[blackminorca]

what an assclown.

[The Right Way 1776]

The cop was being an idiot but in all honesty you have to take into account the sitatuion.

There were a bunch of rowdy (ghetto) kids who were acting up and seeing as how it was DC anything could happen.

Cops need to show off thier guns and frighten the kids back in shape sometimes but this would not of been the best time.

[GreyFriar]

According to the Channel 9 news yesterday afternoon, the reason the policeman had his pistol drawn was that when the report calling officers to the snowball fight, the police dispatcher stated that one of the snowballers was carrying a weapon. Thus the policeman had his service automatic pulled.

The video showed him keeping it pointed at the ground, his trigger finger laying alongside the barred, not on the trigger.

And it also showed him holstering the pistol after the “armed snowballer” identified himself as an plain clothes policeman. At no time, on the tv video did the policeman point the pistol at any of the snowballers.

This is one case of criticizing the policeman is a “cheap shot”

[DogBarkTree]

White snow - black cop. Obviously racism at play here.

[Abathar]

That cop needs to be ripped a new one for doing that, what a jackass.

[PissAndVinegar]

This is. An intriguing. Story with. Excellent punctuation. usage, bro.

:|

[Wild Irish Rogue]

One of the news stations reported on a big snowball fight in DC.
Apparently it was the first snowball fight organized via Twitter.
People were urged to show up at a certain corner at a certain time.
The clip I saw showed what looked to be a lot of college kids pelting each other w snowballs and having a great time.
The intersection was empty during the clip they showed.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Why am I not surprised that this goon detective was an Obama supporter and the snow ballers were mostly white kids.

[theymakemesick]

Never bring snowballs to a gunfight /sheesh

[lowbridge]

How does a cop afford a hummer?

[markomalley]

I saw this on the news yesterday. Both cops WAY over-reacted.

By the way, 14th and U is not even close to the ghetto in DC:

Now these are ghetto in DC:

With the one above you will, of course, notice the grating on the windows of the liquor store and the concertina wire protecting the balcony. (They use grating because bars won't protect the windows from being smashed by thrown rocks as well)

And, of course, you will note the grating on the windows in this one. You will note the sheets being used as drapes in the apartment bldg behind it.

I really don't think you'd see a Twitter-organized snowball fight in either of the "ghetto" areas I highlighted above.

[ellery]

And here’s what the police department claimed of the plainclothes cop’s actions that night:

“Assistant Chief Pete Newsham, who leads the department’s investigative services bureau, said it appears the patrol officer acted appropriately, and the worst the detective might have done is use inappropriate language in dealing with the snowball fighters…“He was armed but never pulls his weapon…I think what probably happens is somebody probably saw his gun and called the police”

Nice lies and coverups from the blue wall of silence.

[ellery]

ping. Plainclothes cop pulls gun on snowball fight, and the police department later denies it.