If you're bad enough to resist arrest then your bad enough to pay the price.
I know I'm a tad late in commenting the incident involving the young ghetto acting female who got popped by a Seattle police officer. I've heard from people who support both sides in this incident. Some say that the police officer was in the wrong while others are saying he was well within his means to have hit her in order to bring order to the situation. I'm sure I'm going to rub some people the wrong way with my position. The police officer did what he had to do to control the situation. Resisting arrest is a crime in it self the last time I checked, and the young lady clearly was being defiant. The situation was made much worse by her friend interfering. The reality is that nobody is suppose to hit a cop period. Maybe it was their "ghetto-titudes" that embolden them to think that the law didn't apply to them. The young lady who attacked the police officer learned the hard way that the law does apply to even her. Do I feel sorry for her? The answer is no. Why should I? She brought it on herself. She and her friend had the power to prevent what happened from happening. Some would argue that a man shouldn't hit a woman. Under normal circumstances I would one hundred percent agree. This wasn't a normal situation though. One of the reasons why I never wanted to be a police officer is due to the fact that it is a thankless job. Being a cop is hard enough, being a cop in an urban area is beyond insane. I have yet to hear from society's favorite race hustling poverty pimps Jackson and Sharpton on this incident. I'm sure it's just a matter of time before they ascend down upon the city of Seattle like the vulchers that they are. The person who shot the video asked "are you serious" when the cop popped her. He should have ask her if cop was serious instead. Consider it a "teachable moment".
posted by Alpha Conservative Male at 6:41 PM
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Why was the cop arresting her. I need more details. I've heard that she was apprehended by the police for resisting a jaywalking ticket. Fighting a police officer is stupid. I heard if you cooperate with the police sometimes they let you off with a warning.
If she cooperated she could have contested the ticket in court and possibly won her case. Resisting arrest only worsened her situation.
The girl's friend was being arrested for a jaywalking offence sojourerlove, it was the other girl who tried to interfere who got punched. They are very strict about enforcing that law for some reason. The teen who got punched has since apologized to the officer.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/19/earlyshow/saturday/main6597844.shtml
CBS News "The video shows Walsh trying to arrest 19-year old Marilyn Levias. The two were already struggling when Levias' friend, the 17-year-old, pushed the officer, and he responded by punching the friend in the face."
So it wasn't police brutality against the person being arrested. I am wondering what made her apologize. Something tells me that she wouldn't have done it on her own.
An officer's job is tough. It's not like being a Fireman. Everyone love's a Fireman. How many derogative terms do you hear about Fireman?
I can name at least 10 derogative names for Police officers. And the funny thing is, look who it is that call's the Police these names? Usually a bunch of anti-authority, low life "gangsta hood rats."
"Shoot man 'five-O' jus like harassing me for no damn reason man!"
My point is this. Look at the crowd around him. Especially the guy behind the camera. Had there been another officer present, that crowd would have been pushed and shoved back as well. And that punch would not have occurred.
It's a stressful situation that was brought about by these two "Queen Diva's" who are squirming around and resisting arrest.
Perhaps the punch was aggressive, but so was the behavior. But what was the alternative? Pepper spray? Tazer? The officer couldn't win whatever action he chose.
But I can tell you from personal experience, this is a scenerio that no officer want's to be in.
I'd bet, if these two "diva's" would have complied and did what the officer had originally instructed, these two girls would have been checked for warrants, sited and let go.
I'm from Washington.
To Sojourner and Conservative Brother: according to reports, the two girls who were involved were jay walking and the officer stopped them to lecture them about the dangers and the law.
There was a pedestrian bridge that they could have taken, but the girls decided to kill more time to walk across the busy road; the same road where a few jay walkers before them, had been hit severely injured or killed. That was why that law was enforced. The police officer was going to issue them a citation, but, well the video shows it all.
The Seattle chapter of the NAACP called this police brutality. I don't care what you call it, you never strike a police officer or anybody in that matter. If a police officer is being beaten down by an assailant he/she has the right to defend his/herself.
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