Author Topic: Anybody seen the lovely new LA police video? (Read 3952 times)

Tumor · « **Reply #30 on:** July 09, 2002, 05:26:47 AM »

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Originally posted by capt. apathy

ya, that comes up every now and then. the difference is when we are crippled or killed on the job we get no parade's and the news doesn't petition the public to start funds to feed our widows or put our kids through college. not that the cops and fireman who die in the line of duty don't deserve it but you'd think they are the only ones who face danger at work. when I'd bet money if we could sit down and count men lost per man-hour worked, being a cop would be fairly safe compared to what I and many americans do every day. and nobody jumps up to deffend us if we lose our temper and hit someone(even if they just reciently endangered our life), they just take us to jail.

What do you do?

capt. apathy · « **Reply #31 on:** July 09, 2002, 05:56:35 AM »

I work in construction. Building and repairing powerplants and the like. I haven't heard any recent statistics, but when I started doing this 14 yrs ago, the statistic being thrown around was that the average guy lived long enough to draw 2 pension checks. Many guys, like my father, have lived 20+ years past retirement, so how many never make it?

And like I said before, it's not that I don't respect the danger and assorted crap that cops put up with. But why is it they only seem to be willing to testify against each other when somebody has it on video. Are people really foolish enough to think this only happens on the few times when a camera is rolling?

If they can look the other way while another cop beats a defenseless prisoner, why can't they look the other way when my car drifts past the speed limit?

And as far as the statements above about whether or not the guy 'had it coming', last I checked cops where to 'serve and protect', apprehend suspects , and gather evidence. Determining guilt and dishing out punishment isn't really in the job description.

Hortlund · « **Reply #32 on:** July 09, 2002, 06:05:18 AM »

Cut 'em some slack will you...they've earned it.

Eagler · « **Reply #33 on:** July 09, 2002, 06:59:01 AM »

If that was my kid, he'd be begging to go back to the police station five minutes after he got home

What the cops did was wrong, what got the kid in the situation was wronger <- is that a word

and it was wronger first

screw the punk

Curval · « **Reply #34 on:** July 09, 2002, 07:00:33 AM »

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Originally posted by loser

a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye, and in the end....the whole world ends up blind

and gumming their food;)

Ripsnort · « **Reply #35 on:** July 09, 2002, 07:57:15 AM »

This wasn't a "Rodney King" scenario, that was much worse...if I was his commanding officer (whatever they call the boss in the Police force) I'd have him give a public apology statement, visit the kid and/or his parents and apologize, and give him a month off without pay. They should patch any hard feelings up. The last thing we need are the neighborhoods in Inglewood burning down their own businesses again like in LA

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #36 on:** July 09, 2002, 08:18:40 AM »

The officer had a bleeding wound to the head, which can clearly be seen at the end of the video over his left ear. It doesn't give the officer the right to punch a suspect that is handcuffed and being held by antother officer, but you can prolly guess what is going through his mind at the time.

I am anxious to see the gas station video.

midnight Target · « **Reply #37 on:** July 09, 2002, 08:19:13 AM »

Jeeez. What the kid did was mouth off to a cop who was harrassing him for being the passenger in a parked car with expired tags. There is no excuse for the cops behavior. NONE!

Sikboy · « **Reply #38 on:** July 09, 2002, 08:26:28 AM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Jeeez. What the kid did was mouth off to a cop who was harrassing him for being the passenger in a parked car with expired tags. There is no excuse for the cops behavior. NONE!

Hey, the guy should have renewed his plates, and not driven with a suspended license if he didn't want his son beat down.

No really, I can't see anything so far that makes this understandable. Especially in the LA area, where the police are under a microscope.

-Sikboy

Udie · « **Reply #39 on:** July 09, 2002, 09:03:56 AM »

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Originally posted by Hortlund
Cut 'em some slack will you...they've earned it.

Wrong! he hasn't earned anything but a court date as far as I'm concerned. Cops should bbq this guy for giving them a bad name. These people are there to protect citizens not beat them. You a judge of all people should realize this. I hope we don't have very many judges here that think the way you do about this type of situation. This whole thing does nothing but hurt good cops and will probably be run through the race machine before it's all over with. Because he was pissed at a guy for mouthing off? A KID at that.

We trust cops to protect us, we give them "extra" power to do this. When they abuse it they should be held to a higher standard of punishment. I understand emotions can get high and tempers can soar, but if you can't control your emotions then you have no business having the power of life or death over anybody!

Fatty · « **Reply #40 on:** July 09, 2002, 09:08:11 AM »

Prolly another one of them stoners. I usually tip a cop at least $20 when I see them pound a stoner, there's just something too funny about it.

AKSWulfe · « **Reply #41 on:** July 09, 2002, 09:24:47 AM »

If I'm not mistaken, once the suspect is apprehended, as in they have cuffs on the suspect, then a punch to the jaw while he's bent over the back of a car restrained by another officer then it becomes police brutality.
-SW

midnight Target · « **Reply #42 on:** July 09, 2002, 09:28:13 AM »

Never mind Udie. Horty is just excersizing his arguement muscle. He likes to do this at least once a week to keep himself in shape for the really major traffic violations he has to deal with at work.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #43 on:** July 09, 2002, 09:28:58 AM »

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Originally posted by AKSWulfe
If I'm not mistaken, once the suspect is apprehended, as in they have cuffs on the suspect, then a punch to the jaw while he's bent over the back of a car restrained by another officer then it becomes police brutality.
-SW

Yep. I don't think theres one person in this thread that thinks the cop in this case was justified.

AKIron · « **Reply #44 on:** July 09, 2002, 09:30:37 AM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
Jeeez. What the kid did was mouth off to a cop who was harrassing him for being the passenger in a parked car with expired tags. There is no excuse for the cops behavior. NONE!

"The passenger, whose name was being withheld, was booked for investigation of assault on a police officer."

Was there another article that I missed? This is the only reference I could find about what the kid may have done in the Post article.