r/HadToHurt Nov 05 '17

Drunk fan slaps a cop

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17

His punch was not a proportional response it was violence. That's why it site uneasy with me. A proportional response would be to restrain her hands. The guy is scum.

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

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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.

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u/travman064 Nov 05 '17

If that guy wasn’t a cop, he’d be arrested for punching out a girl while 3 of his friends restrained her.

There is absolutely no fucking way that this girl posed a threat to this cop, so self defence is out of the question. The punch was out of anger. It wasnt defence, it was a punishment.