cop abuses a quadraplegic, screw the scateboard!

[Grasshopper]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYMKyJRAabE
How about this one?:offhead:

[SteelCore]

That shite was disrespectful. They put the LEO on admin leave with pay or somesuch. Disciplinary action must be taken, and LEOs do police their own.

With autority comes responsibility.

[turbothis]

holy sh!t. looks like they need to burn down the cop shop on that one.

even if i was a cop there i would have done something and filed a report right away on these fuks.

[Global Gunsmithing]

cam anyone say "LAW SUIT"

[ctdemolay0405]

that deputy should be fired, what the hell is that

[Old Jimmy]

A lawsuit means nothing to them, their insurance pays and they just keep doing what ever they want to do. It would be good if the checked for morals during all those "exams" they give these people who are to "protect and serve".

Old Jimmy

[hunter_la5]

wow! :eek:

that was certainly out of line, that deputy needs to be fired ASAP. and the other officers who were looking on certainly should have reprimanded the officer.

it's officers like these who give honest, hardworking officers a bad name

[mistersquiggles]

this kind of stuff happens a lot more than anyone wants to admit....... and cops wonder why so many people harbor animosity towards them..... well heres an idea.... try using the golden rule..... treat me with respect and i will in turn treat you with the same respect..... somewhere along the way, a whole bunch of people with badges forgot that.... dont get me wrong, the police definitely serve a public need, and not all of them are bad cops.... but more and more, collectively speaking, theyre crossing the line..... and it gives the good ones a bad name....

[K.O.A.M.]

She's already suspended without pay. In Florida civil service, that's hard to do. It takes something like that to do it. She'll be fired within 48 hours, which is how long it takes BY LAW. You can't just blow them out the way you can in private business.

[mistersquiggles]

well hopefully she's enough of an E-lebrity that no law enforcement agency in the land will take her.....

[K.O.A.M.]

If she's terminated for that, she will probably be decertified, meaning that she can no longer work as an LEO in Florida.

[Buelligan]

That is unreal . What is wrong with these cops?

[Pirate]

her next job should be asking is that for here or to go at mickey d's

[RandyCOG3]

The victim's attorney is after more than just $... wants criminal charges filed, which may happen. FL has laws specifically addressing getting violent with handicapped persons. Everybody concerned needs to get unemployed, real soon, and IMNSHO, the "alleged perpertrator" does need a little time behind bars, at least.
The had the Sheriff from that dep't on the AM talk-radio station today... basically said he couldn't excuse the inexsusable...not much else to be said.

(This happened in the next county over from where I live)

RandyCOG3

[pidaster]

That's just downright wrong. We've all seen it in a movie so I guess she thought she'd give a go at it. Now, I can't help but think. If the cop was white and the suspect was black (roles reversed), Jesse Jackson and Al no so Sharpton would be all over this. I'm anxious to see if they say anything about it.

[Old Jimmy]

When she gets fired THEN JESSE and AL will start screaming.

Old Jimmy

[GearHD]

This is another example of our justice system pushed to it's limits. Clearly this LEO was in the Wrong! But why would a LEO do something like that? With no audio we don't know what was said, & remember the news media only tells us what they want us to hear - mainly for their ratings. Remember Rodney King? He had numerous run In's with the LAPD & ran His mouth to the point where 5 LEO decided enough was enough. We only saw a brief tap of the beating which sparked riots. We had to wait for a trial to get the real story.

[GearHD]

This is another example of our justice system pushed to it's limits. Clearly this LE O was in the Wrong! But why would a LEO do something like that? With no audio we don't know what was said, & remember the news media only tells us what they want us to hear - mainly for their ratings. Remember Rodney King? He had numerous run In's with the LAPD & ran His mouth to the point where 5 LEO decided enough was enough. We only saw a brief tap of the beating which sparked riots. We had to wait for a trial to get the real story.

[okie shooter]

This is another example of our justice system pushed to it's limits. Clearly this LE O was in the Wrong! But why would a LEO do something like that? With no audio we don't know what was said, & remember the news media only tells us what they want us to hear - mainly for their ratings. Remember Rodney King? He had numerous run In's with the LAPD & ran His mouth to the point where 5 LEO decided enough was enough. We only saw a brief tap of the beating which sparked riots. We had to wait for a trial to get the real story.
Remember the its not the whole justice system, this was one person, and members of the department being apatheic.

Heres more on the story,

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=5752183&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

[Enigma Nostra]

A minor note... Hes not a quad. Hes para. Can still use his arms.

Not saying tis not a wrong action, just when the news cant get THAT right, I start to wonder what other things they strech.

As my girlfriend says, very dehumanizing to a person thou, and completely fuxed up.

-E

[MID]

Remember the its not the whole justice system, this was one person, and members of the department being apatheic.

Heres more on the story,

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=5752183&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1

its the whole union b.s crap and all the bs paperwork and red tape that it takes to get fired.
In this case they caught everything on camera, what is there to discuss why does there need to be a commission, tribunal, a meeting with the board. Show the officer the tape, then arrest her for felony assault. The guys injury didnt happen in a struggle. He wasnt resisting arrest. He WAS sitting there, untill the hyped up cop tried to be billy bad ass.

[GearHD]

[QUOTE=okie shooter;61803]Remember the its not the whole justice system, this was one person, and members of the department being apatheic.

My intent wasn't to imply that the Justice System didn't work or is failing. I agree we need to hold individuals accountable for their own actions & not judge people as a group. All I was trying to say is that before we go on a Witch Hunt, we need more info before we Judge. After reading that article, it looks like there are going to be some early retirements coming up.

[okie shooter]

If you do more reading on this story, the guy as stated is a para not a quad, thus had use of most of his upper body and arms. The deputy didn't believe the guy couldnt stand when she was searching him. Not a good judgement call but simular to the part of "The Big Lebowski" where Walter tosses the "big Lebowski" Jeffery out of the wheelchair.

I don't think think there is a huge breakdown of the system. Heck if we all get angered at all cops and even this department(which is a good sized department) it would be like lumping all gun owners together because of what one person does and makes a bad decision.

The Florida AG has the evidance and is investigating this. Is it simple assult? I am guessing its not, but a much more diffcult situation. The officer was booking a suspect, wanted for charges to include fleeing and eludeing or attempted fleeing and eludeing.(thus she had a job to ensure he was searched and felt he wasnt helping the situation, its not like you carry a sign saying para or what) If you talk to any officer they really don't like folks who do that one, as its almost the last thing before assault or battery of a leo. Still not a reason for dumping the guy though, I guess he didnt look to her like he needed the wheelchair(and I am guessing that he wishes he didn't either).

[SteelCore]

"The dude abides..."
http://thestockmasters.com/images/The_Dude_1.gif

"My intent wasn't to imply that the Justice System didn't work or is failing."

-->Don't kid yourself, sometimes it fails miserably, generally it works. I'm always interested in tracking the ongoing disparity between 'law' and 'justice' ... they are not synonyms.

[nowhereman]

This ranks up there with beating babies?.....

[Rampager]

IMHO, I wouldn’t blame the dept or “system” as much as I would the liberal hiring practices that most probably led to this unqualified, untrained, idiotic officer from getting a job in law enforcement to begin with.

If it wasn’t for these stupid affirmative action laws requiring the hiring of virtually any minority and or female applicants (or both in this case) she probably wouldn’t even have a job as an LEO to begin with.

My guess is the “lowering the bar” or standards for employment as an LEO just for the sake of diversity rather than qualifications is what led her to this moron being hired based soley on her race and gender without reguards to her qualifications.

I’m not trying to play the race card here either. As we all know, there can be bad apples and idiots in any and all groups including white men. But having said that, I do think they tend to hire in some areas that are desperate for “diversity” anybody including very poorly qualified applicants just to fill race/gender slots. Which looking at this makes me wonder if this could be the case here.

Perhaps after her firing, she should be charged with violation of this man’s civil rights :wink: