The profession frequently attracts people who abuse power as seen on the video - the screening process for the job is flawed.I disagree with the general malaise towards cops, though I do understand where it comes from. In the vast majority of my encounters I have been treated fairly. IMO, it's they're just like any other employee in the fact that you get the good with the bad. It's just the way things are. Given, the level of accountability should rise with the amount of power a position entails but it seems that the few bad apples easily mar the general opinion. This is a good example of a ****ty apple, but I still hate to see so many people with disregard for the profession (and I'm not talking about the kid in the video).
R3SPECT!!!!1"Obviously your parents don't put your foot in your butt quite enough, because you don't understand the meaning of the word respect. You better learn how to speak. I'm not 'man,' I'm not 'dude.' I am Officer Rivieri!"
Ever been pulled over for a traffic stop? Want to be treated like that?Ohh darn, another video of skaters beieng opressed by the man, whatever shall we do.
No sympathy at all. Law broken?-check. Orders not immediately followed? check. Punk kids that think they can get away with the **** they give their parents?-check.
Hundreds of videos just like this, viewed by millions of skaters worldwide, and every one sings the same refrain, "we were just skating!". And, skating is fine, unless said skating equates to vandalism and loitering.
Find me one video of skaters getting hassled for skating in an empty parking-lot instead of grinding on someone else's expensive rails and masonry work.
I don't want to be treated like that, that's why I listen to the nice officer, do as he says and, therefore, don't get treated like that.Ever been pulled over for a traffic stop? Want to be treated like that?
If they felt they had the right to break the law and then do as they see fit when directed otherwise by a police officer, yes, I'd request the oppotunity to beat them myself.would you want your child to be beaten by an police officer?
So you wouldn't want the officer to beat your child as you'd rather do that instead? I'm just saying that officers shouldn't beat kids, period. Obviously there is a lack of respect but to whoop on some kid b/c he is saying "dude"... Put the kid in handcuffs as that would do more good than using fist.If they felt they had the right to break the law and then do as they see fit when directed otherwise by a police officer, yes, I'd request the oppotunity to beat them myself.
I think you're the first person posting in this thread to whom that applies. Welcome! So what were the 80s REALLY like?I guess my idea of police violence is shaded by growing up in the 80's.
Hush you.Gumbels?
The 80's reference is put forth as nothing more than a reference point for social norms.I think you're the first person posting in this thread to whom that applies. Welcome! So what were the 80s REALLY like?
Keep typing. It's funny! Especially the part about how asking a cop what he did wrong counts as "wigger"/punk rock rebellion etc. Oh the subversion!! The nerve!!
Did that sort of thing happen all the time in the 80s? I only know what's in the history books. What did they call black wiggers in your time?
Yeah - they broke the law. That gives the guy no right to lay hands on a child. If you don't have your insurance card, you get a ticket. They do not, or should not, handle you because of it. The guy was a complete f*#king dickhead. It's unfortunate that so many officers fall in duty fighting hardened criminals, yet some vag drip like this is allowed to stomp about with his little meter car flipping kids sh*t.The 80's reference is put forth as nothing more than a reference point for social norms.
1- I never said anything about "how asking a cop what he did wrong counts as "wigger"/punk rock rebellion etc. " I asked why those who identify with said groups feel that they are exempt from abiding by the same rules as everyone else.
2-Real friggin simple. Did they violate the municipal and/or the criminal code as defined by the city they were cited in? YES. That makes them criminals by every definition of the word.
i think he´s overreacting but it´s funny to watch
So true...Ahh, skateboards. They allow young white males to experience what it is like to be a minority in the city.
my kids are beaten by a police officer on a regular basiswould you want your child to be beaten by an police officer?