Quote:
Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
OK... Why did she drive for 8 miles before she stopped her car? 
She claimed she didn't know he was a cop? In a Patrol car??? Yea right!  |
Young black woman getting pulled over in Georgia? I bet she was scared to death. And yes, as stated above, we do have criminals pretending to be police to pull folks over on lonely roads, or at night. We had that very thing going on around my area years ago, with police warning us to proceed to a busy, well lit area.
Do you know what kind of patrol car this was? In my area at least, we are seeing a big increase in both totally unmarked cars and marked cars with no roof light rack, so you can't pick them out in the rear view mirror. It has apparently become more important to sneak around unnoticed in an effort to catch speeders than it is to be a visible presence to calm traffic. The debate rages on that one, by the way.
On a different note, I wonder why the camera wasn't running from the moment he saw her "speeding". Or at least from the moment - eight miles previously - that it became apparent she was not pulling over. Incomplete or missing film under these circumstances is always rather suspicious. I bet it either was running, and she wasn't speeding, or it wasn't, and she wasn't.
It's still tough to be black in our South, or, for that matter, in much of the U.S. Especially when police are involved. Right here in Seattle, it looks like our police will come under United States Justice Department investigation for it's (too often caught on film) brutality directed at minorities.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
Having said all that he was totally out of control and extremely unprofessional.
Did the color of her skin have anything to do with his behavior? Who knows???
|
See above.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
did he deserve to loose his job over it?
|
He deserves to do time for aggravated assault, just like the rest of us would.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
that decision had been up to me he would have been sent for some additional training and relegated to a desk for an appropriate length of time.
|
We see this all too often when it's left up to cops to police their own. An eleven year veteran is not going to change with any amount of additional "training". He is what he is. And, guaranteed, this is not the first and only time he lost it like that. I wonder how many were afraid to complain, how many complaints were cleared by an internal "investigation". This behavior does not manifest itself just once. This cowardly prick has more than likely made a career of it, and his buddies have covered for him. His firing speaks to that.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
to the video she got a six figure settlement. I might come to the US, get pushed around by some cops and retire on the proceeds. 
But seriously, six figure! That's ridiculous! |
Should have come out of his hide, not the taxpayers. That's the only thing that will finally bring this to a stop - personal liability for their misdeeds on the job. Everyone else is liable, from doctors to engineers to daycare providers. How have cops escaped for so long?