r/HadToHurt Nov 05 '17

Drunk fan slaps a cop

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u/Greatmambojambo Nov 05 '17

That still doesn’t justify his actions. If you sign up to be a cop, you definitely have to expect to be in a scenario like this and you should resolve it professionally. There’s absolutely no justification for that punch, the cop should actually face consequences for unnecessary and excessive use of violence. You should expect consequences, but not to be knocked out in retaliation by a cop if you drunkenly slap hin (if they did their job right she wouldn’t have been able to do so in the first place) while you’re already contained by 4 other cops. You should expect the cop to act like the grown up, like the moral authority they’re supposed to be, not to get into a brawl with a drunken woman and punch her in the face with full force because „I‘m a cop“

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u/savage_engineer Nov 05 '17

You are correct. People have simply given up on holding cops to a reasonable standard.

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u/Sabastomp Nov 05 '17

It's reasonable to think a Cop will defend himself from someone who hasn't been properly searched. Especially when attacked from behind.

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u/savage_engineer Nov 05 '17

Sure. This was certainly not the case here.

"I feared for my life, your honor." Boom, acquitted.