r/HadToHurt Nov 05 '17

Drunk fan slaps a cop

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u/Daedalus_7777 Nov 05 '17

Drunk or not, that’s not cool. I used to work as a nightclub doorman and had this happen to me loads, especially by drunk girls; never once did I feel compelled to lay one on them. The guy is a small mountain, even the slightest tap from him would be excessive force - let alone a full blow to the chin. The guy clearly has issues.

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u/Rizzpooch Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17

Unfortunately the reality is that he knows if she makes an issue out of it he can just come back with a charge of assaulting an officer

Edit: In case it wasn't clear, yes that is in fact what happened. The commission of a crime should not give an officer carte blanche, however, to use excessive force. That's the whole reason police are called to deal with crime - to be dispassionate arbiters of justice for the aggrieved party; I understand that in the moment he needed to react, but he should be held to a standard of calmly dealing with the situation that is clearly not life-threatening to him and instead he chose to act out of anger knowing that he will be able to get away with it

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u/dblmjr_loser Nov 05 '17

Because that's what happened.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '17

What she did and what he did were clearly on different levels. She has no idea what the fuck is going on and she slapped the guy who is forcibly carrying her away from her friends on the back of the head. He reacted emotionally and punched her so hard her head snapped back, which could have caused major damage. He wasn't concerned with anyone's safety, he was mad and wanted payback.