Well, if I were to find a cop acting suspiciously, I'd decline to talk to him too.
I say bring the foot patrols back. The police are so much friendlier when they have to “walk the beat” every day. Cut the squad cars by at least half. The foot patrols can call them in when they are needed.
she should sue
btw - I did not know there were one way signs for pedestrians . lol
I hate people and cops like that. You want to say something, say it!
> He then got off the bike, tackled her and put her in handcuffs.
> :
> No charges were filed after the arrest.
The officer should have been arrested and charged with felonious assault.
He could have gotten off his *LOUD* motorcycle and walked along side her to inform her of her very minor error.
There was NO NEED WHATSOEVER to tackle her and handcuff her!
I hope she sues him personally for the trauma she suffered and the PTSS that she is experiencing, and that she sues the chief and the town accordingly.
He got off on his little power trip and got to rough up a busty babe. Got a few feels in and had fun.
He should be fired and arrested.
“Am I being detained or am I free to go?”
Sounds to me as if the Chief of Police in Whitehouse needs to attend tomorrow’s morning muster and play Ray Stephen’s song “Super Cop” for Officer Johnson.
“acting suspicious” is like “loitering” and “disorderly conduct.”
ANYTHING the officer wants them to be.
There is no legal definition, and can never be.
Absolutely no reasonable suspicion for a stop. Certainly no probable cause for an arrest. A citizen is free to walk away from a ‘mere encounter’ with a LEO.
Bring a 1983 civil rights action, bring in the FBI. Most importantly, make sure the mayor loses his job. That is the best and most effective way to bring about peaceable change. The politicians hire and promote untrained, idiotic and arrogant people in law enforcement positions. They must be held accountable.
The cop’s sense of power was threatened by the bad lady.
Last night, I watched a couple episodes of Adam-12 on Netflix. Back when Protect and serve meant something.
Reid and Malloy were at a school doing a PR presentation. A student, Tony was keeping to himself. The Principal was talking to Reid and Malloy about Tony and they walked up to the young man who was cutting something with his pocketknife. Tony was not arrested, suspended or even talked to about the knife. Later, he was discovered with a handgun. His parents were fighting and he was afraid that his dad may use it, so he took it to hide it away. The cops gave the gun to his father and the father realized he had to work on being a better dad and husband.
SWAT was not called out, no one walked away in cuffs.
As I recall, Adam-12 was very realistic for its time. Perhaps new officers should be made to watch a season or two.
“Normally if a police officer pulls up, in my opinion, it’s awful odd for somebody just to take off and not want to speak to the police officer,”
This is delusional in 2014. These idiots act like Rambo and are surprised when citizens don’t treat them like Sheriff Andy Taylor and Deputy Barney Fife.
That pic of those ‘cops’... I see a GANG with smiles on. Their job isn’t to ‘Protect and Serve’; it’s to ‘Collect Revenue and CONTROL the populace’.
That’s Amerika, 2014.
Proper response: “Am I being charged with a criminal offense ? Am I being detained? Am I free to go?”
Stop and frisk makes its way to Texas.
Officer Safety says: “Every civilian is a potential criminal. All you have to do is use ‘resisting arrest’ on them, like this: BAM! Stop resisting! BAM! Stop resisting!”