OKC police officer slams old guy unconscious

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Wow, this thread has been active! I’d like to take a moment to congratulate everyone on having 22 pages of discussion on touchy topics without yet being moved to P&HT. Cheers OSA!

This situation is just tough all around. On one hand I totally get the FAFO/dont be combative with officers thing. But this small elderly man with bone cancer was almost killed here… no way the cops side wins this one IMO. I hope the guy can recover! Sheesh

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Again?

 

[Oklahomabassin]

After reading all of this, I feel like I am due a settlement.

 

[Hooper]

All the comments,
Just show that the people on this forum are passionate about, Law and Order, and they care about what happens to people, during interactions with the Law.
Kind of my take on it.
I see a few comments that are kind of like the tap on the chest, but to be expected.
Some of mine probably fall into that category. My apologies if so.
I see most leaning toward support of the Old Gentleman, my thoughts also.
I do have compassion for the Officer also, He needs some help, Law Enforcement is a tough job.
He also deserves a pretty stiff punishment, and he probably should have never been hired for the job.

Most people who have the tendencies to overreact will easily show those tendencies, with not much investigation during psychological tests and interviews.
Even when people are deceptive and try to hide there tendencies and pretty slick at it, a seasoned board of peers should be able to see it during an interview process.

Every time the PD lets one slip on by during the interview process, they make the Job of Enforcing the Law a lot tougher.

You always here that Cops need more training, certainly they do,
I would say that the HR department of the PD needs more training and be held responsible for their hiring practice also. They should receive some type of punishment also. It is a Team effort. When mistakes are made the whole team should receive some degree of reprimands. It promotes accountability for actions.
When every one knows the consequences and know they will get punished for an action teams will perform at a higher level with fewer mistakes.

Bad situation, Hope this is an Eye Opener for the PD, John Q Public is loosing respect for the Law.
That is Bad for Every one.

 

[GorillaG]

Apparently you

Kinda hard to judge it without sampling it...

 

[GorillaG]

Let's not make offensive statements about Orientals. However, I did work with a guy named Tu once. We decided to ride to lunch with him one time. Holy crap. Never been more scared in my life. He didn't even try follow any signals or signs and just went wherever. Turned into office jokes for years. "Got so drunk last night I would have been better off calling Tu. Just kidding. I could still see."

My wife is "oriental" I constantly get her confused with our rug...

 

[OkieMoe]

So do I. Not bad enough to require narcotic pain meds most of the time. Steroid injections and the occasional nerve ablation work well enough, sometimes. Just hope I'm not hurting too bad next time I have to talk to a cop.

unfortunately I have the need of pain meds. Once halved they dull it enough to be functionable and not be a walking zombie. down side is when they dont dull it enough, a person can get edgy.

 

[GorillaG]

Theres a documentary on Netflix about a police officer that put 5 people in prison that were later exonerated and the actual killer was caught by DNA evidence. The five innocent people sued of course and the county had to pay a MASSIVE multi million dollar settlement which doubled or tripled the residents taxes. The cop still insist the five are guilty and half the town agrees. Their lives were ruined because this officer thought they were "probably" guilty and went about "building" a case against them. Even forced some of the slower ones to confess. One of my instructors was a wise old retired homicide detective and he told me if you have a suspect, do everything in your power to exonerate him and then when you CAN'T you know he is they guilty one. A lot of people are being set free by DNA evidence because officers were taught incorrectly to identify a suspect and then BUILD a case against him. The exact opposite of smart police work.

 

[montesa]

My wife is "oriental" I constantly get her confused with our rug...

Good thing she isn't Persian. Then you couldn't trust her.