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It seems like the police officer was remaining calm and collected while the protestors were mocking him, interrupting him, and calling him an "asshole."

by ipnon 5y ago

Judgmentality 5y ago
Good on the protestors for calling him out on being an asshole, filming it, and getting the publicity this deserves so we can have a public debate about the manchildren our government protects through qualified immunity. If the officer really wanted to engage with the protestors, all he had to do was not play the song. The cops care more about protecting themselves than protecting the citizens they aren't even sworn to protect. https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-y...
- nextlevelwizard 5y ago
  >If the officer really wanted to engage with the protestors It is painfully obvious that he did NOT want to do that. The protestors wanted to engage with him and nitpick on whatever order he had given them. They are acting hostile and trying to land the officer in question in trouble. Yeah he kind a does it to himself by trying to play the music so the video won't end up on Youtube, but I can only see this as anti police folks having bad blood. When the protestors do anything that prevents their surveilance / recording by the police (like in Hong Kong when they were shining blinding lasers into officer's eyes and into recording equipment that was touted as genious use of technology and civil disobedience. Now that a cop tries something similar they are touted as trouble makers and assholes for simply not wanting to be recorded. Yes it is a public place and you are allowed to record them but you don't have to bring your phone into their face.
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  - Muromec 5y ago
    Cops are paid by public and public has a right to know how they are doing their job, so yes, it’s very different
    - nextlevelwizard 5y ago
      Yes you have the right to know what they are doing, but again pushing right up to their face with a camera is just being a huge dick
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jolux 5y ago
Ever heard of the first amendment?
- stale2002 5y ago
  They were arrested or anything. So I don't see the problem.
- vxNsr 5y ago
  The OP said the cop was harassing them… the only harassment appeared to be coming from the crowd.
  - TaylorAlexander 5y ago
    I just watched the video in the article. Seems like everyone is calm. But the man with the gun on his hip seems to be demanding the crowd change their behavior due to some issue with a banner. Whether you call that harassment or not I suppose is a matter of perspective.
    - vxNsr 5y ago
      That’s not really true tho right? they mock him, they hurl insults, at the end we can hear them telling him he has no life… I understand that we’re now entering a phase of cognitive dissonance, but it’s always surprising to see it so starkly represented.
    - sigzero 5y ago
      Then you watched a different video. The crowd was not "calm".
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  - jolux 5y ago
    Point being, cops aren’t actually allowed to retaliate, or stop you from filming them, just because they don’t like what you’re saying. They are required to let you speak and film.
pempem 5y ago
It seems like signing up for a job like being a police officer, and receiving a gun, riot training, interrogation and arrest techniques means that they should be able to handle this without escalating. Now if a cop was calling you those things and you had all of those weapons and verbally engaged in escalation, i think maybe, you might not survive the encounter.
jdavis703 5y ago
I’ve seen bus drivers treated worse. It’s just a part of working with the public, which is part of being cop. If an adult armed with a gun can’t deal with this, they should seek a desk job.

It seems like the police officer was remaining calm and collected while the protestors were mocking him, interrupting him, and calling him an "asshole."

by ipnon 5y ago

It seems like the police officer was remaining calm and collected while the protestors were mocking him, interrupting him, and calling him an "asshole."

Judgmentality 5y ago

Good on the protestors for calling him out on being an asshole, filming it, and getting the publicity this deserves so we can have a public debate about the manchildren our government protects through qualified immunity. If the officer really wanted to engage with the protestors, all he had to do was not play the song. The cops care more about protecting themselves than protecting the citizens they aren't even sworn to protect. https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-y...

nextlevelwizard 5y ago
>If the officer really wanted to engage with the protestors It is painfully obvious that he did NOT want to do that. The protestors wanted to engage with him and nitpick on whatever order he had given them. They are acting hostile and trying to land the officer in question in trouble. Yeah he kind a does it to himself by trying to play the music so the video won't end up on Youtube, but I can only see this as anti police folks having bad blood. When the protestors do anything that prevents their surveilance / recording by the police (like in Hong Kong when they were shining blinding lasers into officer's eyes and into recording equipment that was touted as genious use of technology and civil disobedience. Now that a cop tries something similar they are touted as trouble makers and assholes for simply not wanting to be recorded. Yes it is a public place and you are allowed to record them but you don't have to bring your phone into their face.
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- Muromec 5y ago
  Cops are paid by public and public has a right to know how they are doing their job, so yes, it’s very different
  - nextlevelwizard 5y ago
    Yes you have the right to know what they are doing, but again pushing right up to their face with a camera is just being a huge dick
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jolux 5y ago

Ever heard of the first amendment?

stale2002 5y ago
They were arrested or anything. So I don't see the problem.
vxNsr 5y ago
The OP said the cop was harassing them… the only harassment appeared to be coming from the crowd.
- TaylorAlexander 5y ago
  I just watched the video in the article. Seems like everyone is calm. But the man with the gun on his hip seems to be demanding the crowd change their behavior due to some issue with a banner. Whether you call that harassment or not I suppose is a matter of perspective.
  - vxNsr 5y ago
    That’s not really true tho right? they mock him, they hurl insults, at the end we can hear them telling him he has no life… I understand that we’re now entering a phase of cognitive dissonance, but it’s always surprising to see it so starkly represented.
  - sigzero 5y ago
    Then you watched a different video. The crowd was not "calm".
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- jolux 5y ago
  Point being, cops aren’t actually allowed to retaliate, or stop you from filming them, just because they don’t like what you’re saying. They are required to let you speak and film.

pempem 5y ago

It seems like signing up for a job like being a police officer, and receiving a gun, riot training, interrogation and arrest techniques means that they should be able to handle this without escalating. Now if a cop was calling you those things and you had all of those weapons and verbally engaged in escalation, i think maybe, you might not survive the encounter.

jdavis703 5y ago

I’ve seen bus drivers treated worse. It’s just a part of working with the public, which is part of being cop. If an adult armed with a gun can’t deal with this, they should seek a desk job.