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11-24-2007, 05:25 PM | #33 |
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I looked again and you are right. It is a Durango.
He may very well be a Ute.
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The citizen wasn't following instructions, but the cop flipped out.
I agree with those who've said that it seems like the cop wanted to use his taser. It wouldn't bother me in the least if he lost his job.
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I'm not going to comment on whether the cop was right or wrong, because without walking in his dangerous shoes everyday, it's hard for me to make a judgement. But I have walked in the driver's shoes and I chose not to act like a dickhead. And I didn't get tasered. Funny how that works. |
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The cop's training is and should be to de-escalate a rather simple matter. The tasering should be the last resort not his quasi-first resort. In the hands of a good attorney, the citizen will be compensated and the cop stands to lose his job. He should have simply explained the consequences of not signing. The cop was trigger happy.
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I will even agree that the officer was in the wrong for the purposes of this discussion. That doesn't change my overall sentiment that the guy deserved to be tased. At some point, people have to be held responsible for their actions rather than blaming anyone and anything for the misfortune in their lives. Was the cop power hungry? Possibly. Did the cop make a grave mistake that could cost him his job? Perhaps. Could the situation have been avoided if the guy would have simply complied with the police officer's requests? (requests that wouldn't have hurt anybody and were very simple to obey, btw - it's not as if the cop was asking the guy to perform fellatio on him) Definitely. Why test the cop? It's just ludicrous to even go there. It's like treating a McDonald's employee rudely and then being shocked when he spits a loogie in your hamburger. |
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