Seattle Police Defend Own

[Senusret I]

I agree with the police officer and the guild.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I agree with the police officer and the guild.

Of course.

I have now watched the tape 4 times. I wish I could see what happened right when the teen jaywalkers got stopped. I assume they were pissed to get stopped for jaywalking. They were dumb if they began talking trash and being aggressive when they were being ticketed. Being a smartass to an officer happens but it should never be aggressive or anything that leads the officer to believe she/he is being verbally or physically threatened.

I still don't agree with the punch.

[Ghostwriter]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I still don't agree with the punch.

Agree, this does not rise to the level of physical violence shown regardless of what they said. The officer is, or at least should be, trained on how to defuse these type situations.

Sounds like a Barney Fife to me.

[IrishLake]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I agree with the police officer and the guild.

I do too, for the most part. Looks like a pretty busy road they were crossing. Maybe they almost caused an accident? Cop can't ignore that. There's always 2 sides to every story. The punch maybe was excessive, but he definately had to do something to get the 2 girls under control, into his car, and him into the car until back-up arrived. It easily could have turned into a mob type situation.