An example of Seattles (not so) finest

stomachmonkey · 01-31-2015, 02:23 PM

Female Cop Abuses 70-yr-old Air Force Veteran, Literally Arrests Him for Walking With a Cane | Filming Cops

flatbutt · 01-31-2015, 02:35 PM

Well he's not walking with a cane but rather a golf club and I've tried to spot the infraction. Where does the vid show him swinging the club at the officer?

masraum · 01-31-2015, 02:38 PM

When a cop asks you to put your golf club down. Put it down. At one point he walks off frame without using the golf club as a cane, so it's not like he was going to fall over if he had dropped it. I just don't understand people.

masraum · 01-31-2015, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by flatbutt

Well he's not walking with a cane but rather a golf club and I've tried to spot the infraction. Where does the vid show him swinging the club at the officer?

It didn't

herr_oberst · 02:44 PM

Wow. Who cares if he "swung a club" (which I didn't see), he doesn't deserve this.

(porsche content, 45 seconds in...)

john walker's workshop · 01-31-2015, 02:41 PM

ya wonder why the justice dept is investigating them? that beeech got reassigned. then there's the recent vid of a professor on his cell phone casually walking past a line of cops and getting a blast of pepper spray. lawsuit on that one. i don't think anything can rein them in.

stomachmonkey · 01-31-2015, 02:44 PM

There is nothing illegal or suspicious about walking around with a golf club.

He did nothing wrong.

nynor · 01-31-2015, 03:27 PM

"it's a weapon!" holy mackerel.

Ayles · 01-31-2015, 03:54 PM

I'm usually very pro cop, but something really has to change with them.

http://youtu.be/ntjsAuLn5OM

afterburn 549 · 01-31-2015, 04:11 PM

They are no longer there to protect or serve, EXCEPT themselves.

nynor · 01-31-2015, 04:21 PM

a fostered us vs. them mentality, along with a lot of militarization.... what could go wrong?

afterburn 549 · 01-31-2015, 04:22 PM

I dont know what i am missing, what was he stopped for ? ( PC? )

jorian · 04:30 PM

Let's say he did swing the club. He's on the sidewalk. She's 25 feet away. In a car. Cops are supposedly hired for their ability to use good judgement. Don't see that here.

afterburn 549 · 01-31-2015, 04:29 PM

Hopefully he will win a lawsuit case against the power hungry BIOTCH !

URY914 · URY914's Garage

Do what the police tell you to do. Easy really.

nynor · 01-31-2015, 04:32 PM

yes, because bowing to the police state is the only way to live.

Baz · Baz's Garage

Stuff like this pisses me off!

The guy is suing the SPD for $750K....I hope he gets it!

BE911SC · 01-31-2015, 04:42 PM

Well he is a black man after all.

Baz · Baz's Garage

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Originally Posted by URY914

Do what the police tell you to do. Easy really.

I agree. But in this case she didn't use good judgement in the first place during that encounter. How's he going to do any damage to her either with or without a golf club? Really dumb and really over reach.

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Originally Posted by nynor

yes, because bowing to the police state is the only way to live.

It all depends. In this case she was not using good judgement so I don't have a problem with the guy refusing. But there are other times it is very reasonable to expect a person to do what the cop says because his life could be in danger. I can see that scenario happening a LOT! It's not about giving up a freedom - it's about working with those who are trying to help our communities.

masraum · 01-31-2015, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jorian

Let's say he did swing the club. He's on the sidewalk. She's 25 feet away. In a car. Cops are supposedly hired for their ability to use good judgement. Don't see that here.

Absolutely. I will heartily agree that there appeared to be little to no reason for her to stop to talk to him.

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Originally Posted by URY914

Do what the police tell you to do. Easy really.

And if he had done that, none of this probably would have happened.