Summary

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond dismissed a felony assault charge against Sgt. Joseph Gibson, a police officer who slammed 71-year-old Lich Vu to the ground during a traffic ticket dispute, breaking his neck.

Drummond stated the officer acted within his training and lacked criminal intent, adding that Vu should not have touched Gibson.

The dismissal sparked criticism from Oklahoma County DA Vicki Behenna and outrage in Oklahoma City’s Vietnamese community, citing Vu’s language barriers during the incident.

Gibson’s actions were initially deemed an unreasonable use of force by prosecutors.

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    This is absolutely blatant corruption, why is this something an Attorney General can unilaterally do? Charges were already brought by the DA, it was going to court, and he intervened to dismiss it. The power to shutdown any criminal case is an extremely dangerous power for anyone to have.

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      It’s obstruction of justice. Politicians won’t learn they’ve fucked around enough until citizens start ambushing pieces of trash like this in public. They want law and order? We will bring them the order of law. Unilateral accountability starts with motivated citizens like you and me.

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    I hope the victim gets millions in the civil suit and that oklahoma votes out that gross as fuck AG

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      It’s a likely outcome and taxpayers will bear the brunt. If we increased the civil payout to billions, I suspect there would be greater pressure to get this slimy fuck out ASAP because the cost is too high and actually stings enough to cause action.

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    What about all the resisting arrest charges where people didn’t have criminal intent either?

    ACAB

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    As attorney general, I will not permit Oklahoma police officers to face criminal prosecution for conduct adhering to their training,” Drummond said in a statement.

    Gotta protect that elder abuse training.

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    Gentner seems like the CEO of Oklahoma attorneys. He seems to be denying the justice Oklahomans deserve.

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    America is brought low by the petty actions of small tyrants like this AG. He should absolutely face Federal questioning and censure. We stand on a precipice of Liberty each day; men like him would have us all plunge to our doom.

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    I haven’t seen a video if there is a video… but is this like the 1 in a billion times the word SLAMMED in a headline is actually right!?