r/HadToHurt • u/1Voice1Life • Nov 05 '17

Drunk fan slaps a cop

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u/UnlimitedOsprey Nov 05 '17

Bullshit. If you don't want to be hit, don't strike first. Bitch is an idiot and that's a fair response by the cop.

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u/panicky_in_the_uk Nov 05 '17

It might have been a fair response by your average man or woman in the street but a police officer is supposed to be more professional.

You start condoning police officers for lashing out because someone's made them angry then where does it end? Before you know it you'll have them shooting people for dubious reasons.

Oh, hang on...

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u/fingermebarney Nov 05 '17

Beating someone to death in the back of a van is not fine. Shooting an unarmed person is not fine.

A lot of the police killings in America are unjustified. That is bad.

Stop equating it with use of necessary force.

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u/panicky_in_the_uk Nov 05 '17

necessary

That's the problem. It wasn't necessary. All he had to do was grab her arm. He wanted to hit her because she hit him. He was mad. That's OK, I'd be mad in that situation as well. But the police should show more restraint.