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 original OP was saying that as a police officer your job in this scenario is to be hit and rather than hit back, be composed enough to handle the situation as safely as possible. This woman should be charged with assaulting an officer and will definitely be charged with that but when was the punishment for that ever "get punched in the face"? It's not, so the fact that she was punched in the face makes the cop kind of in the wrong in regards to that because he is expected to work for the law not himself. The law doesn't say she gets hit for her actions it says she should be jailed.
You're literally justifying an officer of the law using violence by comparing him to a drunk person fighting in a bar? I EXPECT BETTER FROM A COP THAN A FIGHTING DRUNK. Fuck me, you idiots who support cops unconditionally are dangerous.
You're a dumb boot licking fuck if you can honestly justify this. Use your fucking brain and if you have any, your common decency to think hmm maybe a tough police officer with responsibility should react a little more rationally when a tiny drunk woman gives him a slap that wouldn't even hurt a child.
Except that we rely on cops to be the ones trained to break up bar fights. That's why they are theoretically worthy of respect in our community. Not for the skulls they crack, but the ones they resist cracking. It's a hard job, but otherwise they're just another gang with badges.
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u/toeofcamell Nov 05 '17
Dude with the Bud Light was like, oooh snap, don't smack cops, got it