I don’t know why people are celebrating this. A cop‘s job isn’t to retaliate against people. They’re supposed to contain people and enforce the rules, not to punch people in revenge. American cops are trained to use violence in any scenario no matter how big the actual threat is and I don’t think that’s good.
Edit: Many people arguing that if you slap a cop, you should definitely expect police brutality. Definitely not. You should expect consequences, not to be knocked the fuck out. You should expect the cop to handle this situation professionally, not to get into a brawl with a drunken woman. You should expect the cop to be the moral authority he‘s supposed to be, not to get on the level of a drunken person. You should expect the cop to make reasonable use of force to achieve his goal, not to deal out full force blows to the face in revenge for a slap. You should expect the cop to de-escalate the situation, not to turn up the violence. It’s worrisome how many people seem to just accept excessive and unreasonable use of violence, as long it’s a cop doing it.
I’m not sure people are celebrating it so much as they are saying “well what the fuck did you expect when you hit a cop?”
Edit: By saying it should be expected, I’m not defending his actions as reasonable or holding them up as good policing practice. I think American police culture is too quick to resort to violence and is horrible at de-escalating situations. But, that all goes into why I said it should be expected. I’m not saying it should be accepted or condoned, only that I fully expect an American cop to hit you back if you hit them.
She obviously wasn't complying so they had to carry her... then she hits a cop who was nice enough to carry her out instead of forcefully restraining her on the stairs. So no... fuck this drunk ass
She needs to stop attacking officers trying to do their job. There’s nothing hypothetical about it. She needed to be restrained multiple ways by multiple cops because she CHOSE to act disorderly. She still wasn’t restrained enough and punching her in the face fixed that pretty instantly.
She had plenty of options to not get punched in the face, and she threw everyone out the window.
She could have been orderly and not deserved to get removed from a stadium.
She could have complied when they tried to remove her.
She could have not smacked one of the guys carrying her out.
She wasn’t in the right state of mind to make any of those decisions correctly. The officer is stone cold sober and is in no way threatened. He is paid to make the right choices, not only that but he has taken a position to serve and protect. The only serving he did was a hook to the face of a non threat and to protect his dignity. I would absolutely excuse this behavior if he were alone. He had multiple officers in assistance. This was purely based on retaliation.
She wasn’t in the right state of mind to make any of those decisions correctly
Do you think that absolves her somehow? If I get drunk and go mess with little kids at the park do I get a pass since I couldn’t make the decision correctly to not push over some kids? She chose to put herself in that state, she’s an adult and is responsible for her choices.
The officer is stone cold sober and is in no way threatened
That’s true, until he gets slapped in the face by the person he’s removing from the stadium. It’s no longer a threat though because he was actually physically harmed.
He is paid to make the right choices, not only that but he has taken a position to serve and protect. The only serving he did was a hook to the face of a non threat and to protect his dignity.
Actually he is paid to serve and protect the law abiding fans who aren’t being belligerent, drunk assholes. She is breaking the laws and order he is paid to protect. He’s doing his job by removing her so everyone else who haven’t made bad decisions don’t have to deal with her.
I would absolutely excuse this behavior if he were alone. He had multiple officers in assistance.
The whole point of backup is to prevent her boyfriend and his 6 friends from escalating shit with the officer. In an empty stadium, that cop vs that girl is no problem. In a full stadium, 4 officers prevent anyone else from trying to escalate the situation.
This was purely based on retaliation
Yes, retaliation for her assualting a police officer trying to do his job. He thought she was restrained, she wasn’t and hit him, so he further restrained her immediately. Done.
You think you’re right and refuse to even consider that you’re not. You will always feel wronged and slighted in life because you can’t bother to consider a different opinion.
I envy your ability to not think critically and hope someone else teaches your kids.
No that’s not it at all. I’m just not into reading your rebuttal in the form of many small paragraphs. Frankly it comes down to a value of time. We all have points of view and I believe that is what makes us successful as a whole. Just not interested in reading a novel to understand yours.
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u/toeofcamell Nov 05 '17
Dude with the Bud Light was like, oooh snap, don't smack cops, got it