[traderrob6]

I have a great deal of respect for cops in general. But if I was a cop and saw this, I would be infuriated.

All the dedicated work and sowing of goodwill shot to hell by one short video. Shameful behavior by anyone let alone an officer who’s primary duty is to protect and to serve.

[fireman15]

I have a great deal of respect for cops in general. But if I was a cop and saw this, I would be infuriated.

Somehow you guys are seeing something that I am not. The guy was moving his hands around and obviously not unresponsive. I responded to clowns like this guy a dozen times some days. We ended up transporting the same guy to detox or the hospital two or three times some days. They often would walk over a mile back to the same spot and lay down in the middle of the sidewalk again. It was typically a scam to get money.

And I would turn in any cop who was abusing the "customers" but I didn't see it very often.

[Alberta's Child]

I'll withhold judgement on this one until I see more details.

The primary duty of a New Jersey Transit cop is not to "protect and serve," but to clean human trash and various other mutants out of the agency's bus terminals and train stations.

[semaj]

“Shameful behavior by anyone let alone an officer who’s primary duty is to protect and to serve.”

Sorry to inform you FRiend, but those days are long gone. The primary duty of police today is to enforce the status quo, oppress, and intimidate.

[RedMonqey]

"But if I was a cop and saw this, I would be infuriated.”

I doubt any cops would be "infuriated"

Most probably have encounters like this a few times during their careers.

And the "punching" is overly dramatic, hardly a tap on the top of the perp's head

This ain't an Rodney King" situation. The headlines are trying to get clicks and stir the crap.