Seattle Cop hits 17 year old with a haymaker.

the only time i ever talked to them was traffic stops and i dont drive anymore.

 

Actually, I do. I have friends and relatives that are or were cops, and I have a tremendous amount of respect for what they put up with on a day-to-day basis, so long as they don't abuse their authority. However, and perhaps I should have been more specific, what I mean is that I rarely defend them in situations like this; when a cops behavior is put in the limelight. Nine times out of ten, you hear about it because they are abusing their authority. Regardless of what they put up with or what they get paid to do it, they chose to be cops. And with that decision comes and immense amount of responsibility, and they should be held to much higher standards than you and I are.

 

This seems as appropriate a thread as any to tell this story.

When I first moved to North Carolina, I was driving on a four-lane state highway with wide-open farmland on both sides of the road. I was going about 10 over the speed limit and didn't even see the state trooper on the road until I had passed him. So he pulled me over. Fair enough. Now, in Louisiana, the few times I've been pulled over I've had to get out of my car and stand behind it while the cop wrote me up up. I guess that isn't the case in North Carolina, and as I was getting out of my car, the officer - a guy who was probably about 21 or 22, the same age I was - absolutely flipped sh*t and told me to get back in the car. He said (in the most stereotypically hillbilly accent), "If you get out of your car again I might have to shoot you." Exact words. He asked me why I was going so fast (65 in a 55), and he genuinely seemed more outraged over the fact that I had the balls to pass HIM, the almighty North Carolina State Patrolman, than the fact that I was speeding. Yeah man, you're a real badass, patrolling this stretch of highway in farm country. Get over yourself.

 

Where is the part where you grabbed and shoved him, refused to follow his orders and then physically resisted arrest? Isn't that the normal way to act when you disagree with an officer?

 

me too. but in ok i sit in my vehicle. so when i was stopped in louisiana, when i didnt get out of the vehicle, the patrolman got a bit gruff with me. but he had the attitude anyway, i knew as soon as he got out of the car.

live and learn. in ok, sit in the car. in louisiana, get out and stand behind the car.

 

EXACTLY...............Anytime a white officer cuffs a minority, he/she has to prove it was not racial. The black officers are "uncle Toms."

 

If that was anywhere but Seattle, it wouldn't have ended that way. Stupid beyotch should've kept her hands off him, and deserved more than that...but I kinda understand her. Let me explain...

A) My mom would NEVER be in that position
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B)If she was, she would not react like a maniacal idiot
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C)If I was with her and for some unknown reason she did, and he was being physical like that slamming her around, (which this woman clearly deserved), I would be hard pressed to not try to protect her...even if she was wrong.
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That said, I blame the mom first, daughter second, and cop? Not at all. Glad it didn't get uglier though. Actually, surprised it didn't.

 

True dat, verified by this. Couple months ago on a morning with wet streets, I made a quick lane switch to get around two complete idiots. I didn't know a cop was back there watching, and he pulled me over into a parking lot. I sat in the car and was getting registration, etc. out, had my window down. He's standing behind his open car door and hollers "You can get out the car whenever you feel like it!". I did, and he gave me a warning about a move like that on wet streets and how I probably have kids/family that would want me to drive safer. All true, I thanked him and we went on our way.

Should I have grabbed him when he ordered me out the car?

 

No. You really think I should teach my kids to act like the idiots in the video?