We don't live in a totalitarian society and this isn't the old Soviet Union. The cops are supposed to follow the laws as well as the citizens are. So many people deserve to be "thumped", but somehow most of us choose to follow the law. So should the cops.
oh please....looks loke someone ‘splained the rules to the guy....NEVER become a wise ass to someone packing heat. Actually, I looked like that a year or so ago when one of the inmates at the juvenile corrections facility where I work took offense at something I had said......kids is kids
It’s obvious this guy didn’t “follow the law.” He endangered lives by driving while under the influence of alcohol. I have absolutely no sympathy for him. Drunk driving should be considered the same as assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily harm. It’s not like anyone doing so isn’t aware that they are endangering innocent people. It is a premeditated act.
Tampa cops are often out-of-control. Remember the woman they stopped and manhandled when she was was on her way to the hospital to see her father who had been taken there for an emergency. Tampa is a zero leftwing dim city and has been for years. The cops were complicit in giving away a Glock pistol of mine to a lowlife across the street who already had warrants out on him. They believed his story and anyone’s crazy to take it up with a judge since they work together and will buy the cops story. I have a carry permit for my credibility.
Like many folks you confuse the police with arbiters of Justice. The police are empowered decide if your behavior merits an introduction to the Criminal Justice System (Citation or Arrest). Unless, of course, a court has drafted a Warrant for your arrest, then you are really screwed. Your job is to accept either the arrest or citation and to then dispute that decision in court. Your failure to do your job, steps up their authority to take “force necessary to effect the arrest” you just necessitated by your failure to play nice. So an ass kicking may well be in line as long as it insures your appearance in court.