r/HadToHurt Nov 05 '17

Drunk fan slaps a cop

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u/Greatmambojambo Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17

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.

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u/we_are_monsters Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17

I’m not sure people are celebrating it so much as they are saying “well what the fuck did you expect when you hit a cop?”

Edit: By saying it should be expected, I’m not defending his actions as reasonable or holding them up as good policing practice. I think American police culture is too quick to resort to violence and is horrible at de-escalating situations. But, that all goes into why I said it should be expected. I’m not saying it should be accepted or condoned, only that I fully expect an American cop to hit you back if you hit them.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 23 '20

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u/Panoolied Nov 05 '17

Why would you expect a punch in the head? Especially if it's a woman..

Women don't get special privileges

you should expect a fine or jail time.. but here he just took revenge.. is that ok? Clearly not in control of the situation.. rubbish police work..

Why is it revenge? Why isn't it ok for him to subdue a resisting and apparently violent drunk?

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u/ozymandias9689 Nov 05 '17

I believe police officers are supposed to know how to subdue a tiny skinny person without smashing them in the face. If not, go work somewhere else because I have no training whatsoever and know that I can subdue someone without punching them out.

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u/Panoolied Nov 05 '17

A tiny skinny drunk person thrashing and resisting whilst also hiting them. She's fully entitled to a bop in the noggin.

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u/ozymandias9689 Nov 05 '17

Ooh not thrashing, damn now you put it that way they should have called in a drone strike on her! A massive danger to everyones lives, thrashing around!

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u/Panoolied Nov 05 '17

If you believe the internet it's surprising she wasn't handcuffed and shot, so it's a nice change to see a copper just punching someone

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u/ozymandias9689 Nov 05 '17

What do you mean believe the Internet? Are you insinuating that the numerous cases where cops do in fact shoot people dead are fabricated by the Internet?

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u/Panoolied Nov 05 '17

Not every shooting is murder, most are justified in the circumstances. BLM would have you believe police where doling out executions for driving whilst black

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u/ozymandias9689 Nov 05 '17

If you had any credibility you would have just lost it. It's clear what side you're on. Go lick some boots.

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u/Panoolied Nov 05 '17

Lost what my man?

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u/ozymandias9689 Nov 05 '17

Credibility, your reading comprehension might be as stunted as your comprehension of the real world and humanity but read twice for clarity and it'll be alright.

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u/KETCHUM_2016 Nov 05 '17

Women don't get special privileges

Lmao what world do you live in?

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u/sword4raven Nov 05 '17

Tbh, both men and women should have special privileges, just not the privilege to be judged as if they were a child when they do wrong. At least not in a world of equality.

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u/Panoolied Nov 05 '17

I know I know, but they shouldn't

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17

$10 says she never slaps another cop

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u/Panoolied Nov 05 '17

It's not the best way, a truncheon would have protected his hand but you use what you have.