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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you people are so naive when it comes to media coverage. 
Law enforcement officers have thousands of interactions with the public EVERY DAY.
The vast majority end with no incident.
These don’t get any press coverage because it doesn’t make for good viewership/readership.    
The few incidents cited here are not the norm.
[/b]Yes, when police officers act badly, they should be held accountable. 
But, once again, there are people who are condemning most law enforcement officers for actions of a VERY SMALL MINORITY. 
As a result, we have many youth and young adults who are uncooperative and outright disrespectful and this behavior is excused and in some cases, applauded by way too many people.[b]

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Totally agree with this. The girl did not deserve the brutality from the police officer. He completely overreacted and was in the wrong in this case, but I also don't know why people think it's okay to mouth-off to authority, particularly the police. The cop was obviously highly-stressed and ill-prepared to handle the situation. However, people of every color need to sit down and be quiet when an officer tells you to do something. [b]Or walk away like he told her to do.[/b] Period. He's got a gun. It's a highly stressful situation. It could escalate into something much more tragic quickly. [/quote]

Oh.my.god.

[b]SHE WAS WALKING AWAY LIKE HE TOLD HER TO DO.[/quote][/b]

When I say walk away, I mean turn yourself around with your mouth shut and completely leave the area where the cop is. I don't mean repeatedly turn back and mouth-off to the officer. 
Again I didn't say she deserved the brutality. But I also think for everyone's safety it's imperative to do as your told in a high-stress situation like that.[/quote]

Really? Because when I say "walk away" what I mean is walk away from the area. "Keep your mouth shut" is another instruction and "completely leave the area" is only possible if the cop who instructed you to "get your ass out of here" doesn't then physically drag you back to the area you were trying to leave.[/quote]

Oh boy. I'm pretty sure if an officer tells you to get your ass out of here, it goes without saying that you should keep your mouth shut and leave as soon as possible. I understand he did drag her back after she ran her mouth. Totally inexcusable, BUT, we also have to respect authority and not mouth-off, particularly in a high-stress situation like this. 
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Every time you say "totally inexcusable, BUT..." the BUT renders the first two words obsolete. Your "BUT" implies that, in fact, the actions were excusable because the teenager should have known better than to respond the way she did.

When I was a teenager, some friends and I were in a park. We weren't doing anything wrong. We were just hanging out after school. Cop on patrol stopped, asked us what we were doing. We responded "hanging out" and he suggested that we "move along." Our actual response was "Why? It's a public park and we're not doing anything wrong."

No one was thrown to the ground and no one pulled a gun. That said, we were all white.[/quote]

[b]How are old you?  No snark, just curiosity.  I was born early 70s and was taught to respect authority and not question it, so even if I hadn't been doing anything wrong I wouldn't have questioned the instruction. I generally thought the kids of my generation felt the same way [/b]but I am willing to admit I could be totally wrong.[/quote]

This is an excellent point. I grew up in the 80s and would never dream of mouthing off to a cop or teacher or coach or anyone in a position of authority, even if they were in the wrong. [/quote]

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