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>Her The author is a man. >Her wanting to stay on the scene to look after her friend and the cyclist was enough 'disrespect' to trigger the cop into violent m
by learc83 13y ago
>Her
The author is a man.
>Her wanting to stay on the scene to look after her friend and the cyclist was enough 'disrespect' to trigger the cop into violent mode.
Even if he was doing something wrong, assuming he wasn't violent, what happened to him was way out of proportion and should be illegal.
However, If I'm going to weigh the probabilities--4 cops spontaneously tackle a sober person for politely asking a question sounds a lot less likely than 4 cops tackle a belligerent drunk guy.
- javajosh 13y ago>However, If I'm going to weigh the probabilities--4 cops spontaneously tackle a sober person for politely asking a question sounds a lot less likely than 4 cops tackle a belligerent drunk guy. I know where you're coming from. It is hard to believe. I could hardly believe it when it happened to me (see my other thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7234781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7234781). I still have a hard time believing it. But the simple fact is that it happens, and what really enables it is the fact that there is not a damn thing anyone can do about it. The police are incredibly well-protected from any sort of accountability. The will to reprimand has to come from the inside, and that is usually done silently, if it's done at all. Cops are big on loyalty.