BIGREDIOWAN Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Going in circles now at this point Zoogs. All that's been addressed already. Link to comment
Army Husker Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Was it within the law for him to demand her to put out her cigarette, or to confiscate her phone? What about attempting to physically remove her himself, or threatening to tase her, what are the protocols or laws about that? Seems to have gone a bit further than lacking professionalism. As with others, just an opinion: After watching the first traffic stop on the tape, and the statements made as the events unfolded, I have no doubt that the officer was just going to issue a warning and keep trolling the street like he was doing. The officer could have let this go I believe. You can see where it goes to hell, when he let her comment get under his skin after asking her what was wrong. Right before he was going to cut her loose anyways! Maybe she could have waited to angrily voice her opinion until after finding out she was actually getting a ticket too. Nobody is happy getting pulled over, no matter what the reason...you have to expect to get some lip, or you're going to have a rough go at the job. Not sure where I was going with that, but think it totally lacked professionalism. He asked her what was wrong...her, thinking she was getting a ticket told him she was upset and why. His response: "Are you done yet"? Should have just let it go. Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 As I've said before, both parties could've handled the situation better. Unfortunate situation..... Link to comment
Landlord Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 This is a really interesting interview with a former Baltimore police officer of 11 years. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/08/baltimore_ex_cop_discusses_police_violence_toward_young_black_men.html This past year has seen an enormous amount of attention paid to the toxic divide between police departments and the poor, black communities they serve. One thing we’ve learned is that tribal loyalty often prevents police officers from criticizing each other or their departments publicly—and at least sometimes, they lie when one of their own faces charges of misconduct. That’s why the recent emergence of Michael Wood Jr., a retired Baltimore cop, as a critic of law enforcement culture landed with impact: His voice was the relatively rare one that spoke with the knowledge of an insider but the unforgiving skepticism of an outsider. In this video, you’ll meet Wood while he drives the streets of the city where he served as a police officer for 11 years, and hear him lay out his conception of what’s going wrong in the world of policing and how it could be made right. Link to comment
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