Cops

[the nail at the foul line]

So, this older man was hit by a car or truck on his bicycle. The police pulled up and the old guy was trying to get his stuff together and looking for his wallet when the cop decided to bash his head against the blacktop for not listening to him.

The older fellow had a brain bleed and spent the night in jail for being intoxicated. There are other videos on this. He was not intoxicated. He died of a stroke shortly afterward related to the policeman attacking him. The police did a bang up internal investigation on this and found no wrongdoing. The district attorney or county attorney or whatever in Texas followed up with his own investigation and the policeman was arrested. He is still awaiting trial. If you need someone for the jury, I'm available.

 

[berniecarbo]

I am generally speaking pro cop. I was a military policeman and at the time ((probably still is) a ticket to a job on any police force in the USA. There are good and bad people in police work, just like any other job. There was a personality difference in the military cops who wanted to be a cop as a civilian and those who did not. There was one guy who kept a chart in his locker, On one side was a list of all the ranks, on the other side was all the possible things he could write someone up on. His goal was to get check marks in every box. He was over the top in everything, but his superiors loved him because he had the most arrests, tickets and etc.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

 

[Rebelfreedomeagle]

There were exhaustive threads covering this issue when Breonna Taylor was killed in self defense while attacking police in her home in the middle of the night. Paddock conclusions were that it was absolutely necessary and all anyone ever has to do is comply. Are there a few bad apples scattered few and far between among our valiant police forces? Well, no, of course there’s not and we should never say such slanderous things.

 

[Col. Angus]

There’s shitty everything. There’s shitty bartenders. Shitty waiters. Shitty plumbers. Shitty cops. Nobody’s perfect.

Shitty cops shouldn’t be cops.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

There’s shitty everything. There’s shitty bartenders. Shitty waiters. Shitty plumbers. Shitty cops. Nobody’s perfect.

Shitty cops shouldn’t be cops.

Most of those are meaningless to me. I don't care.

Two policemen surrounding my vehicle with their hands on their weapons because I have a headlight out bothers me. I should not be under threat of death because my headlight is burned out.

 

[HymanKaplan]

I am generally speaking pro cop. I was a military policeman and at the time ((probably still is) a ticket to a job on any police force in the USA. There are good and bad people in police work, just like any other job. There was a personality difference in the military cops who wanted to be a cop as a civilian and those who did not. There was one guy who kept a chart in his locker, On one side was a list of all the ranks, on the other side was all the possible things he could write someone up on. His goal was to get check marks in every box. He was over the top in everything, but his superiors loved him because he had the most arrests, tickets and etc.

Word. There are good and bad people in any job, but considering the EVER PRESENT danger that police officers are in, they will always get a LOT more leeway with me, even if they made what later turned out to be the wrong decision. I haven't read anything on this case, so I won't offer an opinion on it, but AGAIN, law enforcement officers, at the street level/initial point of contact are going to get a LOT of rope, when it comes to me. (edited to clarify that in cases where it is CLEAR that they were in the wrong, they should be fired/prosecuted)

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Word. There are good and bad people in any job, but considering the EVER PRESENT danger that police officers are in, they will always get a LOT more leeway with me, even if they made what later turned out to be the wrong decision. I haven't read anything on this case, so I won't offer an opinion on it, but AGAIN, law enforcement officers, at the street level/initial point of contact are going to get a LOT of rope, when it comes to me.

The cop that bashes the man's head against the ground, I would give him 8 feet of rope from a 12 foot oak branch.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Like I said, I wasn't commenting on this particular story. I didn't even read it. I was making a generalized comment about law enforcement officers. I never meant to imply that, blanket statement, cops should be able operate with impugnity.

 

[davtay]

The cop that bashes the man's head against the ground, I would give him 8 feet of rope from a 12 foot oak branch.

Unless he is less than 4 feet tall, that won't do much.

 

[HymanKaplan]

davtay wins the internet today. LOL 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

 

[berniecarbo]

The cop that bashes the man's head against the ground, I would give him 8 feet of rope from a 12 foot oak branch.

I haven't even watched the video, but I know there are bad cops and good cops because I worked with both. I preferred security over law enforcement because most of the time you knew who the bad guys were. Getting and keeping good cops is a huge problem. You can only hire people from those who apply for the job and who wants the job? I was getting ready to go to Viet Nam and they came to our base asking for people to volunteer to go into law enforcement with a huge list of major cities to choose from. All we had to do was sign a contract and we would get an immediate honorable discharge and free airfare to the chosen city. Not one cop on the base accepted. People chose the chance of Viet Nam over being a cop. How are you going to get the best people to take the job? I honestly don't see a good answer.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

davtay wins the internet today. LOL 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

Tell me you don't know how to tie a noose without telling me you don't know how to tie a noose.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

I haven't even watched the video, but I know there are bad cops and good cops because I worked with both. I preferred security over law enforcement because most of the time you knew who the bad guys were. Getting and keeping good cops is a huge problem. You can only hire people from those who apply for the job and who wants the job? I was getting ready to go to Viet Nam and they came to our base asking for people to volunteer to go into law enforcement with a huge list of major cities to choose from. All we had to do was sign a contract and we would get an immediate honorable discharge and free airfare to the chosen city. Not one cop on the base accepted. People chose the chance of Viet Nam over being a cop. How are you going to get the best people to take the job? I honestly don't see a good answer.

Part of the problem is that there are just too damn many laws. And instead of dealing with the criminal elements we make everyday occurrences criminal.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Tell me you don't know how to tie a noose without telling me you don't know how to tie a noose.

Don't be a party pooper. It was a really funny line. This is humour, not an engineering class.