with correctly. However, if they some how did bring this on themselves and it just wasn't brought up in this article, such as pointing the markers at the police or something like that, they COMPLETELY deserved what they got. If I was a cop and a bunch of idiot teens were waving paintball guns around me I'm beating the shit out of one or two of them if that's what it takes to keep me safe. I'm going home after my shift.

If this offends anyone, I truly am sorry. I just wanted everyone to see the other perspective of this story. I'm more than happy to answer questions if anyone has one. I will be following the thread

- CRU

[ryanworldleader]

i used to live in New Orleans, and it's F'd up.

[john0156]

that sucks

[GOLD3N]

wow. im from new orleans. nut i moved this past summer. i can see why the ops were called because there is alot of violence and gang related stuff going on. but thats not the first time a nola cop has been caught beating somone who has cuffs on. but the apartments they where at there are "no trespassing" signs but that still gives the cop no rights

[jarhead995]

sue the fuckers

[tracerfire]

thats messed up...my dads an rcmp officer and i dont think he would even think of doing such a horrible thing cops get called out for stupid crap like that but that doesnt mean you beat the person, fukin guy should have lost his job on the spot, but shit like that happens to black kids...its unfortunate

[drummermike]

I doubt it happened exactly like that you can't just believe something because some teenagers said it. Police aren't paintball hating monsters that come to your field (or in public for there case) and just start beating paintball players. We only heard the two kids side of the story which can't always be trusted. I would be surprised if it happened like this, but could see the police hitting the paintball players.

If they asked the police what happened they will probably say that the two kids were shooting paintballs and they thought they were vandalizing property so they went to detain them. The kids then probably either tried to use there paintball guns against the police or were just not listening and reaching into the car for something which is when the officer probably punched him in the face a kneed him.

There is always going to be two sides of the story you can never judge from just one. If the news said the story from the police side of view it wouldn't be as exciting as, "Police Brutally Beat Paintballers."

[SCHULER]

that is very sad and dumb

[PaintballHazard]

"were running through the apartment complex carrying "long rifles.""

Maybe they were scaring people with them? Just a possibility.
But, of course, ecpecially while cuffed, it was uncalled for

[minikmak]

wow did anyone read the posts on that site