LA police officer punches special needs woman in the face on a bus, then intimidates other passenger - Polidicks

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1w_RZ5vnys[/media] If you want a text source: [url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/01/video_la_sheriffs_deputy_punches_special_needs_woman_bus.php]here[/url]

I'd love to say "only in America" but then I remembered I made that one thread about french policemen beating the fuck out of some guy after cuffing him. Shit. [editline]12th January 2012[/editline] Oh well fuck that shit, Only in america :v:

Fucking disgraceful.

When I see these threads, I need to try very, very hard to remember that the vast majority of cops aren't power-hungry douchebags.

Frankly, I am not surprised this happened in Los Angeles.

I salute to the vet who took the video and reported it. "Officers" like this guy who threw a punch at that woman should face strict and strong consequences.

Props to that black guy for not backing down. Got to love how the officer totally decks some lady who is not doing anything, and then has the gaul to ask the black guy "Do you have any warrants?" "Nope, 6 year veteran" "WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT!" Fuck you, unnamed LA officer. Abuse of power and racism all bundled up in one package, maybe you should move to the south where officers like you are a dime a dozen.

[QUOTE=That Poster;34176980]When I see these threads, I need to try very, very hard to remember that the vast majority of cops aren't power-hungry douchebags.[/QUOTE] Well, there's always one guy to say it, so might as well launch it now, one bad apple spoils the whole basket. Or something like that. These kind of cops are barely ever the ones you actually have to deal with in your normal life. But hey, the media is supposed to give us exciting news about stuff that isn't supposed to happen/happens rarely, and sadly there's way more assholes like that guy than extremely good cops.

[QUOTE=That Poster;34176980]When I see these threads, I need to try very, very hard to remember that the vast majority of cops aren't power-hungry douchebags.[/QUOTE] Just have to remember the only reason it gets on the news is because its preposterous. The 20% of cops who are assholes and would do something like this get more media attention than the 80% who are just trying to keep the streets safe. -sorta ninja'd-

Hes just one bad apple right guys?

I'm really waiting for the day the sensationalist headlines will have stuff like "cop saves mother and her three children, arrests criminal, no collateral damage" and not stuff like "cop faces armed criminal, draws gun and shoots everything, kills mother of three, criminal escapes" [editline]12th January 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=MorningWoody;34177008]The 20% of cops who are assholes and would do something like this get more media attention than the 80% who are just trying to keep the streets safe.[/QUOTE] It's the news, they're supposed to give something, well, new. A cop doing his job isn't new or surprising or "rare", it's fairly normal.

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;34177022]I'm really waiting for the day the sensationalist headlines will have stuff like "cop saves mother and her three children, arrests criminal, no collateral damage" and not stuff like "cop faces armed criminal, draws gun and shoots everything, kills mother of three, criminal escapes" [editline]12th January 2012[/editline] It's the news, they're supposed to give something, well, new. A cop doing his job isn't new or surprising or "rare", it's fairly normal.[/QUOTE] To be honest a cop abusing his power is less surprising now.

[QUOTE=Jasun;34177075]To be honest a cop abusing his power is less surprising now.[/QUOTE] Sadly it's true.

[QUOTE=Cmx;34177021]Hes just one bad apple right guys?[/QUOTE] Actually, he is.

[QUOTE=hoodoo456;34177137]Actually, he is.[/QUOTE] One of the hundred of bad apples that run around the country and abuse their non-deserved power. Just try and count the number of police brutality news that come up on sensationalist headlines for a month. I'm pretty sure the number will be around 100. When there's such a number of bad apples, you have to seriously ask yourself what's making these apples bad. Most importantly, you have to ask yourself what let these bad apples in the basket. Don't tell me an aggressive guy is totally unnoticeable until he actually hurts someone who didn't ask for anything. If so much potentially dangerous cops enter the police like that, it means there's a slight problem in their recruitment standards.

Across many different states, plus, he's LAPD. And I'm not saying that there isn't a problem with cops abusing power; I'm just saying not all the cops are bad.

[QUOTE=That Poster;34176980]When I see these threads, I need to try very, very hard to remember that the vast majority of cops aren't power-hungry douchebags.[/QUOTE] Gets harder and harder as time goes on and you see more and more examples that indicate they are, huh?

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;34177166]One of the hundred of bad apples that run around the country and abuse their non-deserved power. Just try and count the number of police brutality news that come up on sensationalist headlines for a month. I'm pretty sure the number will be around 100. When there's such a number of bad apples, you have to seriously ask yourself what's making these apples bad. Most importantly, you have to ask yourself what let these bad apples in the basket. Don't tell me an aggressive guy is totally unnoticeable until he actually hurts someone who didn't ask for anything. If so much potentially dangerous cops enter the police like that, it means there's a slight problem in their recruitment standards.[/QUOTE]Hundred? At the most, there was around twenty which was in December. Now there's 683,396 non-federal cops in the United States, even with your high estimate of a hundred stories a month, that brings the bad cops up to 1200 a year. Which brings us to 0.0017 percent of the cop population being bad. So, not many aggressive cops enter the system, nor is their a problem with the current standards, even if they don't account the person's susceptibility for violent behaviour.

[QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;34177343]Hundred? At the most, there was around twenty which was in December. Now there's 683,396 non-federal cops in the United States, even with your high estimate of a hundred stories a month, that brings the bad cops up to 1200 a year. Which brings us to 0.0017 percent of the cop population being bad. So, not many aggressive cops enter the system, nor is their a problem with the current standards, even if they don't account the person's susceptibility for violent behaviour.[/QUOTE] Obviously what gets posted here is a small fraction of the identified cases of police brutality, and then we have all the shit that goes on that nobody reports.

[QUOTE=Mattk50;34177504]Obviously what gets posted here is a small fraction of the identified cases of police brutality, and then we have all the shit that goes on that nobody reports.[/QUOTE]True, but I doubt the amount of bad cops exceeds two percent. Whether or not that's too much is up to your moral conundrums.

Hope he gets time from the video. The amount of bad cops coming around recently is fucking ridiculous.

[QUOTE=hoodoo456;34177235]Across many different states, plus, he's LAPD. And I'm not saying that there isn't a problem with cops abusing power; I'm just saying not all the cops are bad.[/QUOTE] No one here said all cops are bad, and whoever says they are should inform himself. [editline]12th January 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=ExplodingGuy;34177552]True, but I doubt the amount of bad cops exceeds two percent. Whether or not that's too much is up to your moral conundrums.[/QUOTE] 2% is already a huge number.

I like how the cops backed down after they realized that they were dealing with someone with the power to fight back. [editline]12th January 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Ganerumo;34177629]No one here said all cops are bad, and whoever says they are should inform himself. [editline]12th January 2012[/editline] 2% is already a huge number.[/QUOTE] Honestly, with the amount of police officers. It's way more then 2 %. I would say around 10 - 20 percent for the corrupt / bad police officers.

The guy has a nice Android phone :v:

[QUOTE=Nikota;34177656]I like how the cops backed down after they realized that they were dealing with someone with the power to fight back. [editline]12th January 2012[/editline] Honestly, with the amount of police officers. It's way more then 2 %. I would say around 10 - 20 percent for the corrupt / bad police officers.[/QUOTE] Huh, no 10 - 20 percent is enormous at a country scale.

Ok so we understand there are a good number of douchebag cops. Now where is the stories about the HEROIC cops for a change? D:

LAPD. Why am I not surprised? :rolleyes:

Good man. No wait, very good man. Good to see he didn't shit himself into giving it up to the bastard. Also, what's with all the posts expressing sarcastic surprise at this being in LA?

Obviously there needs to be more done to prevent people like this from being in the police force, but it just depends on where you get your information as to what you think of US police. Personally I've never met a cop like this in my life and they've all been good people from what I could tell but if you only got your information from news headlines, then you're going to have a pretty bad opinion of them.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;34178290]Good man. No wait, very good man. Good to see he didn't shit himself into giving it up to the bastard. Also, what's with all the posts expressing sarcastic surprise at this being in LA?[/QUOTE] LA is a shithole, and the LAPD has a long history of brutality.