<p>jesus christ their human too</p>
<p>to have little respect for ALL police officers because of some stupid cop(s) is ■■■■■■■■ in itself.</p>
<p>Who said all police officers?</p>
<p>One of the most respectable people I know is a police officer.</p>
<p>Don’t generalize. It’s the excuse of the ignorant.</p>
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<p>^ you did, when you left out the qualifier “some” or “a few”</p>
<p>what a ******bag.</p>
<p>actually i’ve ran into two different cops that were as bad as this guy. they act big and bad cause they have a badge.</p>
<p>can the police legally do this? is the reporter just being rude? or is the office just *****ing?</p>
<p>That cop was ridiculous.</p>
<p>One more reason I have little respect for people who make threads about how they have little respect for police officers.</p>
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<p>You have respect for people who abuse their power?</p>
<p>^ One more reason why I have little respect for people responding to people who make posts responding to people who make threads about how they have little respect for police officers.</p>
<p>Not really. Just thought it’d be fun to type that. It was!</p>
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<p>Man, you love twisting words (thats not what euler said), and yet you didn’t actually comment on the article you posted. So instead of just posting a link (in two forums) and expecting other people to talk about it, how about you tell us exactly why you don’t have respect for (some/all/whatever) police officers…</p>
<p>My feeling: there are two sides to every story. Just because some dude looks into a camera and says “I’m not doing anything” over and over and over and over again doesn’t make it true. We also don’t know the events leading up to this video. So before you go condemning the cops based on a short video, why don’t you consider the possible alternatives.</p>
<p>I don’t have respect for them because too many of them abuse their power (just think of the recent Ryan Moats incident).</p>
<p>There are 2 sides to every story. Fortunately, both sides are shown. Does the reporter do anything wrong? No. He was asked to move, but said he wanted to interview one more person. The officer said no, so he walked to his truck. </p>
<p>The reporter was walking to the car and the police officer stated "“You press that trigger, bro” The reporter said go ahead and shoot if you want (sarcastically of course) and kept walking to his truck. The police officer got mad and arrested him for no reason. To add insult to injury, the police officer threw the camera to the ground. </p>
<p>I am curious what the police officer wrote on the report why the reporter and cameraman was arrested.</p>
<p>FYI: The police officer was put on administrative leave.</p>
<p>Just to expand a bit… the officer was telling the news crew to move their truck (a legal order, especially since the truck was not legally parked and was a potential road hazard), and the newscaster was apparently ignoring the officer (notice how he said “well, I just want to interview this person over here” as he continued walking toward them). He only started walking back to his truck making snarky comments when he realized the officer meant business. </p>
<p>At that point, he was well beyond the point of obstructing, and the officer had several choices - he could have watched them and made sure they left immediately, given them tickets for failure to follow the direction of a peace officer and blocking an emergency lane and then made them leave, or he could have arrested them (which is the option he obviously picked).</p>
<p>Obviously, his decision is not what yours would have been, but unless you know the full details of the story and you actually know whats legal and whats not, don’t make such broad statements.</p>
<p>I guess you were watching a different video than me. There were several cars on the side of the road. The reporter was just doing his job. What is the difference if the truck was parked alongside the other vehicles?</p>
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<p>On what do you base this statement? The news only reports the bad stories - nothing new there. </p>
<p>However, I agree - officers who abuse their power and deprive citizens of their rights should be dealt with immediately. But they are far in the minority.</p>
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<p>How do you know? Just saying that he wants to interview one more person doesn’t make it okay to ignore a lawful order from a police officer. So an officer has to ask more than once for it to actually have any force? Come on.</p>
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<p>It wasn’t for no reason (for no reason would have been if they actually hadn’t done anything wrong). But it did seem like the officer lost his cool and went a bit overboard with his arrest (and apparently is being reprimanded for his actions).</p>
<p>Exactly how much experience do you have with trying to do your job on the side of an active highway while stupid people are getting in your way (illegally)?</p>
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<p>That sounds like the “well, other people are speeding so you can’t give me a ticket for speeding unless you give everyone else a ticket too” line of reasoning :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Again, you don’t know the details. Maybe the officer needed those other cars there because they were witnesses and he needed information from the drivers (the camera dude did want to interview them - seems logical that they might be involved in some way).</p>
<p>Stupid people are getting the way? Are you kidding me?</p>
<p>The guy was just gathering information. He was just doing his job. </p>
<p>If would have made no difference if the reporter’s truck was there or not.</p>
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<p>And sometimes the job of reporters conflicts with the job of police officers. It is not the prerogative of the reporter to argue with the officer on the side of the road like that. If he disagreed with the officer’s actions or requests, he should have taken it up with the sergeant’s superiors later.</p>
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<p>And no I’m not actually - I’ve had plenty of experience with this… but I love that you seem to know the job of emergency responders so well.</p>