Seattle cop punches woman in face during routine jaywalking stop - Polidicks

[release]A teen took a fist to the face by a cop, all because he stopped her for jaywalking. Investigators in Seattle are reviewing the incident, which was captured on video, but the president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild argues the use of force was justified. "He did nothing wrong," Rich O'Neill said, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "If anything, I think he maybe waited a little too long to engage in force because I think he was trying to defuse the situation." But "it was obvious from the audio anyway of the two individuals that they were not going to be calmed down." The incident began when an unnamed police officer spotted a teen jaywalking across Martin Luther King Jr. Way South around 3:10 p.m., according to a report on the Seattle Police Department Web site. As he approached the 18-year-old male, the officer witnessed four females do the same thing at the same spot on the road, about 15 feet from a pedestrian crosswalk. "The officer instructed the females to step over to his vehicle," officials said. "They were verbally antagonistic." When one of them, a 19-year-old, began to walk away, the officer approached her and escorted her back. "The female subject began to tense up her arm and pull away from the officer while yelling at him," police said. The two argued, and the officer attempted to cuff her. That is when, according to officials, another of the teens interceded. "The second female subject placed her hands on the officer's arm, causing the officer to believe she was attempting to physically affect the first subject's escape," police said. A crowd had gathered around the officer by that time, and one witness captured much of the altercation on video. As the officer and the 17-year-old struggled, the teen can be seen pushing the officer, who then responds by punching her in the face. The crowd reacted with shock, and a voice is heard saying, "Are you serious?!" Someone pulled the 17-year-old away, and the police officer proceeded to try to handcuff the 19-year-old. "Do not struggle," the cop orders the woman during the video. Backup eventually arrived, police said, at which point the teen who was punched was handcuffed. She was later examined by medical personnel. "You obviously have to take into context everything that occurred from the point that the officer did make contact with the individuals until the situation ended," said Deputy Chief Nick Metz to King 5 News. Metz noted there were some "concerns about the tactics the officer used." "There will be a thorough investigation into this incident," said Police Sgt. Sean Whitcomb, according to Komo News. [/release] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjhnhXHs3Ts[/media] [url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/06/16/2010-06-16_seattle_cop_punches_woman_in_face_over_routine_jaywalking_stop.html]Story[/url] Bitch had it coming. :cop:

"Are you serious"

[quote]A teen took a fist to the face by a cop, all because he stopped her for jaywalking.[/quote] No, silly media, that is not what happened. She was attempting to help some one else escape arrest and assaulted an officer in the process(she was shoving him). What he did was entirely justified, especially considering that it actually did stop her.

Cop was right, but still hitting a girl, that's weak man.

[QUOTE=bravehat;22661765]Cop was right, but still hitting a girl, that's weak man.[/QUOTE] What was he supposed to do then? Say "Stop resisting, dear"

Kind of a pussy cop to have to punch a girl in the face for pushing him like that but honestly, if you're fighting a cop, expect to get hit.

No forcibly cuff em. And it ain't my fault I'm chivalrous. :v:

are you serious are you serious are you serious are you serious are you serious are you serious are you serious Holy fuck thats annoying

[QUOTE=bravehat;22661765]Cop was right, but still hitting a girl, that's weak man.[/QUOTE] oh fuck off, girls don't have special vagina privileges

Why did she get in there? She deserved it.

Why does this cop take so long to restrain one 19 year old girl.

[QUOTE=A.C.I.D;22661972]Why does this cop take so long to restrain one 19 year old girl.[/QUOTE] Because he has procedures to follow?

Idiot kids. The worst they would have gotten was just a warning and [I]maybe [/I]a ticket.

The video was pretty hilarious.

[QUOTE=Killerjc;22662028]Because he has procedures to follow?[/QUOTE] Punch. Teenager. Face.

"Are you serious!?" "No, I'm not serious. This is just one of those TV shows that capture your facial expressions for the shits and giggles and then to find out this is all fake."

[QUOTE=A.C.I.D;22661972]Why does this cop take so long to restrain one 19 year old girl.[/QUOTE] If he had just shoved her to the ground and cuffed her then either he could get in trouble for using "unreasonable force," or he could have escalated the situation and started a mob mentality within the group of people surrounding him. I'm not saying that just shoving the woman into the asphalt would be unreasonable, but the ass-backwards US legal system might.

Kind of wish he'd've punched the "ARE YOU SERIOUS" guy. But seriously though. That whole entire situation was nonsense.

[QUOTE=Termy58;22661930]oh fuck off, girls don't have special vagina privileges[/QUOTE] See that post where it says I'm chivalrous? Yeah it means I'm chivalrous, I just don't like the thought of hitting a chick.

[QUOTE=bravehat;22661765]Cop was right, but still hitting a girl, that's weak man.[/QUOTE] Girls are not above the law..

To be honest I found myself more in favor of the cop when it was revealed the girl wasn't pretty.

[QUOTE=A.C.I.D;22661972]Why does this cop take so long to restrain one 19 year old girl.[/QUOTE] it's actually quite hard to restrain someone when they're determined not to be restrained. maybe you should try it. [editline]06:59PM[/editline] serves the dumb bitch right though

[QUOTE=Elecbullet;22662244]To be honest I found myself more in favor of the cop when it was revealed the girl wasn't pretty.[/QUOTE] you're more honest with yourself than 99% of this forum, if she was super hot everyone would be defending her here

As much as you white knights are bitching that he's a pussy for putting a bitch in her place, he's been more than chivalrous. He could've easily tased the fuck out of them for resisting arrest.

"ARE YOU SRS? ARE YOU SRS? ARE YOU SRRRRS?" This cop had the patience of a fucking saint edit: He should have called for backup; that was starting to look sketchy.

First of all, why would a cop try and stop someone for jaywalking? Don't they have much bigger fish to fry?

Scary how bystanders dont do anything. I mean there were at least 4 fully grown men that could have taken the cop "out" and calmed him down. Just shows that police are not seen as normal immortals but as untouchable for most people.

[QUOTE=archangel125;22662501]First of all, why would a cop try and stop someone for jaywalking? Don't they have much bigger fish to fry?[/QUOTE] The law is the law, they take an oath to uphold it. He probably didn't go out looking for jaywalkers, he just saw it happening and intervened.

Owned. [QUOTE=archangel125;22662501]First of all, why would a cop try and stop someone for jaywalking? Don't they have much bigger fish to fry?[/QUOTE] Depends on where you are. If you're doing that on a busy street full of cars they usually enforce it simply because all it takes it one person trying run across the street and get hit by a car or cause a car to crash.

[QUOTE=archangel125;22662501]First of all, why would a cop try and stop someone for jaywalking? Don't they have much bigger fish to fry?[/QUOTE] apparently this is near a highschool and it's extremely problematic. they're supposed to use a skybridge to cross the street (more visible from [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9w9AfptGGQ]this angle[/url]) so they ticket those who don't use it.