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- Altair27, on 04/11/2009, -2/+237Cops put me in a very awkward position. I can't just be one of those idiots yelling "***** the police!" because there are a lot of real heroes among the police force. Yet at the same time, I'm constantly seeing stories like this, so I can't defend them either. Not to mention about 3/4 of the cops I've had to deal with in my life were complete *****. So...
***** SOME OF THE POLICE. - surf3com, on 04/11/2009, -4/+219Oh yeah a two day suspension is really gonna stop him from being the "badass" he thinks he is.
- xs11ax, on 04/11/2009, -4/+138serve and PROTECT???????
- RAGEdemon, on 04/11/2009, -8/+117Despicable.
- novenator, on 04/11/2009, -1/+62From someone who has been clubbed in the back by the LAPD for asking the wrong question, this is not typical, but there are disturbing patterns. Law enforcement tend to get an arrogance that turns everyone else into 2nd class citizens. Don't have a 'donated to the Police banquet' sticker on your rear windshield? Get ready for a ticket.
- Minarchian, on 04/11/2009, -5/+56Police depts don't hire people with an IQ that is too high.
Just high enough to do the paper work and drive the car, but dumb enough to blindly follow any order they're given. - BillE3, on 04/11/2009, -3/+50Another over zealous cop.
- skyfyre, on 04/12/2009, -2/+43I apologize for the bad ones. It seems like they're always the ones getting the attention. However, for every story like this that you read, there are thousands of unreported incidents of police officers going above and beyond what they're required to do to help people.
Those of us who hold our positions in high regard would like nothing better than to see people like this weeded out of our profession. They give us a bad name, and tend to sour people against the entire profession.
So again, I apologize for this and every other jackass who slips through the psych screening and employment interviews. - DangerCollie, on 04/12/2009, -0/+36That is the real insult here. That and not being accountable.
I guess their attitude is that a suspension is a pretty serious mark on someone's personnel record. I don't think they realize how pathetically lame it seems to those of us outside the business.
A Seattle police officer shot some unarmed dude in the back a few years ago and they sentenced him to additional marksmanship training. Apparently so he could hit unarmed in the back with even greater accuracy. - inactive, on 04/11/2009, -18/+52
Police officers behave this way because they tend to have very small genitals.
I had many good friends who worked in emergency medicine... while attending one party, someone brought up the "race and penis size" issue. After some discussion about race and penises, one woman brought up something i had never heard from any of them before - she mentioned something about police officers almost always having very small penises. Several people mentioned personal anecdotes about treating police officers, and how they almost always had a very small penis. Apparently this is some sort of running inside joke in the medical professions. I asked them if they were serious, and they said yes, it is common knowledge that police officers usually have very small penises and testes. These people would know since they have to give physicals to them and also deal with them in emergency situations. As one of them put it "If we get a call that there is a police officer coming into our trauma ward, we immediately know we'll need a catheter from the pediatric ward."
I think this may help explain the behavior we see caught on tape from time to time. - idc5, on 04/11/2009, -10/+40the highest form of an organized gang, the POLICE
- jkr801, on 04/11/2009, -1/+28Oh what did you do?? here is a 2 day vacation...
its seems like they are rewarding him... - seledoux, on 04/11/2009, -4/+30"all generalizations are false - including this one." - mark twain
- DDayDawg, on 04/12/2009, -0/+26So, you really think once you have him out of the car and spread eagle you are in fear of him shooting you? You have to bash his head into the windshield five or six times?
Sorry, that's *****. This guy should have been fired! He has the man outside of the car with his hands spread to his side. He can lean on him and try to get a read on the situation. There was no need to bang the guys head into the car multiple times. Damn cops are out of control in this country. - ShingoEX, on 04/11/2009, -1/+27The cop should be arrested for assault. Anything less proves the police truly are above the law.
- netneutrality, on 04/11/2009, -2/+26They're paying him $50,000? I'd accept a broken nose for that.
- Lucas123, on 04/11/2009, -6/+29Typical.
- theskillwithin, on 04/11/2009, -2/+24they breed this action.
- positron, on 04/12/2009, -1/+22The "serve and protect" motto is just a fuzzy feel-good PR gimmick for police. The DC Court of appeals ruled that the police have no obligation to respond nor to protect someone from being the victim of a crime. It's now precedent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of ... - bombula, on 04/11/2009, -0/+20This is despicable, though we've obviously had much worse posted on Digg in recent months. I stand by my assertion of previous posts that those with vested power and authority who abuse that power should be subject to a different set of minimum sentencing for crimes. If it's 3-5 years for committing assault for ordinary civilians, then it should be twice or three or four times that much if a cop or soldier does it. If a politician steals or a teacher or priest molests, the penalties should be 3, 4, 5 times as severe.
Abuse of power should have a multiplier effect on any crime you commit. - Andy1369, on 04/12/2009, -0/+19Yikes, I'm Deaf and hope that miscommunication one day won't result into a similar thing happening to me....*knocks on wood*
- bitterbug, on 04/12/2009, -0/+19Do you post that anecdote in a lot of places or did you copy it from someone. I've seen it a few times.
- Draugrdraugr, on 04/11/2009, -2/+20A great example of private policing would be Johannesburg, I would recommend watch "Law and Disorder in Johannesburg" to get an idea of whats its like.
Cops are just another gang making sure you play by their rules, and use all the force they can get away with to get their way. Privatizing them isn't going to change that and at least with social law enforcement we get a say (supposedly.)
Law enforcement in the U.S. needs to get past the Us vs Them mentality, and is in need of reform, but I'd rather have the ***** up government law enforcement we have now than Blackwater any day of the week. - Archon810, on 04/12/2009, -0/+18That is exactly right - there was even a confirmation of that sometime ago. http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Police_Reject_Candidate_ ...
- novenator, on 04/11/2009, -5/+22ron paul, the police are already socialized, as are fire fire fighters. Do you think private security in cities would be any different?
- kaosethema, on 04/11/2009, -2/+18part of the problem is that too many people see the police as an authority. they are not. they are enforcers of policy but by no means an authority over people. the other problem is that too many people with broken/shattered/altered/warped egos become cops. there is a real hunger to obtain some kind of power. a badge a gun satiates that sick hunger. they are offended when you act casual around them and not cowed by their presence.
as an american, i am cowed by NO ONE's presence! - JimmyRyan, on 04/12/2009, -0/+15I live in Dallas and between Dallas and Fort Worth the local news has been nothing but overly physical cops beating, threatening, and abusing every power they have.. I just don't look at the cops here the same anymore.
- oneBelizean, on 04/11/2009, -1/+15Wow.. that makes me sick to the stomach.. poor guy.
- diemunkiesdie, on 04/11/2009, -29/+42True the officer should have realized that the guy was deaf, but it is common practice for officers to react when they believe the guy has a gun. If I reach for something in the glove box without letting the officer know (even if I signed that I cant hear him, he would figure out that I am deaf even if he doesn't understand ASL), you can bet your ass I would get taken down. There needs to be a better solution, shouldn't the car have had a disability license plate or a placard? Who knows what the solution should be. The one thing we can agree on is that the cop was excessive and should have assessed the situation better.
- TheHIV, on 04/12/2009, -0/+13I had to kill the digg bar to see the video. :-/
- xDynaBlade, on 04/12/2009, -0/+13Sounds like he gets a long week end to me.
- xDynaBlade, on 04/12/2009, -0/+13Reminds me of the time the police tazed that kid after he fell off the freeway overpass.
- DangerCollie, on 04/12/2009, -1/+14"While Fort Worth did not admit liability for the 2007 incident..."
But they settled the case before it came to trial. When did that trend start? Of denying any wrongdoing? What ever happened to accountability? What's so hard about saying, "It was wrong." Seems to me it was about the same time as the Republican surge. I see the same trait in them. Can't ever be wrong, can't ever admit they're wrong, even when the evidence is clear and convincing. - ABadPerson, on 04/11/2009, -0/+12Its kind of disturbing when they use phrases like "professional quality service" as if they are a commercial company. If society have placed these people as an authority in the community, shouldn't their actions be a matter of duty to fulfill their function? As I understand it, services can be withheld, but neglecting a duty is immoral at the least.
- Jaydo, on 04/12/2009, -2/+14@Octanum
If we did hear stories like that it would be titled
Breaking: Cop Does His ***** Job.
We don't hear stories about the good side of cops, because that's what they should be doing the whole time anyway. Bad Cop stories make it big because it's not the ordinary. - adremali, on 04/12/2009, -4/+16***** TEXAS
- ciaran036, on 04/11/2009, -1/+13But he had the guy under control long before he smashed his head off the back of the car.
- SuperTonic, on 04/12/2009, -1/+12Um, I could just be high, but I don't see any video on that page. ?
- PlatinumOGKush, on 04/12/2009, -4/+15***** the Police. No Justice, No Peace.
- inactive, on 04/12/2009, -0/+11"The pictures of the blood streaming down his windshield are too graphic for TV"
what TV have you been watching?? - snapcase, on 04/12/2009, -0/+10Yeah a whopping 2 day suspension and the stupid ***** is actually appealing it.
- Myztry, on 04/12/2009, -0/+10The perpetrator himself should pay it. The amount is near irrelevant. It's not what he was required or instructed to do as part of his job. It should also become part of his criminal record.
- Pilot85, on 04/12/2009, -3/+13Lies. My penis is huge. I'm not a cop; I just wanted you all to know my penis is huge.
I wish. :( - harley999, on 04/12/2009, -0/+10The guy got pulled over for a traffic stop and ended up with a broken nose. He should get more than 50k.
- skyfyre, on 04/12/2009, -1/+11Except Darth Vader.......and Chuck Norris.
- Minarchian, on 04/12/2009, -0/+10Thank you. I was looking for that article when I posted my comment :)
- adremali, on 04/12/2009, -2/+12maybe if they stopped being a bunch of ***** we'd change our minds.
- Whatasillyhat, on 04/11/2009, -11/+20Woah woah none of that logic here please!
- Myztry, on 04/12/2009, -2/+11Why did Fort Worth pay the $50,000. Breaking peoples noses isn't part of the job (description wise). Truck drivers don't get their speeding fines paid for them even though driving and quick delivery is a job requirement. If you break the law, it's on your own back.
Further more, payments prior should not be able to avoid criminal charges (like assault). It should provide leniency (as with a guilty plea) but that's all. America and it's skittish gun culture... -
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