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Originally Posted by alelks
While I can appreciate your logic I would have to respectfully disagree. Unless we as citizens hold law enforcement to the same standers we are expected to live up to there is a much higher chance of the misuse of power or perceived power in this case.
Of course once we loose that perspective things like the following video could happen VERY easily. Police officers have to be held to a higher degree of competency than the average Joe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnKLEOXenow |
I agree.
You have to give respect to get respect.
A gun and a badge are not a license to abuse citizens and treat them disrespectfully.
If you want to swear at citizens and call them names while issuing instructions, maybe you shouldn't be on the streets with a gun and a badge.
While the root cause of this incident was a citizen who decided to demonstrate his rights and an officer who was ignorant of the statute he was trying to enforce, he demonstrated not only his ignorance, but a complete lack of control of himself, the situation, and his professionalism.
If I start calling an officer names and dropping the f bomb on him, I would expect the encounter to go downhill quickly. Who likes to be treated like that?
IMHO, the DA is prosecuting to try and cover the likely civil suit coming along next.
TR
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