catspajamas's Blog

The video is from a distance which makes it hard to see. This was not the same view I saw on the news. The view I saw on the news was much closer and you could clearly see the officer punch the guy in the head.

Granted the police to deal with a lot of BS. However this is no excuse for abusive behavior on the part of ANY officer. Officers who behave this way seem to believe they are above the law and the courts allow them to behave this way by not treating them like criminals when they conduct themselves in a criminal manner.

Had an *ordinary citizen been caught on tape punching another person in the head they would have more than likely faced felony battery charges, large fines, classes and even jail. An officer of the law does this and it goes ignored.

Are you aware that there is a much higher rate of spousal abuse and alcoholism in law enforcement officers than in the general population.? These officers use abusive behavior on duty and off and are seldom punished.

CatsPJs, do you have any idea why that may be true about cops and abuse and alcoholism? Do you think it is because most cops are just bad people? Or could it be because cops take SO much BS all day long everyday from the people they serve, the people they arrest, and the people they work for that something has to give?

As an example, lets say a perp walks up and punches a cop right in the nose breaking it and then runs away. The cop catches the perp a few second later and the perp says, "okay, I give up". You would probably expect the cop to just hand-cuff the perp and haul him to jail.

Well, this is reality, and that is not how things work in the real world. You can't just switch adrenalin on and off like a light. If you have ever been involved in a fight or a life or death situation you will understand this. It goes against human nature and the way we were designed. If you have never been in a REAL fight, then you will have no point of refrence or understanding.

Don't get me wrong, I am not justifing police brutality. I am only offering a possible reason why cops may, in the heat of passion (as they like to say in court) hit shove, punch, or thump a dirt-bag that they have just finishd chasing and are pumped full of adrenalin.

Civilians "get off" on charges all of the time with the heat of passion defense.

I dunno, I watched this as well, If that boy had not started walking away, they would have had no reason to get on him like that, he started this himself.

Okay, let's through a "what if" in here just for the hack of it:

CatsPJs, What if the stolen car he fled in was yours that he took after raping you or your daughter (or son) and leaving you or them for dead someplace? Would it be ok to thump him then?

And what if he ripped her fingernails out with super glue and duct tape, while eating a donut? Huh, Kitty! HUH???

I'd beat my wife too, if I had a job like that. Just reading this makes me angry! She's gonna pay!

north, they were chasing this guy because he was in a stolen vehicle.

The cops take stolen vehicles very seriously. Someone stole a car and switched the plate with my husbands. A cop stopped behind him ran the plate (just for the fun of it). Can you say "felony stop"? Guns drawn...back up called for...face down in the middle of 436. They said sorry, and that was enough. The cop said car thieves usually make a run for it.