Discussion for article #231686
Thankfully, a Grand Jury wasnāt empaneledā¦
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ā¦ and now heās Missouri bound. To a land where they use not the taserā¦ for it is āuncomfortableā
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Itās ironic that cops only started abusing people and using excessive force after dashcams and video devices became common. Before this, every claim of abusive cops was obviously a lie by criminals trying to smear honest cops. But now that thereās video of everything, cops just decided to get all violent. How weirdā¦
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Now on to the civil suit?
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Well if they want to āearn the public trustā they might try hiring folks that value it. Avoid ābad assesā with āhigh and titeā hair cuts and pegged shirt sleeves. It just took a few seconds look at the cop in this incident to know he was all wrongā¦and psychologically unfit for his job. He should not have been hired and firing him does not fix the systemic ill that allowed him to get the job in the first place. The town deserves a punishing law suit and Iām sure it will get one.
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The cop should be criminally charged. The taxpayers shouldnāt be the only ones made to pay.
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If heās shot and killed the suspect, heād have gotten promoted and praised as a hero.
Lesson learned: NEVER use mild force when deadly force will work just as well.
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So far. They donāt use a GJ to fire a Cop just to indict one. But I think Victoria means business here. That does not excuse their gross dereliction of public safety made by hiring the menace but the Chief canned this Copā¦which would make a GJ defense tough. I cannot imagine the Chief did this without an agreement with the victim on damage amounts and criminal charges. If he did it without prior indemnification from the victim he put the screws to this Cop and his town big time.
Senior citizens have a much higher voter turnout rate than young black males. Therefore, the Powers That Be feel compelled to punish a cop who tasers an elderly man. Meanwhile on Staten Island, Dan Donovan, the District Attorney who rigged the Eric Garner grand jury, will likely be elected to Congress.
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In Minnesota, the Minneapolis police union planted the infamous āPointergateā news story in an attempt to retaliate against a reform-minded mayor who just implemented a body camera program. And in Duluth, the cops want to keep the public from seeing body camera footage of an officer shooting a mentally ill man.
Bad cops may only constitute a minority of officers, but they sure seem to be the ones running the police unions.
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Gee, I canāt wait until this ex-cop starts his new job at McDonaldās. Heāll coerce the customers to Super Size their Value Meals ā at gunpoint!!!
He may yet be. The firing was just the result of the departmentās internal investigation. According to the VA article the results of a criminal investigation by the state police (Texas Rangers) have been forwarded to the District Attorney. There is a lot more information in the VA article:
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Sure , the video got him fired but he can put it on his demo reel when he applies to the NYPD.
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āThis is a very unfortunate incident for everyone involved,ā Department Chief J.J. Craig said in a statement. āThe Victoria Police Department places a high value on public trust. The men and women of the Victoria Police Department work hard each and every day to provide professional service with pride and respect to the community.ā
There, was that so fucking hard?
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Grand Juries donāt fire people, they decide on indictments. So that could definitely happen. Or a prosecutor might just charge him without a GJ, which is actually likely.
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Thereās clearly a causal relationship. The cameras are obviously causing the cops to behave this way. The only way to end this aberrant outbreak of excessive force and general dickishness is to get rid of those cameras before someone really gets hurt.
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The Cleveland Cop-Shop and Joe Arpaio have sent job applicationsā¦
ā¦not SeanMās point.
Good.