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You forgot the sarcasm tag.

Cops certainly are off duty at certain times. Take their lunch break for example. Up until a few months ago, it was illegal in Tennessee to carry a firearm in a business that sells alcohol by the drink. It was illegal for a cop to wear his weapon into an Applebees unless he was there on official business. Eating lunch is not official business. They are not off shift, but they are off duty.

AFAIK, no cop was ever charged probably because no one would challenge them. But they also knew the law.

Maywood. They closed their PD and contracted to Bell. Heh.

LOL!!! That was hilarious!!!

Uh Mike,
Three problems,
1. a press pass doesn't permit crossing the tape
2. These days the press can easily be argued to be anyone with a camera.
3. None of these items are relevant to the issue, the cops violated his rights and operated outside of the law.

Their concern over the their fellow officer does not excuse illegal behavior. Would such an excuse be permitted for ANY of us? I thought not..

Here we go again. Another cop sycophant. Even though there is video AND a court settlement against the criminal cops we, the Citizens, are the ones who are wrong.

Pathetic? $175,000 says otherwise Mr. Ass Kisser of tyrants and thugs.

"Those of you crying "if that was me I would be going to jail" don't know what your talking about and those of you crying for assault charges are just pathetic."

Right. (Rolling eyes into head emoticon.) If I ran up and did the same thing you know darn well I'd be arrested. YOU"RE the one that's PATHETIC!

Now we've got two of them.

First it was "Johnny Law", now it's "Tim J" who thinks..

"Cops Can Do NO Wrong!"

Yeah.. I guess some people are more equal than others. And the Cops wonder why they're hated so much. With a attitude like those two..

Rail Car Fan

Hey Timmy...Just remember this. More and more people are starting to feel the same way I do. I have the right to protect myself. Even from the police, and even if it means using deadly force.

Oh, Tim. Do you know how blisteringly clueless you sound?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSpg9odRzc

There's one of your brothers in blue showing all the sensitivity you claim is standard, threatening to take a man who's mother-in-law was DYING, to jail for running a red light because he was upset, and distraught. Think it over really carefully, when you see this walking strutting stack of human filth ask this man "Do you want to got to jail?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pYPtV4yX9k

Here's another, Las Vegas Metro Officer Colling, who's somehow managed to be on the force five years and already been involved in two shooting incidents which resulted in deaths. Think his mocking and taunting of the man video taping from his own driveway are because he was "distraught"? Why does he tell Crooks to shut the camera off? Was he just so upset at what had happened that he and his fellow knuckle-dragger just had to thump someone to get it out of their system? Defend if you can "Hey, when you don't do what I ask you to do then you're in a world of hurt." What kind of animal says something like that? Respect? Really? For what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvy976QKuS4&feature=related

Your Houston cop pals just descended on this man, who was laying flat on the ground with his hands behind his head. He was compliant, had ceased to flee, and was not resisting arrest. Too bad those thugs were so distraught.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvKMfxyuwkQ

At least the five cops responsible here have been fired. I guess their level of being distraught didn't meet the level that the cops thought was sufficient to sweep this under the rug.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxgNKNEtk18&feature=related

Your pals in Shreveport decided that it was cool to shut off the camera while they were processing a prisoner in lock-up. Lo and behold when it comes back on she's lying in a pool of her own blood. "She fell!" Sounds like the same excuse offered by any domestic abuser, "No officer, my wife fell down the stairs." Shreveport had the good sense to fire this guy, perhaps he wasn't distraught enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVxI8GoAs6E

How about this Buffalo NFTA officer, in full uniform, badge, mace, handcuffs, pistol, and trained police dog at his side threatening to "f-ing break the face" of a man shooting video footage? Think that instills confidence in us, or is that just another example of distraught behavior? Two day suspension for this armed felon. Wow, I feel better already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAgQKJuriIo

How about this Washington DC detective who pulled out his firearm during a huge snowball fight? Was he distraught? I thought all you LE types were supposedly trained to "diffuse a situation." Looks to me like he was just aching to pop a cap in the ass of the guys he was pushing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHjjF55M8JQ

How about the Maryland plain clothes cop who trailed a motorcycle rider, in an unmarked car, and blocked him off, then jumped out gun drawn, without identifying himself as an officer? Distraught? How long did it take him to identify himself as a police officer, eight, maybe nine seconds? What if the rider had been another officer, and had responded to the drawn weapon with six in the ten ring? Would you argue he was distraught?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPEeCYPGjm0

How about your fellow office in Baltimore, Salvatore Rivieri, who, after unleashing a huge verbal tirade on a 14 year old, proving that he has more testosterone than anyone, telling the cameraman that if he found himself on YouTube he'd....we'll never know, but given his previous behavior you'd have to conclude it was going to be a serious threat. Think Rivieri was "distraught"? Think *I* wouldn't got to jail for throwing an unarmed kid to the ground and threatening him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qt5qB_y1tU

How about your fellow Seattle officer, who threatened to "beat the f-ing Mexican piss out of you" to a handcuffed suspect laying face down on the pavement. Then of course, because she was equally distraught, a female officer kicked him in the leg. Oh dear, what a mess, when it turned out it was on video, and gosh golly, he wasn't the guy they were looking for in the first place. Think you can defend that those two "officers" are still carrying a badge and a gun because they were distraught? His boo-hoo tears at the press conference didn't impress me at all.

Ok, you and your brothers in blue have another question to answer for me, and it's one none of you can answer without either lying or putting the constitution through a shredder. Here's the question:

Why is it that everyone of you, without fail, starts screaming "turn off that camera" every time they realize they're being filmed? What the hell are you so damn afraid of, that people might see how closely your behavior resembles that of the thugs you claim to protect "us" from?

There are hundred and hundreds of videos of your LE pals acting above the law. And those self-centered, hypocritical, self-righteous thugs have the nerve to look surprised when they learn people hate cops.

If you're going to be a cop apologist you better come up with something other than "they were distraught" to defend them.

So... every murder victim's family should have the right to go postal and assault the first person they see with a camera right? And of course, you'd be nice enough to let them off the hook, because they're "emotionally distraught"

Right?

Justify it any way you like, Tim, but the cops were in the wrong, the payment is wholly justified, and they should have been charged with assault. Stuff like this and other similar actions are among the key reasons why cops are so distrusted and disrespected nowadays. We used to teach our children that a cop was their friend. Not anymore. More often they are just thugs with badges.

Justify it any way you like, Tim, but the cops were in the wrong, the payment is wholly justified, and they should have been charged with assault. Stuff like this and other similar actions are among the key reasons why cops are so distrusted and disrespected nowadays. We used to teach our children that a cop was their friend. Not anymore. More often they are just thugs with badges.

Late to this conversation but I had a comment and question.

You state that you chose not to have the prosecutor file charges against the man who clipped you. It sounds like you want an "atta-boy" for your decision. Sorry, but big f'ing deal. You did the right thing and you think it is signifigant. For the majority of us your big decision would be a no-brainer. Also, last I checked the Prosecuter decides whether or not charges can be dropped once filed. Once again though, it sounds like you want props for doing the right thing as if it something special (maybe for you it is).

Question - (from your comment)"What would Army troops accomplish if every time one of their pals is killed they fall apart and go wild?"

They didn't fall apart and go wild, they told him to leave, he refused and they escorted out of the crime scene. "

Are you talking about the cops in the video above? If so - there was no crime scene to be escorted from (unless you count them putting up tape ironically around the area where they had just committed a crime by attacking the videographer). Also, sorry but how could you say they didn't "fall apart and go wild" - the video we all watched clearly shows that they did.