Originally posted by: Sea Moose
Originally posted by: skace
You are stupid because your spelling is revolting to read and your opinions are equally as ignorant. Your post about trying to insult office workers came off twice as ridiculous since a large part of the "police force" is an office style environment. I'm guessing you've never been inside a station before?
It doesn't matter whether the intent to harm a person is there when they wake up in the morning. The question is whether the intent to harm a person was there when they were chasing a fleeing subject. Was he thinking "I want to catch this guy" or was he thinking "I want to make this guy pay".
Now, why was the subject running? Does this area have a history of bad police officers? Or did he have a prior record? Or was he doing something illegal?
I have been in about 40 or so stations and the recruit training centre(as a contractor). I know the general layout and how the average station operates (in my area).I havent been in the massive hq building in the city, (that would have been awesome) The average stations have minimal admin staff, and the officers that are behind a desk are usually the high ranking officers. The guys that have to go out and deal with the scum are not often behind a desk. Police stations are a kind of sanctuary, man i thought cops were arses, growing up. Once you enter the inner sanctum you find out that they are all pretty nice people and some of them are hilarious.
I agree with the second part of your post.
They need to know the cops frame of mind before the take down. The officer will have his day in court and better informed people will make a decision about the officers future.
if you watch the news clip (somonehas the link for it further up the thread) You will see that it is mistaken identidy. 3 guys knocked over a corner store and the owner identified the guy as one of the culprits. The cops called out "Police stop!" And the guy turned and ran. The cop has chased after him and you see the result in the footage.
My opinion is that a) The guy was in the wrong place at the wrong time. b) He should have stopped when he was commanded to stop. c) Due to the guys injury, the footage will be investigated by the internal investigations unit, and they will either deal with or prosecute.
I am sorry about my spelling i am trying my best.