This is the real answer. The cop was not under any duress or wasn't defending himself from an attacker nor fearing for his life in any way. There were like 4 cops carrying this girl. He was well protected and completely outnumbered her. She drunkingly open hand smacks him and he retaliates with a close fist right to the face... Uhhh. Yeah that's fucked up. He isn't drunk so he has no excuse as to his disproportional retaliation. I would say the same thing if the drunk person was a dude. A drunk dude wildly swinging should be detained, not propped up on shoulders so his hands are free to keep swinging. These cops are idiots for how they didn't detain the girl and when she goes for a swing, they retaliate like animals.
Not saying what the cop did was right but I think you have to understand his situation. Dealing with people like this is extremely frustrating and having to get 4 cops to carry her out meant that this was probably going on for a long time before this. The cops were also probably getting taunted by other drunk fans in the crowd the entire time. I'm not saying what he did was right and j still think he should be punished, but I think you're an idiot if you don't think a majority of people would have reacted this way.
I've been in combat, so I understand what keeping a level head under immense stress means. This cop is an undisciplined child. Detaining a drunk girl ranks pretty low on my stress-o-meter.
I understand that getting brassed up requires keeping a level head but the nature of the threats police and the military are subjected to are very different things.
If it’s truly no stress restraining a drunk chick (ideally without hurting her, aka not what this copper did) in a stadium then you should consider joining up!
I was a PL. I trained and operated within a platoon (squad and team) while in combat. I also served at BN and BDE level staff positions after my combat deployments.
Nah, it would be a massive pay cut to what I'm already doing and I've already served. Now it's time that I serve my own family and be a fly on the wall. I think everyone should serve their community in some sort of capacity for a brief stint (military, police, firefighters, local daycare, school teachers, garbagemen, postman, etc). If we all did, then we would all have respect for those positions and it would be a rite of passage for us and strengthen our communities at large. Consider my rite of passage already fulfilled.
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u/irishbosworth Nov 05 '17
Did she deserve it? Maybe she deserves an additional charge or something, but let's be honest, that cop reacted out of anger, not of any moral stance.