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https://twitter.com/LuckyTecolote/status/1427330694229872662?s=19
If anyone but a cop does this they'd be immediately cuffed. Instead he's placed on paid leave and mildly pulled away by his fellow officers.
ChristianSuddath
“ don’t say that shit again to any officer” how are you gonna lecture someone on morals after punching them in the face?
SteerpikeSteerpike
The fact that there is even the slightest discussion on this is disgusting. You can't hit a restrained person. Period.
OriginalAndWitty
"Don't do that to any officer" not another person, to an officer. Very telling he feels everyone outside a uniform isn't worth protecting.
Orb99
Responsible cop with mask comes and taps the lil baby cop with a temper on his back
UnkindledOne
The bald one was about to mace the guy lol Jesus christ
SpecialAgentPinkfinger
Funny cuz I was spit on by an officer after my (now ex) wife attacked me with a weapon because I was a "wife-beating son of a bitch"
HerdPapley
Here’s a plan. Every time a video like this happens, we fire the abusive cops and redistribute their salary to everyone in the video who 2)
HerdPapley
Stopped the abuse from continuing. Direct proportional reward for being a good cop. No cop I know it’s paid well enough. If they all got 3)
HerdPapley
a permanent bonus every time they were caught rightfully correcting another cop we would quickly have a police force that is paid well 4)
HerdPapley
enough and also full of cops who understand restraint. Seems like an easy way to filter out the scum.
OMGthisnameisnttaken
Would it be a snowballing effect? Like cop A gets B's money, then messes up, does cop C get A and B? And then when he messes up, D=A+B+C?
HerdPapley
Exactly. By the end we have 3 billionaire cops with hearts of gold that can afford iron man suits and stop all crime. The end.
BootsDusty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFtGCycZjgM
Nual
Cut off his hand? Seems fair.
ChupaChena
Fucking psychopaths.
Scahrossar
Dug some more. The guy in the bed broke his eye socket due to that attack
Scahrossar
https://njersy.co/3g63UFx (short link because original URL goes over the char limit)
jacencaedus
This should be punished much harsher than a civilian. This is unacceptable in every situation and cops need to be better than this.
Asadsadsadclown
Unfortunately ignorance is an affirmative defense for police.
TheNextHafthorBjornsson
Probably caught a deal because he wore a wire for the FBI to catch a couple supplying him with heroin to sell. But yeah fuck this guy.
f4m0us4m0s
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/paterson-press/2021/02/24/paterson-nj-death-suicide-police-beating-victim/4575307001/
SwadeWilson
Shiiiiiit
WhatTheHellHero
Man, I was looking for context on this video, but this just made it worse.
happyguide
It says that cop got 5 years in federal prison. I guess he was also stealing drugs
Asadsadsadclown
Aka, sentenced to 5. Probably credit for time served of at least 1 year, early release after 1.5, and 2.5 years probation.
IStoleALoafOfBread
5 years probably for the drugs...any time for the assault?
blackozone
Both crimes were assessed for that sentence.
brainmydamage
lol sounds about white
ClericOfTheProsperityGospel
5 years? Figures.
ThailandExpress
munchmunchmunch
If you can’t keep your cool when a teen swears and spits at you then you aren’t prepared for this job. There is no room for “bad day”.
Fastjack2056
Isn't it wild that if any of us popped a cop in the face we would go right to jail, but this guy isn't even going to be charged with a crime
nevertrustawetfart
But they have a tough job.
Tuidjy
He spat at the officer. This is considered assault. He will be lucky if he's not charged. Without the video? He would have been, 100%!
Fastjack2056
I'm sure he was provoked. Point is, if a cop provokes/spits at me and I swing at him, the cop won't be the one charged with assault, is he?
PrincessWasabi
Spat from >6 feet away it appears. Subject was restrained in a stretcher. No immediate threat to cop. This was an ego ouchie wowchie
undeadlemur
Doesn't mean he hit him with it.
census2011
Punishment fits the crime
Fastjack2056
Found the abused kid
FetaForMoses
The guy is obviously either intoxicated or has a mental disease. Also he’s restrained on a stretcher. What the fuck?
FetaForMoses
This is why defunding cops and giving the money to social workers is so important.
aChungusAmongUs
What in the goddam fuck
The22ndDoctor
Nobody is mentioning how Cop 2 immediately draws his mace and starts to advance as well.
kakivara
Mace is a much more appropriate reaction for spitting than punching. Although it makes for a spicy ambulance ride.
FetaForMoses
Well in case you didn’t know the cops are nothing but a gang at this point.
xj4low
How many stood there and watched it?
glaug
And this is why every cop is a bastard, including the "nice uncles." We need to start treating them like the enemy combatants they are.
IStoleALoafOfBread
he could have drawn the cop off, but instead a cop off screen is the one that had to come in
CuteLukePatoot
The only masked officer at that, but still gives Punchee McGee a 'thattaboy' backpat.
DorthLous
The 2 last cops seems to behave differently. Younger trying to diffuse with minimal power, maybe?
Exphixius
Came here to say this!
choakid999
I would’ve too. Fucking maxed that bitch before he punched that kid
Vhyson
The one punching the restrained dude wasn't even the guy that got spit on, mace boy was. Not that macing him would have been appropriate
ProperPlanningPreventsPissPoorPerformance
And you can see the smirk that cop has as the kid gets punched
Sageypie
Messed up that punchcop there actually saved the paramedics from getting maced for being in that guys proximity.
DarthDrizzt42
It's even worse. He starts drawing his mace before the other cop moves to hit the dude. He was gonna do that all on his own
cdlong
Look at the reaction of the cops standing at the side, or more importantly, the complete lack of a reaction.
Misterdruglicious
sheep act as one
RingyDingy
The bald one pulled out his mace before the other cup slugged the guy.
cdlong
I'm sure the paramedics standing around the guy on the stretcher would have loved that.
AvocadoHouse
I remember being at a protest in ‘08 where I witnessed cops turning their backs when anti-gay protestors beat up gay rights protesters. Then
AvocadoHouse
the anti gay protestors would go to the cops and make fun of the gay rights people together. People bleeding and cops saying there was
AvocadoHouse
nothing they could do. I was there supporting my friends. I had a group try to fight me and told me the cops were in their side.
aolyahooaltavista
They were actually really affected by the whole thing and took it out on their wives later that night.
flexistraw
Look at all of the good apples leap into action to stop that bad apple
cdlong
One guy "swoops" in, and then handles him with kid gloves, though he should have been reaching for his cuffs.
GayCanadianJew
The one moustached cop on the right tries to push the assaulter away, but yeah the rest of them don’t do anything.
CrystalChris
Thats because it wasn’t a cop it was a paramedic, he looks exhausted with the cops. Looks like he’s talking to someone in the ambulance too.
LoserBabe
Based on what I know about both LA fire and medic uniforms, there would be a dept. badge on his left shoulder instead of a rank chevron...
LoserBabe
It's more likely an LAPD officer who is tired and pissed off at the hot heads he works with
whytcrayon
Plus, he appears to be the ranking officer on the scene. He’s held responsible for everyone acting like jackasses on camera. I don’t know -1
CrystalChris
On closer inspection it looks like you’re right. I didn’t notice it before.
Foffett
ACAB
ronpopeil
Just goes to show: for every bad cop there's at least 3 good cops willing to stand around, watch, and do nothing.
getotterhere
I get spit on by patients all the time and you don’t see me punching them
activeracer28
I think the bigger problem shown here is how the rest just watch and allowed it.
Illithidbane
Like last year when they shoved an elderly man and left him bleeding from a head wound?
Saigon333
And his coworkers just… sat there while he did it. Not even a ‘What the fuck, man?’
Vhyson
If someone spit on me at my current job, I'd probably throw a punch too, but I'm not a cop for a reason. I just don't have the temperament
UnnecessaryCensorship
We all have our breaking points
Vhyson
To deal with the douchebaggery of working with the public. Working with patients was a different mindset, they're sick. It was still gross
Vhyson
But spit was probably the least gross bodily fluid I would get on me that shift. Cops should be held to a higher standard. Not lower.
trippingthelightfantastic
janeavrige7
Reviews say it's real buggy. Haven't used it yet
SecretAgentSuperBooger
f1223214
Why would they fear if what they're doing is exactly what they SHOULD be doing ? AKA doing their job instead of pulling shaddy sh.ts.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
abbazabba2366
It's called Mobile Justice. https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police/mobile-justice
zanaria
If it would get a normal person charged with a crime then it should get a cop charged as well....
bRAD717
Wow, they all sit and watch and someone from the very back comes In. I always wondered, what do you EMS guys do in these situations?
VonLiptonSchtein
Guy with the mustache on the left immediately stepped in to get the cop off him. Can't tell if he's medical or cop though
buzzardman2
Probably nothing since they don't want to get shot...
usedhernaym
You're not wrong
SweatyNoah
If a restrained person calls you a bitch and that’s how you react, you’re a bitch.
quoththeravennever
I work on an ambulance and get called a bitch every day. Yesterday a dude said he’d rape me to death when he got out of the hospital 1/2
quoththeravennever
Still didn’t think about punching him. And would lose my job if I even thought about it. 2/2
CorneliusCornwall
What a snowflake that words hurt his little feelings so much so he had a physical reaction
gregorystrupes
He was assaulted with a bio weapon. Spit at someone during covid = get ur ass beat deservedly.
Illithidbane
If you work at McDonald's, you can't punch people without getting fired. Why does McD's expect more restraint than armed police?
daytimepajamas
this
CorneliusCornwall
In healthcare getting spit on and called a bitch is just Wednesday.
Illithidbane
And you don't even get riot gear and an APC to protect you from the patients.
CorneliusCornwall
I'm just sayin, mr. Smith would be a lot nicer and take his meds faster if I had a service pistol on my hip.
Thelrishlnquistion
This is why ACAB. Because while one is beating or killing somebody, there’s 5 more standing by watching them without comment.
Sh4dowWalker96
If you have 1 bad cop, and 99 "good" cops that don't do a damn thing about it, you have 100 bad cops.
colt64
This is a specific condition to police too. 1 bad nurse, you've got 1 bad nurse. But 1 bad cop means 100 aren't doing their job.
madeyoulookXD
One cop threw hands but i see 6 corrupt cops
VashTehStampede
This.
PhurbuMukpodom
SCAB or even MCAB, but I know a decent cops. The smart and caring ones got out and got other city jobs though.
VashTehStampede
There are some exceptions like Newark PD, who shot zero bullets in 2020, but I wouldn't swear that a cop I know isn't a bastard on shift. ?
VashTehStampede
Just because I know someone personally doesn't mean I know them at work, with their coworkers watching, especially if your coworkers 1/2
VashTehStampede
are people you have seen get violent and nasty to others. Still, silent cops watching bastards bastard are, by their inaction, bastards. 2/2
Infinias
Acab?
xj4low
Can't wait to see how the police report spins this.
EndorForestSummerCamp83
"The suspect then assaulted the arresting officer's fist with his face, with no regard for health or safety of those involved."
PastaJesus
The *one* who sort of did anything gave him time to do it again if he wanted and gently led him away. Disgusting
slinkydust
"Lol, there he goes again"
Tumescentpie
It is so weird how many criminals work for the police forces. It is almost like they are drawn to a role where they can abuse others.
doomscrollerextroadinaire
Officer glasses mcmaskyface steroids in to de escalate. Though it could be that he saw a camera.
SuperIncoherentRantingMan
And without action. All those cops saw that aggressive advancement and did nothing to stop an obviously agitated person.
aifeloadawildmoss
So much this. A few bad apples spoil the bunch! They always seem to forget that second part of the apples allegory.
bumblebeezombie
There aren’t just a few bad apples. There are only a few good ones.
smashpro1
Good ones don't last long.
aifeloadawildmoss
That's literally the whole point of the phrase. They all turn bad when theres a few bad uns
fearcandy
https://youtu.be/AbfAEoFQ3PU
aifeloadawildmoss
Well, yeh. Obviously. But that doesnt exonerate all the murder and beatings and blind eye tactics.
glaug
There are no good ones. Every cop is a bastard, and every cop is a traitorous enemy of the United States. Fuck every last one of them.
SomeDetroitGuy
Hey now, one of them stepped in between and said he shouldn't have done that. /s
dashthefox
"Look man, calm down. I know you didn't get much sleep last night but you might, maybe, get into trouble."
PastaJesus
"don't listen to him, you're not a bitch" -the other officer probably
fennecbutt
Because it's proven that if they speak out, they get fired. If they get fired they can't make a positive difference in any way.
mycatwontletmeclosemybedroomdoor
If they aren't speaking out they're making, at best, no difference at all.
datphone777365
this. they missed every chance to make good while silent.
yougotsomesplainingtodo
The people of Imgur get dumber everyday ?
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imeanYUUUGE
Don’t be so hard on yourself, bud.
EndOfMeaning
Don't project your feelings about yourself onto other persons.
RaoulDukePaulAtreides
bugcooper
one pulled him back
GulDukat0
No, he did not. He gave the most gentle pat.
mikeatike
Adter the fact, how convenient.
bugcooper
was he supposed to pull him back before he acted crazy? he came in pretty quick and was the farthest away
bekkayya
YES. HE WAS. ANY OF THEM WERE SUPPOSED TO. Go lick some mace flavored boots.
bugcooper
he supposed to see the future and know that kid was going to spit on him and call him a bitch and that he was going to over react?
bugcooper
get fucked, idiot
PTFCMcGee
Can’t wait to see what the bullshit defense of this cop is going to be.
Mayokopp
And you know no matter how stupid its gonna be at worst he's gonna get a slap on the wrist.. fucking pathetic
Beezlebubble
I may tend to play devil's advocate in situations until I see a full break down but no. Throw a spit mask or something over the guy and be
Beezlebubble
Done. No need to hit him. And the other cops should have stepped in to stop this. LAPD so I'm not surprised
Heavenissize17socks
The officer *was* assaulted, buy there's *no way* in the world a jury would believe he was defending himself.
Exyr
It will be self defense. Spitting on someone is assault. I'm not saying what he did is okay just that will be his defense.
Perfectlynormalhumanbieng
First of all that wasn’t the cop he was trying to spit at and that cop didn’t even get anything on him so how isn’t it assault?
Exyr
I just said that will be his defense.
Onetonmanwithaspoon
But they would have to consider that the "attacker" was already restrained at the time.
IrukandjiJelly
He was off screen. Dude may have spat in his direction, but no way could it have been 'on' him.
zanarchy805
He was at least ten feet away. No way any got on him.
IPoisonedDorcasMutton
Self defense is only self defense so long as you're acting to stop an imminent threat. Spitting from meters away is not an imminent threat.
Onetonmanwithaspoon
There are several diseases that can be transmitted through spitting also state law would be questioned on if the act is considered a threat
IPoisonedDorcasMutton
Again, from that range there is no imminent threat. Self defense is only permissible to REMOVE yourself from the threat or 1
IPoisonedDorcasMutton
Neutralize the threat if escape is not possible. The officer could have easily stepped back, so self defense is not a valid counter. 2
jimmyman999000
Put a mask on his face to prevent him from spitting, not punch him in the face. Also, breathing out can spread disease too, so punch him ...
jimmyman999000
...every time he breathes your way?
PMAW
We need to start drug testing cops. Especially for steroids and other peds.
pareidoliaperson
dannne
Or stop hiring people that can't enforce the law in the right way.
BabyRabits
Test cops! Don't stop at drugs either, hell, surprise them with a fun spelling test, or rock them with mandatory testing for rabies ??
DirtyChalupa6669
Gotta test for little dick complex
Khornight
No, it doesn’t matter if this guy is on drugs or not. He should be jailed for his actions.
LumpWithaLeafHat
Revise Hanlon's razor to "never attribute to drugs that which is adequately explained by malice"?
Irishman1227
Some departments already do. Metro Nashville for one.
TheJuiceLoosener
And lead. These guys are often poisoned from indoor shooting ranges. Low intelligence and aggression are just 2 effects of elevated lead
SatanicSpirals
And prison guards. I personally knew two that roided up for work.
n0ckturn4l10
I believe they already do get tested, apparently at random though.
PMAW
Very few depts do random testing most unions prevent it.
n0ckturn4l10
I think the major ones do (ny, la, Chicago etc).. I can see the smaller ones not doing it though.
pareidoliaperson
So drugs made him do this? Another disgusting white excuse.
Willowknowsall
Or hiring cops that aren't such a little bitch! You only get mad if what someone says is true...
ortizimus
And check for spider tack on their guns and index fingers
BrainDrayne
I had to get regularly drug tested to work in a fucking farm supply storep
VodkaReindeer
But wouldn't we want cops' performance to be enhanced
DrasticBastard
And cocain
bugcooper
cops are already tested and have periodic random drug screenings
DangrebeTheMangrebe
*winks at ronnie coleman*
tacosarejustmexicansandwhiches
It's very easy for them to skip/delay them because there aren't any consequences.
tacosarejustmexicansandwhiches
They just their sgt to say, 'so-and-so is busy with duty and will perform exam in 2 weeks as time permits'
PMAW
Nope.
killerkoyd
And somehow they always know when they are coming
SleeperXib
I'd also be down for making a history of domestic violence an automatic disqualification for the job.
yougotsomesplainingtodo
Drug tests already happen and Domestic Violence is absolutely a disqualification.
OrneTTe
Plenty of cops are coke heads and get notice ahead of time when they are going to be tested. Plus TRT and ADHD meds which they get scripted.
wabitgirl
You mean you don't want people who enjoy abusing authority in a position of authority? Why?
AShartInTheWind
We need a federally controlled database of all police and their records. Therefore, if they go to apply at another department, all of their-
AShartInTheWind
-prior wrongdoing is there for all to see. Of course there's a lot of other reform that needs to happen, but this would be a bit help.
SleeperXib
Fuck, I'd donate to help fund that
HoppulusMoMo
But then we wouldn’t have any cops
realargonwolf
It is here in PA
realargonwolf
(State Police, dunno about local jurisdictions)
brobinson2001
It doesn't count if it gets dismissed as part of a diversion plea. Go to "counseling" and the DA drops the charges.
realargonwolf
Not necessarily. The only guy I knew personally who wanted to get in had the police investigating his background deeply, talking to whoever-
hammersquirrel
Fun fact: DV rates are way higher for cops. Wait… that wasn’t fun at all
VirtualNaut
Especially for their SO );
PrecogFrogOnALog
That's just what's reported. It's probably higher since the abused don't have many they can go to when their abuser's friends investigate.
SleeperXib
I've heard this as well. But, it seems like a very reasonable reason to disqualify someone from the job.
hammersquirrel
It definitely should. It’s an indication of the psychological profile American police attract
SliderOfElay
It's hard when basically "I want to be a cop" is usually reason enough that they shouldn't be. So who do you hire?
TweakerTheBarbarian
Althox00
It's black and blue like their wifes and kids
DigiT00l
That is less than I expected
SliderOfElay
That's just provable? Or documented?
Illumian85
That is just the reported percentage, I believe the estimate for actual domestic abuse numbers is about 2x the confirmed reports
70m4h4wk
Those are the reported numbers. The actual figure is estimated to be closer to 80% I think