Quote:
Originally Posted by SA Friday
Your statement is inaccurate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_...ct_of_Columbia
Printable View
Quote:
Originally Posted by SA Friday
Your statement is inaccurate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_...ct_of_Columbia
From my point of view, everyone involved in this is in the wrong. While the cop is out of line for pulling his weapon (IMHO), the crowd throwing snowballs at him and then continuously yelling out 'Fucking Pig' show a complete lack of common sense and respect for police. Antagonizing an armed individual when your only weapon is a snow ball is a special kind of stupid even after you know he's a cop let alone before.
And am I the only one who thinks throwing snowballs into traffic is stupid too? You should never throw things into traffic, again total lack of common sense. I can see the general population in our nation's capitol are the poster children for stupid. While I agree with a previous statement that banning guns only arms the police and the criminals, I wouldn't trust any of these dumb asses with a squirt gun let alone real iron.
OK, then why do cops ever protect anyone? Apparently, they have no obligation. Why oh why did I give a shit for those 11 years...Quote:
Originally Posted by Elhuero
wow that is a ridiculous story, hope the guy gets fucking canned and the city sued for hiring such an idiot.
What the police are legal required to do, and what their company police may be are different things though. Legally required or not, de facto, they are obligated to protect people.
When I went on a ride along with a friend I asked him about the rumor of police cruisers driving around with their search lights being pointed down as being, "off duty." He (correctly) responded, if you are in a marked vehicle, you are never off duty."
And I hope every dumbass who touched a snowball gets a friggin huge fine/ticket or drop kicked in the junk.Quote:
Originally Posted by sniper7
We werent there. Two sides to every story.
This is one of those were everyone should get into trouble. While I think that pulling a gun was uncalled for, and deserves a snowball to the face, that doesn't excuse the thrower from the "assulting an officer" charges. Would that make everyone happy?
also, it shows the thrower on the video, I think at the end they grabbed the wrong guy, but I would have to watch the video again.
Quote:
Originally Posted by SA Friday
How the heck should I know?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoser
oh definitely. If I saw someone hit my vehicle with a snowball I would press charges and confront them, but pulling a gun on someone seems a bit out of line.
all i have to work with is the info provided and I base my opinion off that.
Just more proof that the entire country being babyproofed by OSHA is allowing the really stupid ones to live far past when they should have become a statistic.
Of course, I suppose the Darwin Awards wouldn't be as funny if there were THAT many more!