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Cop in America doing a bad job, again
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there's 2 police officers what else would they know
So here is a conundrum for you as a lawyer. Let’s say you had the option of defending OR prosecuting the officer in the beach incident in a case of excessive force. It’s a case you absolutely have to win.
Which side of the fence do you think you would have the best chance of winning the case?
I didn't insult, I just offered a suggestion. If you took it as an insult, that sounds like a personal problem.
And you shouldn't tell me what to do, i've offered plenty of insightful discussion and opinion over the years and @Skizzo will be the first to tell you that.
Just because i'm a lawyer doesn't mean that I can't call things as I see them, even if they aren't 'professional'
I usually send my billings before I offer my legal opinion.
So what email shall I use to invoice?
So clearly didn’t read any of my actual posts then.
wow that is a conundrum
The officers posted a few pages back that forced their dog to attack a stationary target the dog didn't want to attack, who they then proceed to beat up have been charged. The police union had this to say:
I'm sure our resident officers will be here any minute to remind us the police definitely doesn't protect their psychopaths and that it's just an imagined narrative.
I'm sure our resident officers will be here any minute to remind us the police definitely doesn't protect their psychopaths and that it's just an imagined narrative.
Given how sensitive you are, I can see why you feel punching somebody on the ground is a perfectly acceptable preemptive strike.
Rather than repeatedly trying to sidestep the actual incident in question and insist that you're only talking in general terms to offer up (for some reason) hypothetical situations where you think punching people could be acceptable, why don't you offer an opinion on the specific case being discussed?
You keep accusing others of posting with agendas, but you're trying to shift discussion away from the incident in question in order to concentrate on hypothetical situations where you can defend the actions of police violence. That seems an awful lot like an agenda of your own.
Because there isn't actually any intelligent discussion going on is there? @Silva simply keeps posting random quotes and hyperlinks that no one reads and many of the others gather around like some obsessive cult demanding a pound of flesh. The moment some other perspective appears we get abuse, insults and the rest.
The whole thing is to do with excessive force so what I'm saying is very much relevant. This is the CE forum not the general.
Weak post. You're going down the same route as Silva and it's pretty boring.
oh man he didn't tag me the second time i must have really been naughty
i don't need your legal opinion. You answered the question anyway.
Must be real emasculating being an officer in the UK, TR going around without a gun worried that when he snaps and punches someone they punch him harder and embarrass him in front of his buddies.
I posted in response to the comments about how punching people shouldn't be allowed. @Eboue has responded to it now himself.
I have no agenda at all with the US police and have openly been critical of some of what I've seen in this thread. I simply find there is alot of ignorance and anti police bias here which makes it very difficult to engage in anything meaningful without getting shouted down, or insulted, due to the job you do.
The CE forum is supposed to encourage intelligent debate not have shite like this in it.
There's definitely anti-police bias here since the entire thread is set up to criticize the cops. So its obvious that any narratives that contradict that are going to be challenged.
Toodles.
There's unquestionably an anti-police bias, but can you not understand why that might be the case?
You work here in the UK which is very different to the climate in the US at the moment even if there are issues here. You must be able to appreciate why there is a feeling of distrust towards the police from the American public given the endless stream of incidents we see?
There is case after case of brutality and even killings and all too often the departments/cities in question defend the actions of their officers almost blindly. It's no wonder people feel the way they do.
The CE forum is meant to encourage debate, yes, but when the likes of Schatner consistently run around defending every fecked up scenario for the sake of being controversial it's difficult to avoid things spiralling.
When a video is shown of two big trained (armed) guys restraining a young girl and one of them punches her in the head twice it's mental to think there are people wanting to try and defend that, regardless of what went before it.
The point of contention mostly arises when it goes from specific incidents into a general blanket statement against all police. Incidents and actions should absolutely be highlighted and criticized. Then when people tag officers to come give their opinion, you have others jump in and start screaming bias. If you point that out, it’s because you’re sensitive. If you ignore it, it’s because you have nothing to say. It’s quite an amusing dynamic.
How can anyone defend the punches to the back of that girl's head? Two officers were restraining her and she was face down. No need for the punches. The sickening punches are what people are referring to when they talk about "excessive force" in this case. People are not arguing that some force was not justified.
The best way to look at these cases is literally on a case by case basis imo. Look at the specific factors that led to the altercation and whether it could've been deescalated, and if so, how could both parties have played a part in lowering the temperature to avoid what happened.
that's what's been happening since rodney king had the shit kicked out of him, it's way past that point now, there needs to be significant changes in the US judicial system that sees civil forfeiture end and thousands of abusive officers in prison
I agree. There’s no correct answer that covers all incidents one way or the other. There’s policies in place and case law, but there’s also no excuse for some of the behaviors posted in here. There are things to consider from both sides that need to be taken into account. Just as people like @vi1lain have a unique perspective to offer, officers can offer the other side. The difference is that if you say anything about the police that isn’t a scathing assessment of them, you’re considered to be blindly defending them. See @Silva and his comments above about “two cops so of course it’s escalating”
What are the actual numbers? Yes there’s a constant steam of videos posted in here, but I wouldn’t say that’s an accurate representation of all law enforcement. There’s rarely any news reports to the contrary, because it doesn’t sell as well. Are there issues? Absolutely, and I don’t think anyone would say otherwise. I don’t think the actual % of incidents to active law enforcement is as widespread as it seems. I do agree, however, that any number of incidents is too many, and yes, there’s work to be done.
Its definitely systemic if it keeps happening. But I only see cops as one facet of a broader problem related to a societal tension surrounding race, economics, and power.
Cops ultimately have broad judicial discretion to act according to the law, which allows them to take charge of situations in a variety of different ways that much of society may find anywhere from somewhat questionable to blatantly immoral. If that's the case, then the laws surrounding how much judicial discretion law enforcement has should be looked at, since they are the foundation of what allows cops the latitude to engage in many of these acts.
Given that the video is the only evidence thus far the answer is pretty much a no brainer - there is nothing in there to suggest that it‘s not excessive force. You could even argue that the video already presents all relevant circumstances, i.e. relevant state of affairs (person already on the ground (kind of), unarmed, not Mike Tyson and 2 v 1 numbers) before the incident and aim of the police (arrest).
So the actual numbers were?
Hidden.
the corrupt institutions that employ you refuse to share any information
And you thought your boss was bad.
You can find out for us, maybe ask around... I wonder how that would go?
An actual specific number would be near impossible, yes. There’s info that is available though. Still far from perfect, I agree.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/inve...6fda6b404c7_story.html?utm_term=.9188d9b8abe5
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...er-year-or-3-per-day-are-arrested-nationwide/
I could possibly find out for my department. As I said, we recently (within the last month) fired an officer from our office for excessive force.
The downside of multiple offices across the state means I miss the day to day of every occurrence in our department, although we should have something centralized since it’s for the State.
It’s CHP though man, we’re awesome
Side note, not sure if you saw my post to @vi1lain a couple of weeks ago in regards to addressing my trainee, but if there’s anything you’d like me to ask or address, let me know. Same for @Eboue @Silva or anyone else that’s interested.
Didn't see it. Repost
If the number of shootings of unarmed people is actually down then that's obviously a good thing but that's a narrow scope. There's lots of other abuses, such as the video discussed over the last few pages.
The problem in the US is wider than just the police, and there's systemic problems that contribute to what we see, mostly due to the fecked up gun laws and the way politicians bow down to the NRA and prevent even allowing government research into gun crime, but also the racial divide which is only being made worse by your moron President.
On a side note, and this is open to yourself, or anyone. I just finished FTO training, so will be taking out new officers who come to our office after graduating the academy, and training them to see if they make it off the field training phase. I plan on having a variety of discussions across topics since we’ll have time to kill in the car while hunting those ticket quotas
Agreed, and like they said, it is a limited number, so any minor discrepancies can skew things
I dont mean to be glib but its hard to think of how to respond to that. I think it's clear that a number of us here think police in this country are prone to using excessive force, targeting minorities, lying to protect their coworkers, etc. So I guess tell him not to do that.