r/HadToHurt Nov 05 '17

Drunk fan slaps a cop

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u/catholic13 Nov 05 '17

I hate comments like this. You can't say the guy is scum off of a 10 second video. Did he make a scummy move, sure. But one bad move doesn't make a person scum.

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u/nucleophilicfella Nov 05 '17

Anyone who punches a restrained person (who is both too drunk to hit hard and probably 200 pounds lighter) in retailation is scum.

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u/mxzf Nov 05 '17

Or they lost their temper after having a bad day and at the end of a long shift. Anyone can snap and do something stupid in a bad moment, a 10-second video says nothing about their fundamental character. This could be an every-day thing to them, making them a bad person, or it could be literally the worst thing they've ever done, making them a pretty good person having a bad day. It's impossible to state it as an absolute from just watching this video.

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u/meatboitantan Nov 05 '17

COPS DON’T GET TO LOSE THEIR TEMPER

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u/mxzf Nov 05 '17

It's still a bad thing and he should still be punished for it. My only point is that a single act of bad behavior doesn't make someone innately 'scum'. It's possible to do a bad thing without being a bad person.