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.
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.
I would expect the cop to have some restraint. Seems like we have given up on expecting American cops to be calm and level headed and assess the situation. She is just a drink girl, nothing more
He didn't use excessive force. It took 3-4 cops to restrain this woman and she broke free and assaulted him. He used force. He didn't pull her down to the ground and beat the shit out of her.
If you believe that gorilla cop is "hurt" by an itsy bitty slap from a drunk 90 pounds GIRL that is barely standing up, then you are very naive and must think that cop is as fragile as a little delicate flower or a baby.
Not really. One man could have done it, but that would basically have involved them knocking her out, and carrying her. It's pretty hard to carry someone that doesn't want to be carried, especially when amount of force is limited.
I mean yeah sure, but slaps also are kind of really fucking annoying. They don't hurt, but they startle the absolute shit out of you.
It was a reflex, not really an intentional "I'm gonna blast this bitch in the face" kind of thing. Cop shouldn't have done it, but he also didn't intentionally do it.
Yeah sure, but have you ever been cracked in the face like that? It sets your anger meter to like 100 really fast.
He really shouldn't have retaliated, but he didn't do it as badly as people seem to think he did. It was an off cuff light punch, she barely will get a bruise out of the deal.
I hope he gets fired too. I'm not really a big supporter of the guy, just saying I understand how it happened.
Im all against the whole white knight thing and I think you shouldn't really make a difference. But punching someone being restrained and obviously not even half as strong? Pussy.
You obviously have not been reading some of these comment because they make a lot of sense. I will simply repeat some wise word mentioned above
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.
This tiny woman landed a tiny slap on this mountain of a cop. Cops who I might add were carrying her improperly. She should have been properly restrained before being carried and should have been face down carried by her ankles and arms, not paraded on their shoulders with her drunk hands free to cause trouble. It was improper execution of procedure and excessive use of force. Plain and simple.
The point is, you can't go around hitting people, cop, firefighter, librarian, janitor, w/e, and expect the abused to take your feelings into consideration before they react just because you're a woman.
It doesn't change my point. Improper execution of procedure and excessive use of force. It's like you, again, did not read the comment I quoted or the rest of what I said.
I went in this thread from "Lol, she deserved that" to "The cop probably shouldn't have done that"
But I don't think conscious thought went into it on the cops behalf like people are suggesting. I think he was struck in the face and reacted to stop the threat. What sucks for them is it's a lose lose with cameras everywhere. Had they cuffed her arms and legs and dragged her out like your saying, people STILL would be accusing them of brutality for using all that force for one tiny woman
The asshole here is the woman for getting so drunk in a public place cops had to forcefully remove her. And then throwing a temper tantrum like a toddler instead of complying.
I got an underage drinking ticket once years ago when I was completely smoked at a concert..I didn't hold my ground and say I'm not leaving, and then beg, and then flail wildly while they drag me out. I put my hands behind my back and walked out. Show me videos of people being polite and compliant being brutalized and I'll start worrying about police brutality more
Restraint is one thing, his hands are gripping her leg in an attempt to subdue her. He can't very well allow her to keep slapping him or worse, can he? Fair play to him for protecting himself
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u/toeofcamell Nov 05 '17
Dude with the Bud Light was like, oooh snap, don't smack cops, got it