r/HadToHurt • u/1Voice1Life • Nov 05 '17

Drunk fan slaps a cop

https://i.imgur.com/JU4v0XV.gifv
21.0k Upvotes

88% Upvoted

4.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

101

u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17 edited May 02 '20

[deleted]

6

u/jroades26 Nov 05 '17

He shouldn't be charged. If he wasn't a cop what he did would be legal and self defense.

It's more about that the police should have higher standards (not legal standards) than citizens. He should be at best suspended and at worst dismissed from the force. We don't want different laws for cops and citizens. But we do want higher standards on the police force itself.

1

u/doctorfunkerton Nov 05 '17

Yeah I agree with that. Not sure if an assault/battery charge makes sense if she hits him first.

But it was clearly more of a retaliation than self defense situation.

1

u/jroades26 Nov 05 '17

Agreed, but if someone hits you in the face, you don't want precedent that you'll be charged if you hit them back.