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In reply to the discussion: “Oh, shit!” Philadelphia cop sucker punches woman celebrating Latino heritage (w-Video) [View all]glacierbay
(2,477 posts)157. And that is one of the things I tell the officers under my command
treat all citizens like you want to be treated, and conduct yourselves as if you are being filmed, because you probably are.
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kpete
Oct 2012
OP
Anytime you start the sentence... "I'm not excusing his behavior, but..." you know your argument has
Romulox
Oct 2012
#115
You posted something that is clearly incorrect. Gutter mouth won't fix anything. nt
Romulox
Oct 2012
#134
You're 100% WRONG on the law, here. Battery on a cop doesn't make a revenge beating legal.
Romulox
Oct 2012
#114
Actually, you ARE wrong, to the extent you are doubling down on your previous erroneous post.
Romulox
Oct 2012
#135
They will lose, and lose badly. That cop assumed because she had a water bottle in her hand,
Ikonoklast
Oct 2012
#12
I pray that she gets rich and it comes out of HIS PUNK ASS POCKETS!! That's a punk ass move
uponit7771
Oct 2012
#20
Or perhaps "water thrown on cop: police respond reasonably and everyone goes home happy"
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#78
Similarly, a 'man robs bank' story never talks about each day that he got up and didn't rob a bank.
FiveGoodMen
Oct 2012
#102
NOPE, NOT AT ALL!! Here hand going up and down does NOT mean she threw water on the cops, nope...
uponit7771
Oct 2012
#22
Exactly. They're not supposed to be a gang, they are trained in non-violent restraint.
JaneyVee
Oct 2012
#52
Dammit, that is incorrect. I initially thought her left hand was empty as well. It's not.
jsmirman
Oct 2012
#40
Sorry ... yep .. you are right ... I've gone around the web looking at various versions of it ...
JoePhilly
Oct 2012
#49
And if he's in a supervisory role, as some have said, he especially belongs in some other job.
randome
Oct 2012
#67
See my post #60 ... I did an image capture of the point at which she throws the water.
JoePhilly
Oct 2012
#64
What is the name of that officer? He needs to be identified and charged.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2012
#21
Once a cop gets touched, gunfire and club-beatings by his fellow pigs would ensue.
HughBeaumont
Oct 2012
#39
You are seriously telling me in 30 years of being a cop you have NEVER abused..
Logical
Oct 2012
#168
Like I said, the current standard is unnacceptable! Punching a woman in the face....
Logical
Oct 2012
#179
Not that it really matters, but she did throw some water at the very start of the video ...
JoePhilly
Oct 2012
#60
I really don't care what she was doing as long as she didn't break the law...
OldDem2012
Oct 2012
#84
she is a housekeeper with three jobs and no power over anyone except her five kids
Enrique
Oct 2012
#130
Although I see her hand moving I still can't see any actual water being thrown-
cecilfirefox
Oct 2012
#105
The water was thrown from behind her. Look over her head, the water is visible. nt
bluestate10
Oct 2012
#148
Oh, I see that fine- but some posters are trying to argue that she threw water at .01-.03 seconds,
cecilfirefox
Oct 2012
#178
I watched several times. I didn't see her throw water. And that cop couldn't've seen who threw it.
Bucky
Oct 2012
#111
I think he was grabbing for the can of silly string she was shooting at the other cops.
Barack_America
Oct 2012
#122
Okay sure. "'Cuz I said so, and I refuse to entertain other possibilities"...
Barack_America
Oct 2012
#144
At 00:02 a person in a long sleeved black shirt on the far left threw the water.
AtomicKitten
Oct 2012
#164