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Originally Posted by OptionZero
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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The thing is, between the video and the statement given by the police chief,
we're only told of the positive conduct the officer received in the past 20 yrs.
That info is inconclusive at best with regards to evaluating the said officer's overall conduct, because it doesn't include any at all bad.
Seems biased, that no negatives were mentioned at all.
Also, the fact the officer didn't get in trouble prior means little, given the current circumstances.
If the PD is only willing to give a slap on the wrist for the existing incident, it's difficult to have any faith at all in their sense of judgment and disciplinary measures.
The cop could have been doing the same thing all along.
Without the media coverage of this incident and/or an intent to sue, its not inconceivable that all prior victims would have been simply ignored by the PD.