Posted on 06/15/2010 8:23:39 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
LOL!
She was Black, and convinced that any type of action taken against her or her friend had to be racist. “You have to stand up to the man honey!!!” I honestly see this as a young woman trained to object to authority.
Then you’ve got the black guy with the camera shooting his mouth off.
I’m not necessarily in favor of striking a woman like this. The problem is, officers are human too and sometimes they react out of frustration too.
Unless an officer is clearly out of control, doing something totally against the law and endangering your life, you don’t screw with them. They are operating under the cover of authority, and you need to follow their instructions even if you don’t understand or like it.
You can always file charges later if you object.
I can see this officer getting a reprimand of sorts, but this girl was clearly out of control. Doing whatever it took to cuff her early on would have been advisable.
He didn’t seem to be able to control her as well as he should have been able to.
Officer was in the right. She asked for it and her BFF contributed. Baby daddy knew better.
He had several folks getting physical with him and she pushed him.
What sort of folks think it’s ok to push cops around or a traffic stop?
(disclosure..I have been beaten badly by cops for racial reasons and while handcuffed so I am no copophile)
I have seen big black women act just like this over shoplifting stops in a fancy mall and with all the little rich white toddlers in fancy prams with yoga mommies looking on in astonishment....repulsed and fixated as the robust black woman rolls around on the floor fighting with security guards and all the booty falls out of her leggings and bag.
I think you misdirected that post to me.
Good punch, Officer!
Thank you Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Barack Obamah.
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The only reason why this is remarkable is because it was filmed.
Now they are making arrest filming a CRIME.
See?
I do think she deserved 2b arrested, 4 sure.
Black people will make cops’ jobs impossible, then lawyers assure the job becomes hyperLegal, engineers give us cheap reliable tiny cameras, and disliking the resulting footage, then authority turns to dictatorship.
So law abiding citizens lose, and become fodder for abuse by authority.
We’re entering the last stage described above.
Bingo!
Too much starbucks
Seattle...beautiful setting....strange people.
I used to have in laws in Bellevue.
Bought mining equipment in Yakima and even went to the mudfish of mythology hotel ..the Edgewater I think
Seattle is like Mecca for Earth worship militants...there and Portland
Honestly, I am about as anti-cop as you can get, but after watching the video, the “victim” is at fault here. The title leads you to believe that the punch was unprovoked, but that is clearly not the case.
The laws of Physics are to be obeyed.
Implying that if you jaywalk you'll get punched in the face.
Which, is ok with me anyway.
As part of growing up, some Blacks are taught that no matter what they do, they are right and nobody has authority over them.
I believe they are taught that so that they will not allow people to abuse them. Unfortunately, in situations like this, an officer does have the right to tell them to go stand by his car, and he will be along shortly.
You’ve got a conflict of training there. People taught not to allow someone to tell them what to do, and an officer that has every right to tell them what to do.
Reason goes right out the window for Blacks taught they are never to submit to someone else’s will.
It’s the same for anyone else taught that, and some White kids are taught that by never being told no in their life. It’s not limited to Blacks of course, and I’m not trying to imply it’s all Blacks. Certainly this Black girl was set up to do this stupid thing.
I’d rather arrest a pack of jackals.
She has big white teeth, though is friendly as all get out (’cept for little kids).
Two criminals, resisting lawful arrest; grabbing, scratching, pushing him, and in front of a gathering crowd. He was a few seconds away from either being mobbed, or the bitches going for his gun.
If instead of being females, the violators would have been two men a few months older, would the cops actions be seen as reasonable?
Under the circumstances brought about by the actions of these cows and the incitement of the crowd, the cop took appropriate action. Frankly, if I was going to fault the cop for anything, it would be for not using quicker force to gain control of the situation.
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