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It's never "as simple as that." We do not know why the cop reacted the way he did; you are merely assuming it's because he's a deuschebag. If that were the case, there is way he works 20 years as a cop without a single complaint. You think in 20 years, no one's sworn at him before? Yet there is no record in two decades of any irrational response like we saw today.
I cannot imagine what it would be like to see my dad die as as authorities hung up on me, but i'm not pretending to; likewise, I am not saying that at 17, I would have acted better than the girl did. I maintain, instead, any response to the cop's actions be a measured one, rather than a knee-jerk, reactionary one done with no investigation or consideration of all the information.
We aren't supposed to sentence criminal defendants on a whim; we look at the circumstances of the crime and the background of the offender and select the applicable punishment. I have never said the cop shouldn't be punished, I have instead said he shouldn't lose his job if he takes responsibility.
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