It is evil. But to be expected. Outcry won't matter, I don't think.
I read a few more stories, and the husband DARED to use an obscenity with the cop. I think that if you are such a wimp, you shouldn't BE a cop, but I find that many cops are cowards that hide behind badges and guns.
I am ok with the local police, but for the most part, I have no respect for them, and if anyone tells me that is their career, I immediately put my defenses up as they are probably not the sort of human being I'd want to socialize with.
In the states (at least everywhere I've been aware of, calling 911 to say, "I'm treating red lights as stop signs when there is no traffic" isn't going to get to the cop", so that's nonsense.
San Jose has a real problem with "assaults" on officers. Basically they lead the nation in arrests for it; esp. those with force. Have a lot of lawsuits which seem to bear out that they were false arrests; because the city is losing.
When they review the cases... all the arrests are upheld as good arrests, with justifiable use of force.
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Date: 2010-06-22 08:31 am (UTC)I read a few more stories, and the husband DARED to use an obscenity with the cop. I think that if you are such a wimp, you shouldn't BE a cop, but I find that many cops are cowards that hide behind badges and guns.
I am ok with the local police, but for the most part, I have no respect for them, and if anyone tells me that is their career, I immediately put my defenses up as they are probably not the sort of human being I'd want to socialize with.
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Date: 2010-06-22 11:39 am (UTC)Should have called "911" to explain? While he was driving? That's illegal in the UK. Strokes, I understand, are something where timing is critical.
It does look like there's some institutional bias there, beyond what might be called formal caution over a case in progress.
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Date: 2010-06-22 04:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-22 07:32 pm (UTC)When they review the cases... all the arrests are upheld as good arrests, with justifiable use of force.
Right.