Did the cop get home safely?
Although how the cop handled the situation was deplorable, it is apparent they’ve dealt with each other before and the old man had been ordered to leave by the cop at some point earlier.
The good people of Florida should have slapped the blue out of that cop’s hide. I hope the guy he assaulted finds a good attorney so he can use his own seven bathroom mansion after the law suit.
Officer Ramirez is now on a paid vacation while the incident is being investigated.
Got to pee, don’t slap me!!!
disgusted ping.
what are restrooms for?
The elderly man is 58. I thought that was middle aged these days.
Anyhow....here’s the cop’s version....
“According to the arrest report, written by Officer Ramirez, he was working an off-duty security detail Sunday at the bus station when he spotted Laclair sleeping on a bench—which is against terminal rules.
The officer reports he told Laclair to wake up and leave, and Laclair said, “(expletive) you leave me alone.”
After several failed attempts to get Laclair out, the officer said he grabbed the man and arrested him.”
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/02/24/police-chief-addresses-video-of-cop-slapping-homeless-man/
I can’t watch videos anymore, so I don’t know how bad it really was.
We have a tough, dangerous job.
Our brother cop did not get up that morning with the goal of becoming involved in an officer-involved shooting.
The dog needn’t be large to have a lethal bite —good shoot.
If you’re REALLY not up to no good you won’t mind me taking a look, right?
What, are you a hippy..?
Still mad about that ticket, 10 years ago..?
We’re just doing our jobs.
Police SOP’s are well-established —the police violated the rights of no one.
The key thing is for us to go home safely at the end of the shift.
Next time you have an emergency, just call the ACLU.
We have to make split second decisions —you’re being unfair.
Don’t paint us all with the same broad brush.
I don’t think you understand just how highly we are trained.
We’re the thin blue line, what, ya want anarchy..?
The investigation showed the police followed department procedure.
You must just be a cop hater.
Ever been a cop? Then you’re unqualified to judge us —walk a mile in our moccasins.
It’s cops vs. the bad guys, and if you’re not for us, you’re AGAINST us.
You’re asking about something that’s the subject of an ongoing investigation —no comment.
We can’t comment on topics of ongoing investigations.
As Amerrica is not yet a Banana Republic, despite the best efforts of Democrats, the LEO who struck a defenseless elderly man and then prevented him from using a public bathroom must not only be fired, his LEO certification must be permanently removed.
I think one issue is that the type of people who make truly good cops are becoming harder to find because in part we expect the police, being gov’t employees, to do way too much for us. We forget that the police and the criminal justice system will never be anything more than a last desperate line of defense in a society and that teaching about decent treatment of each other as human beings has to be first and foremost. Expecting the police to be anything more than that seems to create an environment where those who want to be police for the right reasons don’t want to join and we increasingly get stuck with those who want to join for all the wrong reasons.
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So NOT Officer Friendly.