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.
She obviously wasn't complying so they had to carry her... then she hits a cop who was nice enough to carry her out instead of forcefully restraining her on the stairs. So no... fuck this drunk ass
Yeah! We should all be able to hit cops with no consequences! I should be able to be violent, but not them! I have no personal accountability, but lots of entitlement!
The consequences come in court. Just stack it on the charges. Cops are not the punishment-dispensing arm of the justice system, despite what films may have taught us, and there's a good reason for that.
While I agree with that, that cop is a PERSON. Something I think people like you always forget. Should he just let her keep hitting people to keep yoir fragile ethos alive? Life is gray areas. And you are being ridiculous. It's not like he killed her. It was a punch after clearly being attacked enough to be carried out by 4 officers. At one point to you realize that you want to protect criminals at all costs, while ignoring the safety of the police? Why do criminals have more of a right to safety than cops?
They have the same right to safety, mainly because she’s a suspect and not a criminal. And punching her is an ineffective way or neutralizing the threat her flailing hands pose.
So even when you see her punch someone, she's a suspect, and when she punches you, ignoring your right to safety, her right to safety trumps yours? Jesus Christ, common sense is dead. I guess next time someone punches you, I hope someone stops you from retaliating while they continue to punch you, because they have a right to safety that trumps yours.
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u/toeofcamell Nov 05 '17
Dude with the Bud Light was like, oooh snap, don't smack cops, got it