[quote name='intoxicated662']all those people are pussys, especially the guy taping this and asking "are you serious?". I am the one now asking "are you serious?" for not even trying to do anything about it. I don't care if you have a badge, that is not tolerable. Nowhere near anything to say it was legit for him to do that. He could use force like he did as far as leaning her up against the car to handcuff her. He could of tased her, used pepper spray, called for back up right away and/or some other things he could of done instead. Shady especially since it's a black woman having it done by a white cop. Just another article that is going to go above and beyond what it should even be. Yes, she shouldn't have resisted but c'mon look at her body build and her being a female compared to this male cop who of course dominated her. The saddest part is that the video cut off and after 2 and a half minutes, still not backup arrived and no one ever did anything to stop this crap. All those people standing around video recording this, taking pictures and not one of them called 911 to report this. None of them stepped in to try and defuse the situation or anything. Just a shame..[/QUOTE]
Well for starters unless the cop is being savagely beaten or about to be shot do you step in, you dont ever get in a cops way, thats a good way to get your ass taken to jail also for getting in the way or at the very least tazered. Not to mention normal people arent cops and have no business getting involved, a private citizen has no power. They should have all gotten way the hell back and stayed out of the way. And just leaning her against the car and handcuffing her isnt as easy as it sounds, when people get pissed off like that and lose their cool their strength literally triples, I know Ive spent enough years as a nurse in mental health to know that they dont have to be shit ball nuts to get strong, just being mad and losing their cool will do it also.
Now far as him not hitting her? I think under those circumstances he was within the right of using physical force. It started out as her just being a bitch but it quickly turned bad. If he had let go of her to call for backup or whatever she would have taken off and he had to just chase her down and force her under arrest anyway. Youll also note he was alone with no one around and a bunch of people closing in on him, if he didnt end it quickly there was from his point of view a chance for it to get real bad real quick. Notice also he hit her one time and he obviously didnt hit her hard enough to do serious damage when he could have, he was restraining himself.
And there is nothing "shady" as your ignorant ass puts it about him being white and her black. Thats just racist, immature and dumb mentality right there. He is a cop and she was doing something she shouldnt have and then was resisting arrest and cursing at him. There was nothing racist or shady about it. Are you dumb enough to think that white cops should only arrest white people? Hell maybe chinese cops should only arrest chinese lawbreakers while were at it. Were all people regardless of our skin color and no one is above a fist in the chops when they deserve it. If she had kept her mouth shut and listened she wouldnt have gotten messed with at all, its her fault for not doing what she is told because is a police officer, he isnt just some mall security guard.
Police when dealing with the public arent always afforded the ability to just talk things out or do things as how the idiot public thinks should be done. They are police by the way and if you dont mess with them then there wont be a problem. Thats why kills me, stupid people mess with the police and then are surprised when they get their ass handed to them. Thats like being surprised when a snake bites you if you keep screwing around with it.
Your ignorance and closed mindedness is just baffling you can say all that with a straight face and actually mean it.
[quote name='intoxicated662']I just read what all of you typed and I highly doubt any of you would even do anything serious. Most of you would probably be like the people in the video just standing there doing nothing or walking away. Sure, she was out of line but it's not like she is having round house kicks liu kang style going at the cop or anything. Plus, look at her compared to him. For the guy cop to throw that punch (wow!) was just uncalled for and he should be at least suspended a few days or given desk duty. If you tried pulling that crap off here in my area that cop wouldn't have lasted and if anything, he would of been calling for backup first as that is one thing they are trained to do. Especially with a crowd that size and that could of grown. You don't know who lives nearby and any of these people could of gone around and gathered more people and done harm to the cop and perhaps even brought weapons and at one point, possibly start a riot or something. Don't be ignorant and say stupid things like "she deserved it" and this here is a lesson to be learned.[/QUOTE]
And your own statement just proved what I was saying. He ended it quickly because he DID have a crowd growing and gathering, he was feeling pressured and on the spot because he potentially had a much bigger problem on his hands so he dealt with the problem at hand quickly. He had her resisting, cursing, yelling, her friends being a pain the ass, some guy with a camera recording yelling "are you serious" and other people getting in close. I would have felt pressure there and probablly done the same thing so I could then disperse the crowd before a real problem arose.
And far as what he is trained to do, police officers are trained to use physical force also. Cops arent just limited to pepper spray and tazers you know that right? Cops dont just walk around writing tickets and thats it.