Video: Time for another 800-comment police brutality thread
posted at 8:17 pm on May 13, 2009 by Allahpundit
Via HuffPo, an unusual entry in our long series of cops behaving badly: There’s no doubt that this is, in fact, brutality, but there is some doubt that any serious harm was done. Also, what’s the deal with the press making a big deal about the high-five? It’s not clear if the second cop even saw the kick to the suspect’s face. Looks to me like they’re celebrating having apprehended him, not booting him in the skull.
Still, a nasty blow, and one for which he’ll surely reprimanded. Prediction: Desk duty for three months.
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For some thread drift on those long car chases. The FAA grounds the media skanks and the police choppers get snipers. End of problem.
Feedie on May 13, 2009 at 11:07 PM
What a professional…trained no less.
Other cops end up with added stigma.
Us taxpayers foot the bill for the lawsuit.
The police force disproportionately attracts powermongers? Say it isn’t so.
deesine on May 13, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Actually had the Guardia shoot up a bar in Barcelona just minutes after I had left it. They were pretty indiscriminate with their aim too, glad I left when I did.
Oldnuke on May 13, 2009 at 11:15 PM
It’s amazing how pro-cop the comments are here when the person getting the beat-down is a male.
TMK on May 13, 2009 at 11:16 PM
I wish cops could do this more often to thugs like this. It just kills me when these guys run through several streets running, smash 4 or 5 cars, and then give up and get like 2-years probation.
The only thing I hate about this is that when a cop does this, the criminals end up getting away with the crime and even make money off of lawsuit.
bombos on May 13, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Umm…I am a cop and I think those actions by the officers is despicable. When cops act like that, I can understand why people mistrust the police. I understand the adrenalin when you catch up to a guy but you have to control it or find a new line of work. The guy was giving up too, Sheesh…
CG - Colorado on May 13, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Are they hiring………..?
(this should add to the comment thread)
*~@:){>
Seven Percent Solution on May 13, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Is it an illegal?
ToddonCapeCod on May 13, 2009 at 11:29 PM
My Father was a LAPD for years. He told me one night, never lie to a cop but never ever trust them. Even though Fox News said it wasn’t his face, it still wasn’t right. But it happened. With camera crews one would think they wouldn’t have done it in public view.
sheebe on May 13, 2009 at 11:30 PM
I used to come to this website because I thought it was for conservatives. However, after seeing all of these disgusting posts that care nothing for the law and the constitution, I feel out of place.
Cops are not there to dole out punishment! No matter how much you want a cop to beat someone up, once they become executioner we are a long ways from freedom. We can’t cheer something obviously wrong because of our emotions. And if you can’t see what is wrong in that video God help you.
sirmyth on May 13, 2009 at 11:32 PM
I’m sorry I was unaware he killed young Mario Andretti the 7th there….
watch this youtube and get back to me on why we need God’s help….hate to break it to you but that fella in DC ain’t Mr. Smith and the Kulturkampf is about to get a lot harder on both sides I fear.
sven10077 on May 13, 2009 at 11:35 PM
he has plans for our kids just as soon as ACORN plants enough nuts…
sven10077 on May 13, 2009 at 11:37 PM
No, they’re not, but it’s a vicarious enjoyment of people with bars on the windows of their homes. The ’70s had Clint Eastwood.
Commie-leftist-pervs turned the justice system into a legal system where the best shyster wins.
Feedie on May 13, 2009 at 11:43 PM
What’s with the pantaloons?
James on May 13, 2009 at 11:43 PM
You have seen nothing until you have seen the cops in Germany and Italy take someone down.
Johan Klaus on May 13, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Thank you for being out there. Stay safe.
Feedie on May 13, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Unreal, Fox about a hour ago said that he was kicked in the shoulder. Now they say he was kicked in the head. Would be nice if one News Station got their information right!
sheebe on May 13, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Wow – so many Fascists on here that actually approve of this brutality. Just wait till the jackboots turn on one of your family members. Makes me ashamed to associate with you fake “Repugs” who favor Statism just like Obama.
Cops have turned into common criminals, thugs and murderers, and so many of you support that. It’s not only wrong, but it reflects poorly on and ENDANGERS the few good cops that are left. Here in Texas, at least half the cops are corrupt scumbags and have been for years.
DreadWolf on May 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM
I saw this as well. Glad I don’t have any small kids. I would home school them and kick tail if anyone made my child do volunteer work for a Marxist! That is slavery nothing else. Slavery is wrong.
sheebe on May 14, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Which part of Texas do you live in. I have seen some bad ones here, but the majority I have met have been very professional.
Johan Klaus on May 14, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Huffpo? Yeah, like I’m going to visit those loons.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 12:23 AM
F*ck all you anti-cop pansies. That maggot deserved 10 times the beating he got. How fast was he going down the opposite traffic lane? Looked like 80 or more. He just missed one car in the video, and then nailed another.
It’s a damn shame they didn’t shoot him. Brutality, my ass.
Jaibones on May 14, 2009 at 12:29 AM
Go to hell you liberal sack of dog shit.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 12:29 AM
F**King moron. Tell that to the guy who victimizes you because he knows the cops will handle him with kid gloves.
The only thing criminals understand is brutality.
God protect us from idiotic shitheads like you.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Yeah, that corrupt cop just up and kicking a poor innocent guy like that. He must just be a crazy sadist. It’s not like the guy did anything dangerous.
You idiot.
Jaibones on May 14, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Ah, brevity.
It’s hard to kick a guy when he stops immediately and shows some manners.
Feedie on May 14, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Sweet kick!
jaime on May 14, 2009 at 12:40 AM
More ignorant remarks from the ill informed.
Cops are trained to stay in control of the situation. If the perp escalates, the officer has to escalate further to maintain control. The criminals start it and the cop finishes it.
The guy is a common thug, not a law abiding citizen and I’ll be damned if I sit here and let you bleeding hearts turn this country over to people who thrive on criminal behavior because people like you want to take the “moral” high ground.
Where is your moral outrage at the criminal for all the property damage he caused? Many time the victims are left to their own to collect compensation from these turds. And even if they do get compensated from their insurance company, their history reflects a claim that works against them.
God you types make me sick.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 12:41 AM
Yes,God protect you from someone like me who believes EVEN police should follow the law. I’m sure you would like to kick me in the head because I think following the rules is a good idea. You are basically a sociopath who gets off on violence and you don’t care at all about pesky things like justice, right and wrong, and the rule of law.
Look at the hate-filled post above yours calling someone a liberal because they believe the government is corrupt. Oh the irony
sirmyth on May 14, 2009 at 12:42 AM
Very well said. Do people here really not understand how the justice system is supposed to work? Punishment is determined in the courts *after* the defendant is afforded due process. Police do the arresting *before* the defendant has his day in court. They do not and should not punish.
Do you really support a system that gives out punishment without a trial? Really? Yes, there is no doubt that this person committed a crime in this case. But is due process really a principle you want to disregard? Do you not know the history of government and police abuses that motivated that principle playing a major part in the constitution?
I assumed these would be things (freedom, protection from government, etc.) that everyone here would agree on.
tneloms on May 14, 2009 at 12:44 AM
They are not “the government.” They are people — part of our communities.
Feedie on May 14, 2009 at 12:46 AM
LMAO, jc. Instead of berating you other stupid MFing sissies about your 1960s hippie days police brutality flashbacks, let’s all enjoy a good laugh, courtesy of Rock, and at the expense of that stupid car thieving POS with the broken teeth.
Jaibones on May 14, 2009 at 12:47 AM
You moron. I don’t need to be protected from the police because I am a LAW ABIDING citizen. Your liberal mindset is abundantly clear……Stupid turds like you have a deep seated desire to break the law and not have to face a beat down over it. If you did what that shitball did, you’d deserve a beat down too.
Me kicking you in the head would change your ignorant mind. No, your education would start when a shitball like the one you’re defending kicks you in the head and takes your car. Then you’d understand what the people whose cars he damaged feel like.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 12:51 AM
I love and respect the LEO’s, but they’ve got to be above this kind of behavior. I’m sure it’s tough to be even keeled in a situation like that, but it’s his job.
Do it right or GTFO.
I can respect being less than gentle when securing a suspect like this, but you can’t go and kick a guy in the head.
SouthernDem on May 14, 2009 at 12:51 AM
The outrage will begin when this perp walks because a hothead like you kicked him instead of calmly reading him his rights. Yes, I know you don’t think he has rights.
I believe this criminal should pay for every law he has broken in accordance to our laws. Just like this cop should pay for breaking those same laws by assaulting a private citizen. This is called being fair.
sirmyth on May 14, 2009 at 12:51 AM
Bingo.
SouthernDem on May 14, 2009 at 12:53 AM
What I understand is the mentality you are exhibiting is why crime is viewed as a civil right and the people who protect us from those crimes are vilified for kicking a human piece of garbage.
Do the world a favor…..stay in your grandma’s basement.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 12:54 AM
*Wait* that guy didn’t look black or Spanish???
As an ex-cop I say, simply, F him. Don’t run from the cops, don’t put others lives in jeopardy and STOP BREAKING THE LAW, A-HOLE!!!
Claypigeon on May 14, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Yes, by Jove! Surely this young man is the victim of a brutal and sadistic psychopath, masquerading as a defender of the community. Blah, blah, blah.
How many kids shot by gangsters, and run over by drunks and stoners and beaten by coked out boyfriends do you suppose this cop has had to pick up out of the sewer? Think maybe his concern for the protection of dangerous, insane criminals while in police custody transcends your college-class liberalism, just a little bit?
Sod off, Swampy.
Jaibones on May 14, 2009 at 12:56 AM
Strawman. He wont walk over this. The two incidents are unrelated. The human piece of shit will be charged and the officer will be persecuted by the likes of you.
Beautiful.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 12:56 AM
Really?
Tell that to Joseph Erin Hamley. Well, you can’t because a cop killed him. I guess you can tell it to his family.
sirmyth on May 14, 2009 at 12:57 AM
Yes they can, and should,…as long as the bleeding hearts aren’t watching so they can crucify the officer.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 12:58 AM
It was an accident and he wasn’t found guilty.
I understand police procedures and I don’t put myself in a situation where the cops think I am “reaching” for a gun. I am respectful of the impossible job they are expected to do and I act accordingly. It’s all about control. I am willing to give up a few minutes of total control of my life as a sign of respect to officers of the law who, as a vast majority, decent folks putting their lives on the line for my community. Really, it’s no big deal to let them have the control. Maybe if you’d try showing some respect to them you’d be less inclined to look for a way to demonize them.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 1:07 AM
I have never broken the law, but have been seriously harassed by the police twice simply because I am odd. On three separate occasions, I’ve also witnessed police officers hit someone without any just cause. Police officers are subject to the same faults and errors as all of us. Combine that with their powers, and when police officers behave poorly they can produce very cruel and unjust results. Fortunately, that’s relatively rare. But as the police need to be vigilante against criminality, the public must be vigilante against police brutality and corruption.
Loxodonta on May 14, 2009 at 1:11 AM
Unfreakingbelieveable. Criminals don’t pay. Not enough to change their behavior. They get locked up with their own kind for a short time. Three meals a day, shelter, cable TV, and a gym. Fine them to infinity and they don’t pay.
The system is good at punishing people with a stake in its survival. Not so, the cavemen who live by force. Law enforcement deals with these, with precious little support. Bad incidents are magnified by leftists x1000.
Liberalism is a mental disorder. Facts are irrelevant.
Liberalism — the religion of felons and politicians. Oops, repetitive.
Feedie on May 14, 2009 at 1:11 AM
He was found guilty, bro.
The guy was a hothead and my tax dollars paid that guys family 1 million dollars. I think I have a good reason for wanting cops to keep a cool head.
sirmyth on May 14, 2009 at 1:16 AM
So, as long as no one is watching it’s ok, no, preferable for the officer to break laws he’s sworn to uphold? Terrific.
SouthernDem on May 14, 2009 at 1:17 AM
You are seriously taking me to task because I want a fair system? Am I in the Twilight Zone?
sirmyth on May 14, 2009 at 1:18 AM
It is very rare.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 1:19 AM
Sorry that happened to you. Bad cases like that do happen, but I’m convinced vigilance crossed over into cop-hatred a long time ago. If lefty criminal-lovers take us to their ultimate goal, we’ll learn the real meaning of brutality.
Feedie on May 14, 2009 at 1:22 AM
Absolutely. The human piece of garbage deserved what he got.
I guarantee you this……if that piece of shit, who just endangered uncounted lives with no thought whatsoever, was considering a feint to put the officer off guard, that thought went right out the window with that brutal kick to the head. It’s all about control. That kick in the head guaranteed the officer (who for all he knew was totally alone with this insane criminal) remained in control of a guy who suddenly realized the “error” of his ways and was going to go peacefully. He had his chance to go peacefully when the officers first tried to pull him over. Human shit like that guy are unpredictable and only a layman would think that guy was suddenly harmless. If he wanted to show he was harmless, he would have gone quietly to begin with.
But, I understand that you think his civil rights to commit a crime, endanger lives, and resist arrest is more important than the impossible job officers are supposed to do.
Nice. Should we thank you for protecting us from this obviously brutal criminal police officer?
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 1:28 AM
Yes, you are. Your definition of fairness perverted a good word. It created the ongoing crime-wave and was synthesized by leftist judges and lawyers. There is nothing constitutional about it.
There is nothing decent about letting cancer cells kill the body.
Feedie on May 14, 2009 at 1:29 AM
Nice try, but we all know that to the liberal moonbat mind, reality seems like the Twilight Zone.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 1:30 AM
Typical moonbat liberal. The officer made a mistake, admitted to it, and took the punishment like a real officer would.
Only a disingenuous scumbag would try to indict all officers by using this upstanding officer as a bad example.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 1:34 AM
You have mastered ad hominem! Why attack the argument when you can attack the man!
Let’s see your evidence of me being a “moonbat liberal” is that I think our laws should be followed and that people should be punished for breaking them. The evidence that you are the true leftist is your belief that the government is always in the right and should be above the law and its people. Check the mirror, buddy.
sirmyth on May 14, 2009 at 1:36 AM
“Go to hell you liberal sack of dog shit.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 12:29 AM”
CSDeven – You are a sad sick person who is the root of most problems with this country. Take your fascist ass and stick my Jacksonian foot as far up it as you can. I take my constitutional rights seriously. Thankfully the 2nd amendment allows me to be well armed against police state supporters and would-be Nazis alike.
I know your type – you care nothing about anyone – only your own petty power grab. In tough times you show your self for the big mouth cowardly pedophile you really are. Pathetic fascist waste of flesh – may God have mercy on your blighted soul. You’ll beat me to hell by a long ways – fascists first always. You are an embarassment to conservatives, and one reason the nation is moving the other way. Congrats for that, ya POS! I would pray for you, but I doubt it would help.
CG Colorado – Thank you for a little flicker of hope. I wish more cops were like you, but here in Texas the “CSDeven school” dominates. Thirty years ago one of my friends joined the Dallas Explorers so that he could, in his own words, “Beat up N*****s (black people).”
DreadWolf on May 14, 2009 at 1:37 AM
Yes. This is why I have great respect for police officers in general. They aren’t fascists or pigs. I want police to be tough on crime. Yet, given the power they have, I also want to promote a police culture that attempts to achieve high standards of ethics.
So, in this particular case, I appreciate the adrenaline and anger the officer must have experienced when finally capturing that very reckless criminal. However, I still would like at least some disciplinary measure taken to let everyone know that police shouldn’t kick perpetrators in the head when they are splayed out flat on the ground.
Loxodonta on May 14, 2009 at 1:41 AM
You are deceived by the twisted legalisms liberals substituted for morality.
California has the death penalty on the books. There is no death penalty because liberals don’t like it. Is that your idea of law?
Open question to LEs or anyone who knows:
Don’t psych tests filter out a lot of the personalities the whiners complain about?
Feedie on May 14, 2009 at 1:46 AM
By the way the NAZI’s were socialist.
Johan Klaus on May 14, 2009 at 1:53 AM
“Which part of Texas do you live in. I have seen some bad ones here, but the majority I have met have been very professional.
Johan Klaus on May 14, 2009 at 12:10 AM”
Dallas, going on 50 years now. No question there are still good ones out there, but they are overwhelmed by all the csdeven types. You know – the ones who:
- Throw handcuffed prisoners out of a johnboat to drown (Mexia)
- Shoot perps in the back when they are armed with a pillow (Garland) or nothing at all (Austin)
- Fake a DWI arrest on an innocent man in order to help his ex-wife in a custody dispute (just recently in Plano TX)
Naturally, few are ever prosecuted under the csdeven school of fascist thought.
DreadWolf on May 14, 2009 at 1:56 AM
Wow, bro, get out there at night with a mask and lay down some justice Punisher style! Because the only way to beat the criminals is to join them!
sirmyth on May 14, 2009 at 1:56 AM
Yes, this is reasonable and unavoidable. The other officers need this for their own reputations.
[OT]: Three punk creeps tormented a tiger at the SF zoo until it jumped out and mauled them. Naturally, the survivors got to sue while robbing stores. Animals aren’t so dumb, especially when they’ve been around humans a lot. I called for more tigers.
Feedie on May 14, 2009 at 1:57 AM
I believe one can conceal a lot in psychiatric examinations. But even if that filters out nearly all who shouldn’t be officers, people change over time. And then there are those who have bad days or react badly in extreme circumstances.
As one cannot expect people to police their own behavior without the police and courts, one cannot expect every police officer to be perfect all of the time. So, there has to be vigilance, training, disciplinary actions, and then weeding out in the worst of cases.
Loxodonta on May 14, 2009 at 1:58 AM
OMG! You dare to call that police brutality?
That is a fU@#ing JOKE!
This dude just precipitated a high speed chase in which he was going the wrong way down the street, endangered countless lives, caused thousands in property damage, then he flees police on foot and you think THAT little tap is a little too harsh?
Incredible. Allah should be fired.
Mr Purple on May 14, 2009 at 2:00 AM
Your idea of police brutality is probably a donut shop raising their prices.
sirmyth on May 14, 2009 at 2:08 AM
This is true. And smart killers can deceive smart but naive psychiatrists and psychologists. A degree is no protection against liberalism.
The point of all this, for me anyway, is that a return to swift and effective justice will lower the chances of having these incidents. I’ve know a few LEs and there’s never been a time in our history when a group was more professional.
Feedie on May 14, 2009 at 2:13 AM
The kick was stupid and absolutely uncalled for. I can;t find any other fault and in this case the guy was guilty of a string of things leading up to the kick.
This is rather different from many other cases we see where police go overboard without any cause at all.
Fair call Allah… desk duty …maybe a week or two off.
lexhamfox on May 14, 2009 at 2:19 AM
Should have kicked him harder!
BayCon on May 14, 2009 at 2:47 AM
Liberalism is the reason these chases get to this point in the first place. In days gone by, before liberal juries and judges ran the show, police chases would last a matter of minutes or less because the perps knew the cops had the power to stop them. Now the perps can take a whole police force on a four hour dog and pony show through multiple counties and jurisdictions because they know that the cops have to be careful and play it safe. When I see one of these extended “chases” on TV it makes me think that this country has truly lost it’s way, and the inmates are running the asylum. It’s pathetic to see some loser with 20 cop cars in pursuit and no one has the authority or balls to put an end to it. Absolutely pathetic. I support the good work the police do on a daily basis, but the liberals have taken away their ability to do their job, because they care more about criminals rights than victims rights. Which of course encourages more crime and bad behavior. Any thug who runs from the cops and puts innocent lives in danger should get AT LEAST a kick to the head. Not that it will ever happen, but I say change the laws so this type of treatment is legal. I fully support police brutality and I take great pleasure in seeing low-life, scumbag steet-thugs get brutalized. They deserve it, and more. Give that cop a medal. My guess is that people are starting to run from the cops now, HOPING they get kicked in the head, so that they can win a multi-million dollar lawsuit. Beats selling drugs.
pleaseandthankyou on May 14, 2009 at 2:55 AM
Should have shot him as soon he started driving the wrong way.
Ronnie on May 14, 2009 at 3:06 AM
I neither condone nor condemn the action of the officer in that video.
Those who say that the rule of law must prevail are correct, but, they are also the ones who constantly call for a further weakening of the law.
If I had my druthers, Judge Dredd would rule.
OldEnglish on May 14, 2009 at 5:31 AM
Screw the PC crowd. I would have kicked the SOB twice!
GFW on May 14, 2009 at 6:29 AM
This is not something I would ever do, regardless of whether I thought he deserved it. It isn’t a cop’s job to deliver punishment. Any cop acting like this needs therapy and a different occupation.
Due to the nature of the work and the difficult working conditions, cops should get psych evals often and mandatory vacation regardless of the workload.
dogsoldier on May 14, 2009 at 6:35 AM
Man, what kind of cop hating liberal pansy would say something like that?
Gregory Jones, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta
Pablo on May 14, 2009 at 6:53 AM
You weaken the law when you allow people to break it with impunity. That cop broke the law. That the scumbag broke the law first is beside the point. He will be dealt with, under the law, a kick in the head not withstanding. And as has been pointed out, he’s probably going to get paid a significant number of taxpayer dollars because of the action of a cop who either couldn’t or wouldn’t control himself and simply do his job, but instead decided to break the law too. And what do we call people who break the law? Criminals.
Pablo on May 14, 2009 at 6:59 AM
Well, there’s the problem right there. The laws are not fair. If they were, any law that the police officer violated wrt his kicking the perp would be irrelevant to the perp’s case. The perp wouldn’t walk and would get the full measure of justice for the crimes he committed.
Yet you fully expect the perp will walk because of the officer’s action and you suggest the outrage should be directed at the officer rather than the justice system that didn’t dispense justice “according to our laws”.
There’s a cause and effect here. While I abhor what the officers did and feel he should be punished, I understand the underlying impetus for the reason that it might have occurred. I’m not saying that reason applies here, just the overall atmosphere caused by the system. If you want to have the officers act calmly and without emotion, freely and spontaneously, then the system needs to be run in a manner that enhances that outcome, not one that begs officers to dispense the only justice a criminal gets.
Dusty on May 14, 2009 at 7:09 AM
That’s upside down and backwards. If the system turns people loose for stupid cop tricks like this one (and I don’t agree that it does) then the atmosphere would discourage such stupid cop tricks because they prevent real justice from being carried out. It wouldn’t “beg” cops to “dispense justice” it would do the opposite. Because the perps wouldn’t get cut loose if not for cops “dispensing justice”.
Pablo on May 14, 2009 at 7:19 AM
I’m afraid I could not be a cop. I would have tased his ass just for $hits and giggles.
conservnut on May 14, 2009 at 7:45 AM
Ouch. No real defending this one. Yes, some of us make take a little pleasure out of seeing a dirtbag taking a shot to the face, but as bombos said:
and that is the real injustice. What this cop did could very well cause the criminal case to be dropped against this guy.
Most legit cases of excessive force are because the officer(s) got emotionally involved. We must always remember that, despite administration PC phrases like “protect and serve” and “community policing”, our job is to be an impartial enforcer of the law. That is why police are given the crediblity they are in the courts. Acting as an impartial third party you have no reason to lie.
SnakeintheGrass on May 14, 2009 at 8:11 AM
+1
bluelightbrigade on May 14, 2009 at 8:30 AM
“It’s good!”
It’s also over the line, but I’d buy that cop a beer just for doing what that thugs juvie judge should’ve done years ago.
bluelightbrigade on May 14, 2009 at 8:32 AM
(clap clap) way to go AP, you cop hating d-bag. You FINALLY found a cop who did something wrong. Way to go. Glad your hours spent scouring the internet have finally paid off. Maybed next you can find doctor or fire fighter to bash. Moron.
Sgt_H on May 14, 2009 at 8:36 AM
You liberals are deranged! It’s clear that you are projecting onto this officer exactly what you are in the sick dark places in your mind. Your desires are to kick innocent people, so when you see incidences like this, you assume that person is exhibiting the same sick behavior that you embrace.
Officers are taught to stay in control of situations. When the shitbags that you admire (because they resist “The Man”) create a violent situation, officers must escalate to maintain the upper hand to establish control.
What you morons saw was NOT a power hungry NAZI cop dispensing justice. It was a well trained officer kicking the resistance out of a criminal who 30 seconds earlier refused lawful orders to cease and desist. Being that he was alone (as far as he knew), it was prudent for him to protect his life by making damn sure the criminal sack of human shit was serious about giving up. It’s all too common for an officer to to think the scumbag is in compliance, just to find out that he was simply trying to put the officer off guard.
It’s sickening to watch you so called “Americans” spend all your time persecuting decent officers for protecting us from criminals. But as I said earlier, you turds are only offended because you are the ones who want to kick people because you’re frustrated deranged loons who want others to acquiesce to your rules because you think you’re better than everyone else.
It’s time for you products of the 60′s nut job thinking to respect the law and give up a few minutes of control for the sake of community harmony.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 8:48 AM
That cop was wrong and should be fired!
However, I can not sit here and not admit that I’d probably have done the same thing.
It is hard to restrain yourself when your blood is up.
TheSitRep on May 14, 2009 at 8:49 AM
The guy’s a thug who endangered many people’s lives in this chase.
For a living, he sells crack, runs extortion on the guys who sell ice cream to the kids in the park, and robs people on the street who are coming home from their honest jobs. That’s how these gangbangers get their money.
Do you really think I’m going to be outrageously outraged or outraged at all because he might have gotten an Owie? Hahahaha!
Blake on May 14, 2009 at 8:50 AM
So, you’re saying it’s standard procedure to kick prone, compliant suspects in the head? Bullsh*t.
Keeping himself safe is why he’s got his weapon drawn. And what he should have done is kept it drawn until the other officers arrived, and then securely restrained him or had one of the others do it, keeping a bead on the dirtbag until he was cuffed.
You apparently see what you want to see. Or, you’re hallucinating.
Pablo on May 14, 2009 at 8:58 AM
Don’t run from the cops you dumbazz.
roux on May 14, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Wow, you know a lot about this guy. What’s his name?
Pablo on May 14, 2009 at 9:04 AM
It would have been better if he had kicked him in the balls instead.
Mazztek on May 14, 2009 at 9:05 AM
And you see a power hungry NAZI dispensing justice.
I give productive members of the community who risk their lives to protect me the benefit and you defend a piece of shit who just got done driving a three thousand pound hunk of metal through a residential neighborhood with impunity for the residents thereof.
Oh yeah, please protect us from the meanie cop.
Idiots. The lot of you are idiots.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 9:07 AM
You guys are weenies. He resisting being cuffed. He wouldn’t put his right arm in position so the officer could cuff him. He was doing the same with his left hand, too. That is why the second officer struck him on the side. Perfectly legitimate tactic.
Blake on May 14, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Richard Rodriguez. Read the whole article moron.
He’s a real hero for you isn’t he? He’s so brave to resist the NAZI police whom obviously had it out for him.
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 9:11 AM
You can keep the Nazi nonsense to yourself, and I’ll speak for myself. Ya freaking headcase.
I did? Feel free to quote me doing that. Maybe it was where I called him a dirtbag. I’m sure you’ll point it out.
P.S. Fred!
Pablo on May 14, 2009 at 9:12 AM
An illegal kick, that is.
mile66 on May 14, 2009 at 9:14 AM
peacenprosperity on May 14, 2009 at 9:15 AM
Richard Rodrguez. Here’s a close up photo:
Pablo’s ChoirBoy.
Blake on May 14, 2009 at 9:16 AM
And yet you spend most of your time persecuting the officer for kicking a criminal in the head.
Brilliant.
Did you bother reading the entire article yet you silly idiot?
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 9:16 AM
No, not at all. In fact, I’d much rather that he just go to jail and not get a fat check made of taxpayer dollars. But you seem to want him to have that check, and you want the people trying to prosecutor hims to have to overcome this moron cop’s attack. You want his defense to have ammunition against the cops and you want him to get paid for that kick in the head. That’s why you endorse this unlawful activity.
Pablo on May 14, 2009 at 9:17 AM
That’s not hair on his head — those are tattoos. He’s covered with gang tattoos.
Blake on May 14, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Oh yeah. The officer is the bad guy. I wonder how many times these officers have encountered this upstanding citizen and were very aware of his work down at the community center?
csdeven on May 14, 2009 at 9:19 AM
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