Posted on 04/01/2008 8:47:48 PM PDT by Libloather
Flynt sees the arrest as appropriate without unnecessary force.
Around town, Flynt is known as something less than a butt swab. Time for him to find a new job.
yeah, slamming a 78 year onto the ground is always necessary for a young, healthy cop.
Proud of yourself officer?
Anyone got email addresses for Flynt, the Greensboro PD and/or mayor? This is a travesty.
You will increasingly read stories of police assaulting patriotic Americans, harassing unarmed middle class citizens, siding with alien trespassers in disputes with indigenous Americans, etc.
This will increase in large part because as the Left takes control of cities and counties, the police will basically be converted into their henchmen. It will occur in part because Political Correctness will make it impossible for the police to take action against any but the unprotected class —basically, the middle class. It will occur in part because leftist political leadership will redefine the job itself so that corrupt thugs and low-functioning narcissists are attracted and deemed more qualified than the traditional police officer.
Look at it this way: if Clinton had been able to serve 100 years as a governor of Arkansas, those state cops he used to bully around when it came time for the governor to go whoring would have morphed into his personal pimp brigade.
The officer simply won't understand such a question. They're neither trained nor bred to "understand" -- just follow. If anyone at the scene of slamming a 78-year-old man to the ground were to ask such a question, the "officer" would simply call for backup and "escalate" the "situation" -- a "situation" that wasn't his to begin with. And lose no sleep over the human cost or aftermath.
Cop should be demoted to a TSA position at the airport.
Plenty of old people too for barking and bossing around to feel like a big man.
"Yeah, Pop is 78. But age has nothing to do with it."
My ass, it has nothing to do with it!
The peace officer (ahem) who cuffed this "menace to society" should have to slowly digest his nightstick, one splinter at a time.
(Hey, that's a lot nicer than my actual thoughts.)
And don't get me started on:
Capt. Robert Flynt, (who) supervises all the special operations with Greensboro Police Department.
I nominate him to consume the byproduct of the aforementioned digestion.
Personally, I think that Obama and his goons got wind of someone being patriotic and that offended them to the point of getting an Obama-supporting officer to go rough up the old guy.
Too bad that what you say is true. There haven’t been very many worthy of the title officer is quite awhile.
NC ping, please.
I’LL bet Officer Flynt wouldn’t have done that to a black or hispanic
Might there be audio of this? That could make things interesting.
Poor old pop is now just realizing his country is no longer his. I realized that two years ago but went from this sad look to extreme anger to steely resolve om attempting to make it right. For the cops, good towns and bad but really bad in certain States. I moved out of NH, between the liberal marital masters and the cops harrassing my family I had enough and live in Maine. I like it here, cops and city manager types still have common sense. It is more expensive because of State income tax and I am resentful my home State is now a liberal *hit hole.
I agree. I'm not big on titles, but rather how people behave towards each other. Handcuffing a 78-year-old for protesting at a political rally earns one a place in hell...and I don't even believe in hell.
I bet if he had been a panhandler it wouldn't have happened like that either.
Who in the hell is giving these idiots badges?
What I found -
Captain R. E. Flynt joined the Greensboro Police Department in 1982, and currently serves the agency as the commander of the Special Operations Division - Metropolitan Operations Bureau. He has worked for the agency in a host of assignments traffic enforcement and special operations since 1990, serving all portions of the city. He has attended classes at Guilford Technical Community College, received his Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate and is a graduate of the Administrative Officer's Management Program at North Carolina State University.
Flynt, Robert Police Capt $78,187
http://greensboro.rhinotimes.com/1editorialbody.lasso?-token.folder=2007-05-31&-token.story=157185.112113&-token.subpub=
Email -
http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/departments/Police/ContactForms/contactflynt.htm
Travesty? Comeon they didnt go to Pop’s house and shoot his dog, did they?
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