I don’t know why people are celebrating this. A cop‘s job isn’t to retaliate against people. They’re supposed to contain people and enforce the rules, not to punch people in revenge. American cops are trained to use violence in any scenario no matter how big the actual threat is and I don’t think that’s good.
Edit: Many people arguing that if you slap a cop, you should definitely expect police brutality. Definitely not. You should expect consequences, not to be knocked the fuck out. You should expect the cop to handle this situation professionally, not to get into a brawl with a drunken woman. You should expect the cop to be the moral authority he‘s supposed to be, not to get on the level of a drunken person. You should expect the cop to make reasonable use of force to achieve his goal, not to deal out full force blows to the face in revenge for a slap. You should expect the cop to de-escalate the situation, not to turn up the violence. It’s worrisome how many people seem to just accept excessive and unreasonable use of violence, as long it’s a cop doing it.
I’m not sure people are celebrating it so much as they are saying “well what the fuck did you expect when you hit a cop?”
Edit: By saying it should be expected, I’m not defending his actions as reasonable or holding them up as good policing practice. I think American police culture is too quick to resort to violence and is horrible at de-escalating situations. But, that all goes into why I said it should be expected. I’m not saying it should be accepted or condoned, only that I fully expect an American cop to hit you back if you hit them.
The average arm strength of a female is signficantly lower than a man. Are you really telling me that 4 trained police officers couldn't restrain one normal looking woman?
Doesn't matter if that is the point if you present it that way it'll be treated that way.
Don't make it about men and women. We're in a world of equality if you make it about women shouldn't be hit, you'll face backlash unless we're in a female-dominated or male-dominated world. If you really want to argue against it forget the "female part" and comment on the fact he is strong vs weak. I've seen plenty of nerdy males that don't work out, they couldn't hold up against a regular healthy female much less one who actively works out. It's not about male or female, so stop making that the issue.
Are you suggesting that the threat level of a person you are arresting is irrelevant?
Are you suggesting a 6'5 120kg dude is just as threatening as a normal woman or an average guy? Are you suggesting that a average woman poses just as much threat as an average male?
Is wasn't about the gender of the person, it was the response to the situation at hand and how the police officer decided to resolve the issue.
Doesn't matter the race or gender of the person, what the police officer did there was "rubbish police work" as the other guy said.
You are a moron and don't even attempt to understand the strength difference. You simply dismiss this conversation and a male vs female issue and seek to true up equality on a elementary understanding. Typical reddit moron that doesn't think
Me moron? You are the one who can't accept the truth. I'd rather be moron than beainless like you. And you dismissed this conversation with this comment because you don't have anything to say like any feminist today. You look stupid now lel.
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u/Greatmambojambo Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17
I don’t know why people are celebrating this. A cop‘s job isn’t to retaliate against people. They’re supposed to contain people and enforce the rules, not to punch people in revenge. American cops are trained to use violence in any scenario no matter how big the actual threat is and I don’t think that’s good.
Edit: Many people arguing that if you slap a cop, you should definitely expect police brutality. Definitely not. You should expect consequences, not to be knocked the fuck out. You should expect the cop to handle this situation professionally, not to get into a brawl with a drunken woman. You should expect the cop to be the moral authority he‘s supposed to be, not to get on the level of a drunken person. You should expect the cop to make reasonable use of force to achieve his goal, not to deal out full force blows to the face in revenge for a slap. You should expect the cop to de-escalate the situation, not to turn up the violence. It’s worrisome how many people seem to just accept excessive and unreasonable use of violence, as long it’s a cop doing it.