Silly people...you don't bring a snowball to a gun fight

[CPA]

It's the kids fault to piss the cop off, and it's the cop's fault for existing (I kid, maybe). I hate cops, but it's not the poor cops fault this time.

Yes, you hate them until you need them.

 

[The Stig]

Good for you, now hurry up and die.

 

[Via]

Just what I expected - a bunch of nuts who probably think the Kent State massacre was justified.

I don't give a shit. Both of those cops should be shitcanned.

 

[HumblePie]

Uhhmm.. I saw nothing wrong with the actions of the police.

An officer has every right to ready a weapon and brandish it if needed be if facing a hostile crowd, REGARDLESS of what said crowd is using as weapons. He came upon a scene of a crowd on teens usings snowballs as weapons to recklessly endanger passing motorists. He has every right to do what is needed to deter the situation.


The facts that the kids then continued to throw snowballs, and one at his face is what filled me with disgust. How does the officer not know those snowballs don't have rocks, or razor blades, or other deadly implements hidden inside? If a group of people is willing to stand on a street corner and throw snowballs at passing motorists to endanger the lives of motorists, why wouldn't they stoop to something like using stones in the snowballs? Do you see? They were willing to break the law and harm others, the cop can only assume they are willing to go further as they continue to flaunt his authority of the situation.

No, the cop did everything right. He did not fire a shot. He tried to disperse the crowd and break up a potentially bad situation caused by mis-guided youth who were equating fun with snowballs as a legal action. They thought because there was more than one person throwing snowballs it was perfectly okay. Sorry, but mob mentality such as shown in this video does not make them right.

Anyone who thinks the cop acted out of line needs to get a clue.

 

[theflyingpig]

Just what I expected - a bunch of nuts who probably think the Kent State massacre was justified.

I don't give a shit. Both of those cops should be shitcanned.

It was justified. When people with guns show up and tell you to do something and you don't, expect to get shot at. That is the way the world works, kid. People with power tell people without power what to do and when to do it. Obey or die. Those are your choices. Everyone knows this.

 

[Jeeebus]

D.C. college kids... gee, there's a surprise

 

[dbk]

dumbass punks

the cop did overreact but he was provoked

 

[Jeeebus]

lol... "it's snowing... how is what we're doing any different than the snow hitting the cars?"

regardless of what anyone was doing in the crowd, for the sake of Darwin, whoever said that should have been dragged into the street and shot.

 

[The Stig]

It was justified. When people with guns show up and tell you to do something and you don't, expect to get shot at. That is the way the world works, kid. People with power tell people without power what to do and when to do it. Obey or die. Those are your choices. Everyone knows this.

Salty

 

[Via]

Before starting out on an emo rant maybe you should arm yourself with the facts.

I've beat up more emos than you have teeth.

 

[Gooberlx2]

really? think so?

If the crowd is collectively that fucking stupid they don't deserve the respect to be told it's not the right thing to do. Everyone in that crowd appeared to be over the age of 18, not a group of 5 year old children.

They should have been hit with chlorine gas.

Any moron in that crowd could have shoved a rock in the middle of a snow ball making it considerably more hazardous....showing the weapon made people second guess what they were doing....to bad that's what it took.

I do think so. An overreaction like that only serves to make things worse. I'm confident a simple reality check/warning would have sufficed to help those kids pull their heads out of their asses.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Stupid kids for throwing a snowball at a cop...

 

[TridenT]

I've beat up more emos than you have teeth.

Wow. Moron. Physical violence is surely the way to win everything. :thumbsdown: You're such an idiot.

 

[Corporate Thug]

two wrongs don't make a right. The kids shouldn't have thrown the snowball, but the cop shouldn't have pulled his gun out either.

I sincerely doubt that the cop felt any sort of intimidation from the group. Seems more like a power trip than anything else.

 

[KDOG]

Were the kids absolute idiots? Sure. Did the cop overreact? Probably. But he missed out on an opportunity there.....He should've suddenly "lost control" because the snowballs startled him and obstructed his vision and swerved toward the crowd mowing the little snot nosed brats down.

 

[TridenT]

Were the kids absolute idiots? Sure. Did the cop overreact? Probably. But he missed out on an opportunity there.....He should've suddenly "lost control" because the snowballs startled him and obstructed his vision and swerved toward the crowd mowing the little snot nosed brats down.

I would keep him in duty after that. :awe:

 

[prism]

It was justified. When people with guns show up and tell you to do something and you don't, expect to get shot at. That is the way the world works, kid. People with power tell people without power what to do and when to do it. Obey or die. Those are your choices. Everyone knows this.

Shut up and go back to watching Beck and O'Reilly, since you obviously can't think for yourself. EVERYONE KNOWS THIS LMAO!

 

[HumblePie]

two wrongs don't make a right. The kids shouldn't have thrown the snowball, but the cop shouldn't have pulled his gun out either.

I sincerely doubt that the cop felt any sort of intimidation from the group. Seems more like a power trip than anything else.

Look, you have no clue what you are talking about here. One man against what looks to be between 20 and 30 teens committing and showing WILLINGNESS to hurt or kill others. Yes, a thrown snowball at a motorist can cause an accident that can cause DEATH. Then, they have the audacity to throw a snowball in his face after he pulls his gun and you don't think for one second that in his mind he's NOT facing a hostile crowd? That he's not facing a mob willing to do whatever they want to hurt and endanger others have they have already shown and proven? You need to get a grip here. the kids stepped WAY over the line and the cop was not on any power trip from what I can see and was perfectly within his rights as a law ENFORCEMENT official to do everything he did. He did not fire his gun, but merely used to sight of it.

Are you going to tell me that officers that pull over someone weaving in traffic, or running when they flash their lights are "going overboard" when they pull their guns as they approach the perpetrators? Sorry, this is STANDARD POLICE PROTOCOL. You make sure you are safe first, and other innocent bystanders. These kids were committing a crime and endangering others plain and simple. No different from a speeding motorist that runs from the cops.

 

[weflyhigh]

Uhhmm.. I saw nothing wrong with the actions of the police.

An officer has every right to ready a weapon and brandish it if needed be if facing a hostile crowd, REGARDLESS of what said crowd is using as weapons. He came upon a scene of a crowd on teens usings snowballs as weapons to recklessly endanger passing motorists. He has every right to do what is needed to deter the situation.


The facts that the kids then continued to throw snowballs, and one at his face is what filled me with disgust. How does the officer not know those snowballs don't have rocks, or razor blades, or other deadly implements hidden inside? If a group of people is willing to stand on a street corner and throw snowballs at passing motorists to endanger the lives of motorists, why wouldn't they stoop to something like using stones in the snowballs? Do you see? They were willing to break the law and harm others, the cop can only assume they are willing to go further as they continue to flaunt his authority of the situation.

No, the cop did everything right. He did not fire a shot. He tried to disperse the crowd and break up a potentially bad situation caused by mis-guided youth who were equating fun with snowballs as a legal action. They thought because there was more than one person throwing snowballs it was perfectly okay. Sorry, but mob mentality such as shown in this video does not make them right.

Anyone who thinks the cop acted out of line needs to get a clue.

I agree with you here, HumblePie, 100%.

 

[Fox5]

it still doesn't give a cop an excuse to brandish a gun at unarmed citizens.

if this dumbfuck doesn't as least get suspended, it really speaks to how worthlessly corrupt law enforcement is these days. they are not above the law.

Compacted ice is as hard as a rock, what if they were throwing rocks at him? Don't bring guns to a rock fight?

Can they shoot paintballs at passing cars too? Those are just toys after all.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Look, you have no clue what you are talking about here. One man against what looks to be between 20 and 30 teens committing and showing WILLINGNESS to hurt or kill others. Yes, a thrown snowball at a motorist can cause an accident that can cause DEATH. Then, they have the audacity to throw a snowball in his face after he pulls his gun and you don't think for one second that in his mind he's NOT facing a hostile crowd? That he's not facing a mob willing to do whatever they want to hurt and endanger others have they have already shown and proven? You need to get a grip here. the kids stepped WAY over the line and the cop was not on any power trip from what I can see and was perfectly within his rights as a law ENFORCEMENT official to do everything he did. He did not fire his gun, but merely used to sight of it.

Are you going to tell me that officers that pull over someone weaving in traffic, or running when they flash their lights are "going overboard" when they pull their guns as they approach the perpetrators? Sorry, this is STANDARD POLICE PROTOCOL. You make sure you are safe first, and other innocent bystanders. These kids were committing a crime and endangering others plain and simple. No different from a speeding motorist that runs from the cops.

well, I guess that's where we disagree. I don't see a bunch of kids having a snowball fight as "showing WILLINGNESS to hurt or kill others."

Was it stupid to hit the car? yes...but I doubt their intent was to harm or hurt anyone. If the cop came out and said "don't throw snowballs and moving cars," I don't think a single one of them would have reacted violently.

 

[theflyingpig]

Shut up and go back to watching Beck and O'Reilly, since you obviously can't think for yourself. EVERYONE KNOWS THIS LMAO!

No, it is you, prism, who cannot think for himself. You see, you quickly fall in line with the liberal foolishness that you have picked up from reading liberal garbage on the internet. The sad thing is, prism, that liberal ideals have no place in the real world. That is how I know you are nothing more than an infantile fool. You will never amount to anything more than that. Everyone knows this.

 

[TecHNooB]

An F150 careening into the crowd would have made that video perfect.

Mob mentality + arguments from liberal art students brings about an indescribable rage. That cop showed A LOT of restraint. Remember that scene in Watchmen? Yea..

 

[evident]

Shut up and go back to watching Beck and O'Reilly, since you obviously can't think for yourself. EVERYONE KNOWS THIS LMAO!

pig is a buffoon, everyone knows this

 

[SirStev0]

An F150 careening into the crowd would have made that video perfect.

Mob mentality + arguments from liberal art students brings about an indescribable rage. That cop showed A LOT of restraint. Remember that scene in Watchmen? Yea..

Amazing that you brought up the Watchmen when you obviously have no idea what it was about.