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Originally Posted by Locke
1. They are obviously not infallible, I'm going to assume that was a typo on your part.
2. Its not a 'percentage of misconduct' that concerns me whatsoever.
If you get some over-zealous Cop writing a million tickets a month that would suck, but its liveable and correctable. Its the 'Degree of Misconduct' that concerns me.
How many people are shot or are rotting in cells simply for the convenience of the Police? That concerns me.
Did you watch that video? Did you see a need for that officer to smash that woman's skull into the floor?
He got a one-year paid vacation and....re-assigned. Thats it.
But on that note...did you see the other attending officers in that video? Did you see their level of concern? I've been more concerned about unpaid parking than those guys were about a woman getting her skull smacked around.
Did they speak against their Comrade at the hearing? Or did they stay silent?
Theres a term for that. Its on the tip of my tongue...I just cant come up with it....Omerta
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1) Yes I meant to say they’re not infallible.
2) I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make bringing up a traffic cop writing a million tickets, that’s they’re job and as long as the ticket is for an offence there’s nothing wrong with that, it’s not misconduct. How many people are shot or rotting in cells at the
convenience of the police? I don’t know, you tell me, you seem to have some inside knowledge on this. Please, provide some examples.
Yes, I watched the video, perhaps you missed my post where I called it disgusting. No I do not think that was necessary and I do not condone excessive force, quite frankly it reflects poorly on every police officer.
With regards to his “one year vacation” and reassignment, I’ll have to look into the actual sanctions before making comment. However, there is precedence for offences like that, such as 60 days of pay, a permanent discipline record which is disclosable for criminal trials as well as permanent limitations on duty options in the future. Then on top of that there are the criminal repercussions. If he’s found guilty of aggravated assault that can come with a weapons ban so that can result in him losing his job as he wouldn’t be able to carry a firearm.
With regards to their reaction? It looks like they were kind of shocked to be honest, now the supervisor on scene told the member to stay away from the victim and that it was the worst case of excessive force he’d seen to that member at the scene. He then went on to testify against that subject officer during trial. Did the other members do that? I don’t know, I’d have to read the court transcripts. But you holding this case up as an example on police covering for each other is weak.