Fellow Bueller in a lawsuit!

[jammer84_03]

Don't do anything to get cuffed and you won't have to worry about getting your head knocked around by the police!

Its called probable cause in this day and age. Been put in cuffs before for no reason on "suspicion" of having drugs in my car. I laughed as I have never touched anything but a cigar in my life. But being the only car on the road at 2am, and driving my hopped up mustang, I guess he had nothing better to do than "detain" me for an extra hour. Needless to say because of that, I question anything a LEO eludes to and never give them an inch of vocab to work with. To many people go to jail for trumped up charges forbeing polite and nice to officers. If its just a verbal, fine i'll play, but the moment youwant to search me or pry into matters beyond the scope of the reason I was pulled over for, I give bare minimum answers. Wanna search my person/vehicle or detain me....get a warrant. the moment I step outside my car, I put the keys in my car and lock it and close the doors

 

[anrkizm95]

Jesus, some people really don't get it!?

i agree most dont get it you can be put in cuffs for walking down the street and not having ID.if you look suspicious to someone or the wrong color in the wrong place.

 

[Bolty]

I don't care what the guy in the video could have said, he was cuffed and surrounded. The only thing worse than that poor excuse for an officer are other officers defending his actions.

 

[303xb]

hope that pig gets locked up.

 

[anrkizm95]

no not all of you are its just like anything some good some bad but stand up and call foul when you see it like now others in his department called it he should be fired.just because your in L/E does not make him right.i would think other good officers would be more pissed by his actions.it makes the whole department look bad.two men both made a mistake both could have killed someone both should have gotten jail time.

 

[Dogwood]

A night in jail at the max. I don't think that is what "locked up" generally means. What I'm saying is that if you slammed a guy into the ground you would probably be commended by your friends, but look at what people are saying about him.

 

[anrkizm95]

the way i see it he swore to uphold the law he is held to higher standard.if i had done that in a fight with out back up,tasers and pepper spray i would have gone to jail the penalty for a cop should be the same if not worse.if you still have respect for the officer then you still have respect for the drunk because they are one in the same.cops just get away with theyre mistakes even when caught.brain damage more than a night assault,battery depending on the d/a attempted murder

 

[Dogwood]

You think an officer should be punished because they're sworn in? You think that makes him better? You think he wasn't punished fairly? Don't forget he is on a thin line at work. Have you ever been worried about your job? A job is money, and money is required to live. Yeah, I can see how he might have needed a night in jail, but what else? Why should his job require him to be punished more?

 

[WALLSXB]

It seems the people that have problems and issues with law enforcement are the ones that are usually in trouble with the law ! Just saying.

 

[anrkizm95]

his superiors stated that he should be fired.i see your point but a drunk driving conviction can cost you your job also.this is just my opinion but if you are an officer of the law and lets just say you get a drunk driving you punishment should be equal to or more than me i dont wear a badge and never swore to up hold the law.i dont know if your in L/E but if you are then you know that if i injured a unarmed person that bad in a fight the charges against me would most likely be felony and depending on my record years in jail with adout more than a day

 

[Dogwood]

Yeah, maybe I have my opinion because I've never been in trouble with the law and never had a chance to have an encounter like this. Guess its a good thing I don't drink and drive!

 

[anrkizm95]

i guess his superiors have been in trouble with the law since they had a problem with his actions also.i dont think the drunk should have had his charges dropped just because this officer made a mistake.thats like saying two wrongs make a dwi ok.if he was drunk he should have gone to jail for it.

 

[anrkizm95]

did you read the article and look at both vids.i swore to abide not up hold and inforce.no one is perfect but know one should be above the law.it sounds like your in L/E.if you are i can understand your loyalty.but wrong is wrong.if law inforcement really wants the respect of society that they demand on a call if they want people to take them serious when they talk of the importance of following the law they lead by example and hold themselves to a higher standard.when i encounter an officer he has my respect from the start if im in the wrong i man up if i go to jail for speeding i deserve it.if some ass at the bar mouths off and i go to jail i deserve it i have no less respect for the officer and they seem to respect me more for taking responsibilty.they should do the same and not hide behind the badge and give other officers a bad name.

 

[WALLSXB]

In light of all this , does anyone ever wonder what happened inside jails before all the video cameras and "victims rights " groups came around ? I bet it was a hell of an environment.

 

[Dogwood]

Funny how there were two different crimes and one got off and one didn't. I'm not in law enforcement, I don't have family in law enforcement, or friends in law enforcement. I just know I only have encounters with officers when I do wrong. If that guy didn't break the law he would have been fine too. He didn't deserve what he got, but he still would have been bad off if he was convicted of the dwi.

 

[squidbuellie]

hey wallsxb i hope that was not directed towards me..

It seems the people that have problems and issues with law enforcement are the ones that are usually in trouble with the law ! Just saying.

i am just making a observation of all the things that have been coming up in the news in the last 2 years not to mention the things that you don't hear about

blove:

I work in law enforcement and we're not all dirty.

one bad apple spoils the bunch. all the would be "good ones" tarnish there image by covering for the bad ones. more then likely another supposed "good cop" didn't step forward and say "hey that guys hand cuffed don't slam his head ageist the wall". hey captain, officer john smith violated this mans civil rights no it was a camera and a complaint. now blue love look in yourself and if you where in that situation what would you have done. you don't have to lie to me but.. taking a shower doesn't make you clean. i believe that when you all go through the academy you have good intentions but hell is full of good intentions.

 

[blove]

now blue love look in yourself and if you where in that situation what would you have done. you don't have to lie to me but.. taking a shower doesn't make you clean. i believe that when you all go through the academy you have good intentions but hell is full of good intentions.

First of all.... I have been in that situation. I work receiving at the local county jail. We get everything from overnight prisoners that need to spend one night in jail to hardened criminals facing third strike and will kill you without a second thought. The ACTUAL truth is that while their may be a "bad apple" (as you put it) in law enforcement, that one tarnishes the image of those of that do the right thing. Not the other way around. Try this for example, treat a cop with respect and you will get respect in return for the most part. Until you run into that supposed "bad apple." Now go down to any other situation, your local bar for example, treat the bartender with respect, you will more than likely get respect in return, until you run into that supposed "bad apple." Law enforcement officers are human just like everyone else. We all make mistakes. Second of all, my username is BLOVE. Not blue love!

 

[Dogwood]

You don't trust the law? The law is an ordinance. It's a written document. It's something you are told to follow. How could you not trust a piece of paper that requires you to do something? It's not the law you don't trust. It's a person you don't trust. Officers aren't the law. They are supposed to enforce the law. Sometimes you may get a few that fail to do that, but like I said, they're human. Not every officer is like that. If you don't trust any officer, I assume you don't trust anyone. After all, they're just like anyone else. Everyone has had their bad day and have done something stupid. Everybody has taken their anger out on another person weather it was violent or not.

 

[Dogwood]

Thank you for risking your life for us blove. I agree. Notice how we don't know a single good thing that the officer in the video did? He could have risked his life to save a family from a deranged family member a few hours before this incident and he might have still been on the edge from it. He still acted wrong, but we know nothing about the situation or the good things he has done.

 

[anrkizm95]

One other thing.... how come all the public hears about concerning cops are when they do something wrong?

bad news has and always will sell more papers than good.

but we know nothing about the situation or the good things he has done.

im sure he has done a lot of good.alot of people sitting in prision may have done good deeds also but they made a mistake and had to pay for it.so this officer should also.unless you think they should be above the law and free to do what they want.