I don’t know why people are celebrating this. A cop‘s job isn’t to retaliate against people. They’re supposed to contain people and enforce the rules, not to punch people in revenge. American cops are trained to use violence in any scenario no matter how big the actual threat is and I don’t think that’s good.
Edit: Many people arguing that if you slap a cop, you should definitely expect police brutality. Definitely not. You should expect consequences, not to be knocked the fuck out. You should expect the cop to handle this situation professionally, not to get into a brawl with a drunken woman. You should expect the cop to be the moral authority he‘s supposed to be, not to get on the level of a drunken person. You should expect the cop to make reasonable use of force to achieve his goal, not to deal out full force blows to the face in revenge for a slap. You should expect the cop to de-escalate the situation, not to turn up the violence. It’s worrisome how many people seem to just accept excessive and unreasonable use of violence, as long it’s a cop doing it.
Cops take an oath and accept a paycheck to act in the interest of the public and act with discretion in the use of force. This was over the line and her slapping him a little doesn't justify this at all.
Close. They only Act for those with property and wealth. They protect it from the poor. This girl clearly didn't advertise her wealth enough or is too poor to behave that way.
You think that they are infallible machines that must react the same in all situations. You're the same person that forgives one human for assaulting another but is outraged when the other human reacts to the assault.
The answer of course is for you and all the other human machines to sign up for the job. You won't. You'll say you can't do it because of blah blah. But you'll keep on criticizing.
Must be nice up there on your high horse. Come down and visit the rest of us imperfect humans someday. But don't attack us, please.
If you can't handle the pressures of the job, don't become a cop. I'm a tax paying citizen so, get this, I'm allowed to criticize the actions of police officers and advocate for justice when they overstep their duties without having to "walk a mile in their shoes". And guess what, no I won't become a cop because I fully admit that I don't have the judgement, patience or calling to do so. That doesn't make my critique wrong or your defense right.
Lol, expecting a police officer to do his job decently is getting on ones high horse?
Pretty sure here a police officer responding to such a mundane situation (dealing with drunks is police 101) in such a manner would get some sort of probation
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u/toeofcamell Nov 05 '17
Dude with the Bud Light was like, oooh snap, don't smack cops, got it