Posted on 04/23/2011 3:02:32 PM PDT by DariusBane
Is this just another "isolated incident?"
I can't wait to see the usual suspects here defend the cops. "cops have such a hard job, you just don't understand", or "Why didn't the perp just follow orders", or "If he wasn't such a dirt bag he wouldn't be on the ground", or "Ferrel humans deserve the beat downs they get, extra judicial punishment". Just wondering which ones will come.
My favorite: "So Darius, what are you in for?"
No.
Union members beating taxpayers is not isolated.
That thugcop needs to go to jail. For a looooong time.
The way I figure it, if you’re going to get arrested for “battery on a police officer” and get a beat down, then you might as well go for broke - make sure the cop has to go to the hospital too.
So TQC, what’re you in for?
“Beating the stuffing out of a cop who tried to assault me on my own property. And you?”
This is a case where the officers should be sued and the demand is not for money but for their badges and a permanent order that they never serve in any law enforcement position, even mall patrol, again.
That will get you shot.
Nah, probably just tasered.
I believe they should be charged with simple assault. They should not enjoy special protection. They go to jail and do the time like everybody else.
But mainly, I would like to see the way Police Officers are trained, empowered, funded and protected changed. They should lose their special protected status.
They should also not be protected from civil suits. Right now, the City will foot the bill if they lose a civil case. I would rather see the money come out of the officer retirement fund, and his kids college fund.
And quick.
Just one more instance that proves COPS are not necessarily the good guys.
Years ago I though Civil Review Boards were wrong, they were professionals, etc, etc.
Years later my opinion changed. Like ALL governmental employees and politicians they NEED civilian oversight.
I hope Crooks sues the AG office, the Police Union, this bunch of crooked cops and the jurisdiction for every last cent he can get.
They are bastards.
I think the most telling part of all the incidents like these, the ones that end up on video tape is that nearly all of them the charges brought by the officer against the people they assault are dropped by the DA’s like hot potatoes...
This is no longer about the fallacy of the “isolated incident” or the “bad apple” argument.
We’ve been blaming the “one bad apple” for decades now and the official bad apple count has far exceeded the acceptable bad apple to bushel basket ratio long years ago.
The argument no longer holds water when you begin to look at the sheer number and the magnitude of news stories in print and TV media today of misconduct and crimes committed by our police on a daily basis.
And these are just the incidents that are reported in the media. Incidents from departments that are large enough to warrant media scrutiny. Not every department issues a press release each time an officer is suspended or fired. An internal investigation is initiated or a complaint of criminal behavior is received.
He was extremely fortunate that he was not killed. The West Point guy wasn’t so lucky.
“The way I figure it, if you’re going to get arrested for “battery on a police officer” and get a beat down, then you might as well go for broke - make sure the cop has to go to the hospital too.”
It might be better to bide your time and take care of this unfinished business later.
Oh, please. Give the ridiculous baiting a rest.
I wish some of the Law Enforcement guys that post here would show up. They love to argue that no systemic problem exists. Just a few bad apples.
But this kind of thing is as common as dirt in the good old USA. You know, “This land of Liberty, to thee I sing”, and all that rot gut Bull Shiite.
Just another cop with a very heavy government badge, who had nothing to do but show the victim who’s boss. The victim who was not committing any crime.
No word if the if the USA for the District of Nevada has opened up a criminal civil rights investigation, but if this transcript is accurate, they should.
“Oh, please. Give the ridiculous baiting a rest.”
Really, do you think that Mr. Crookes was “baiting” the officer? Really?
I think the USA needs real and significant change. It needs it now. You think I’m just baiting.
My goal is to change how people think and vote about Law Enforcement.
Why did he lie about living there? Not that it makes the cop right or anything, but...
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