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Shooter
- Aug 14, 2009
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if that guy would have ducked right when the cop lunged we would have seen a faceplant of epic proportions.
Quick question: is this training or hiring?
... and the wonder why we don't respect them ...
Duncan
I'm not a cop basher. but that is pretty sad when a prof football player with a helmit and pads on,would probably be in more trouble than what the officer in the video will be, for a vicious hit like that.
Should it make sense to me that the actions of an officer in Seattle should impact someone's opinion of me? If you can make that make sense I'll no longer have to wonder.[/quote
I don't know you. but you seem like a fair fella.
You're a reasonable officer, as you have shown here and in the speeding/pregnant thread. I get a little faith in the system back when everyone doesn't try to make an excuse for bad behavior. +1 phylodog.I agree FWIW
phylo you sound like a good man and a good leo. the only question i have is the part about supporting the people you work with. if and when you see anything thats not right will you step up?I'd like to consider myself as being reasonable. My Uncle was in LE and was someone I always looked up to. When I was hired he gave me a piece of advice; "Work hard, be fair to the public and support the people you work with". I had that advice laminated on a piece of paper which has ridden behind the LE ID in my wallet every day since I have had a badge.
I know I've said this before but I repeat it because I am proud of it. I have 12 years on the job. I have worked four years in undercover narcotics, three years on a high activity uniformed patrol unit and eight years on SWAT. I have never received any discipline, received a complaint or been sued. I have been in two vehicle pursuits that lasted more than twenty minutes with no crashes. I have had a Taser for ten years and have never used it. I have also never been given an award of any kind which is just how I like it. If I can maintain that record until I retire I will have accomplished my goal. The law can be enforced vigorously and without overstepping the authority granted. There are a lot more officers like me than there are like you read about in the news.
ETA: Thanks for the rep Rambone
I think he was being sarcastic.
Without knowing how the entire event unfolded, I can't make a judgement other than the shove. Any reasonable innocent man would answer questions and not move away. Was there contact made before they came into view of the camera? Was the guy even aware something had happened, the cops were there, and he was their prime suspect? If I saw a Leo approaching me as though he were about to tackle me and I had no idea why, I'd move away from him as well.
This is the important thing to figure out. Even if the cop did say something before he bum rushed him, its not unreasonable to think that an innocent man wouldn't think he was being talked to if he hadn't done anything. If you're just walking in to a movie and some yells "STOP" you're gonna look around (obvious this happened) but you don't necessarily think its for you.
This is the important thing to figure out. Even if the cop did say something before he bum rushed him, its not unreasonable to think that an innocent man wouldn't think he was being talked to if he hadn't done anything. If you're just walking in to a movie and some yells "STOP" you're gonna look around (obvious this happened) but you don't necessarily think its for you.
phylo you sound like a good man and a good leo. the only question i have is the part about supporting the people you work with. if and when you see anything thats not right will you step up?
He must have seen a few too many YouTube videos of government brutality. Unfortunately it looks like he had a very good reason to be scared of that guy. We'll never know what spooked him. If there was something illegal found on him they would definitely be advertising it to limit the public sympathy. Hell at least they didn't charge him with resisting arrest while he was in a coma. LOLThis is the important thing to figure out. Even if the cop did say something before he bum rushed him, its not unreasonable to think that an innocent man wouldn't think he was being talked to if he hadn't done anything. If you're just walking in to a movie and some yells "STOP" you're gonna look around (obvious this happened) but you don't necessarily think its for you.
He must have seen a few too many YouTube videos of government brutality. Unfortunately it looks like he had a very good reason to be scared of that guy. We'll never know what spooked him. If there was something illegal found on him they would definitely be advertising it to limit the public sympathy. Hell at least they didn't charge him with resisting arrest while he was in a coma. LOL
Should it make sense to me that the actions of an officer in Seattle should impact someone's opinion of me? If you can make that make sense I'll no longer have to wonder.
Should it make sense to me that the actions of an officer in Seattle should impact someone's opinion of me? If you can make that make sense I'll no longer have to wonder.