And truthfully, you are kind of a dick for thinking that way. Honestly. Police are not untouchable. They are not infallible. But they are doing a hard job, and are protected from a lot. But they are still people.
He was a fucking security guard. At IHOP. Hassling a customer for apparently no reason (according to multiple witnesses). He was attacking the first woman with no provocation, banging her head against the wall. The second woman DID put her hand on his shoulder, trying to get his attention and stop him from assaulting the first woman. At which point he slapped her hard enough to turn her completely around. It appears he did not hit her because he felt like he was being attacked. He hit her because he couldn't believe SOMEONE WOULD TOUCH HIM. He seems like a brutal pussy who hits women. Cops are NOT above the law. How much police brutality needs to be watched before a bystander is allowed to comment, or attempt to defuse the situation, or hell, physically intervene? Do we have to watch a beating with no recourse? A shooting? A killing? What the hell were the other cops doing? He may have felt justified. He may have BEEN justified. But WE get to judge his actions. He works for US. And is subject to the same laws we all are. And WE get to judge her actions. She is subject to the law as well. And for what it is worth, contempt of cop is not illegal in this country. Yet. The entire situation was badly handled. His actions were a big FAIL. He could NOT have handled the situation any worse. If he had actually been attacked by the crowd, he would have been in deep shit, because he was out of position, and handled the room badly. I am truly less worried about the assault (the woman will heal from a punch to the face) as the fact that it was an assault that WAS NOT NECESSARY, and that it was UNDER THE COVER OF LAW (or that he is trying to make it so), and that it highlights that this guy is not a very competent law enforcement officer. And from what I saw, he has some anger issues, and some authority issues, and is probably a danger to the general public. Face it, he fucked up. And should be disciplined for that, as well as the physical violence. On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There was discussion of this on a site called policeone.com, which >> only allows cops to post. >> >> 100% said that he let her off too lightly. >> >> WTF? > > I totally agree with the cops - that lady got physically involved with > a police officer attempting to arrest a public nuisance. Actually > striking a cop? She's lucky she didn't get tased or batoned. > > You don't physically mess with cops. Period. If society allows that, > then there's no law enforcement. > > If he'd have, without provocation, punched the lady he was trying to > arrest it'd be a different story. > > That lady had absolutely no reason to interfere in any way. I hope > she does time. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:336984 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
