The video I have seen does have sound. All I can hear is a few people going "whoohooo" in the background somewhere. There is nothing to suggest that the man knocked down did anything more than participate in CM to provoke the officer's aggression. He was just in the wrong place when the officer decided that one of those hooligans needed a lesson. I'm really not willing to reserve judgement when it appears so very clear that the officer outright lied about what happened.
Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Click the "Create Account" button now to join.
Results 1 to 15 of 38
Thread: cop body-slams cyclist
Hybrid View
-
07-29-2008, 10:17 PM #1
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2005
- Location
- WA State
- Posts
- 4,364
"Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide
visit my flickr stream http://flic.kr/ps/MMu5N
-
07-29-2008, 10:28 PM #2
like food and cycling
- Join Date
- Mar 2007
- Location
- Troutdale, OR
- Posts
- 2,600
Point being missed here is that police can not act with physical force from verbal taunts or jestures deemed offensive. Flipping the bird/one finger salute or for brits, its the two fingers forfinger and the middle finger (of historical significance toward the French army).
Now if one were to approach an officer and start to scream at the officer in the face... A grey area.
Or if you were to raise your hand and ready to make a physical contact with the officer, then its all's fair on the part of the police.
I'm just suprised that the 22 or was he a 23 year old even managed to get on the force. You would think he would have been rejected on psyche profile. Wrong temperment...
Reply With Quote
