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I didn't think this would evoke as much emotion as it had from watching the video clip.
I failed to see that these cops did anything wrong. AT ALL!!!! The first cop was very calm in asking the guy for his ID. He had every reason to ask for it as he was responding to a DV call. This jackass deserved to get thrown in the back of the truck, He was being a total dick, not respecting the police, etc.......where do you people get off thinking your rights are being taken away when you give a cop a reason to cuff you? It seemed very obvious to me that this guy was making every effort to give the cops a hard time, and when they are responding to a call, of course they are going to suspect you are up to something when you are acting the way this guy was.
Secondly.....where the heck was this infamous "beating" people are referencing? I saw a girl trying to push her way past a cop who was keeping her from the situation her father was unfolding with the other officer. The cop by the truck door was trying to keep the situation from becoming even more volatile, so it appears he asked her to stay put. She forcefully bursts through the truck door. The officer had no choice but to restrain her.
Now, the part where I get really mad! With all due respect, where do some of you get off justifying the girl or guy's actions against the police, saying it is their right? What if the girl was doped up on PCP and had a knife? She jumps out of the truck and slashes the cops neck? Come on people......if the guy simply respected the cops wishes by providing the proper ID, or, calmly told the officer that he could not produce an ID, this would not have happened.
What beating????? I never saw anything more than a police officer try to restrain a young lady after she bursts through a door to get in the way of a possible volatile situation.
A few more comments: Why should the first cop check the girl first? He walks into a situation where the man came towards the officer. He had no choice but to talk to the man first to see what was up. The man immediately starts acting like a jackass so the cop had to deal with that first. Also, I have to find it, but there IS a law that requires you to have ID if a peace officer asks for one if you are 18 or older. I recall learning that back in high school when I was taking my driver's test.
Moral of this story: Don't be a dick! Respect authority. They are here to "protect and serve".
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