That's not even close to what I'm saying, and you know it. If the kid behaved inappropriately, there should be consequences. Those consequences should not include verbal and/or physical assault by a police officer, or from any adult, for that matter.
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And if the kid didn't behave inappropriately? You're making a giant assumption based on what exactly I'm not sure. Maybe the kid was standing up for another student the school cop was being a dick to? Maybe the kid refused to give they guy his lunch money? We don't know. It is a little disturbing that you only want to focus on the narrative that this kid was some how being an asshole. That's called victim blaming. That's called justification. That's why I brought up the rape example. A little over the top? Sure. But it doesn't matter what a woman is wearing and it doesn't matter what the kid may or may not have said.
If he didn't behave inappropriately, odds are he wouldn't have been slapped in the first place. All I did was wonder aloud what the kid said. Maybe he was being an asshole, maybe he wasn't. But he probably was, because a slap like that is much more likely to be retribution for a perceived insult than for some random act of bullying violence. The cop was mad at the kid for something, and chose not to restrain himself. That choice should, and hopefully will, cost him his badge and his freedom. But he was mad at something the kid said or did, and I'm just curious what that was. How the fuck is that victim blaming?
Really? You so sure about those odds? The guy was fired from the sheriffs department for tazing an innocent person multiple times in the face during a bank robbery and had a restraining order taken out against him for hitting his girlfriend. He has a history of making terrible choices when it comes to the use of force.
Hah (don't mean to derail the OP), I always thought this was a photoshop. But I read the snopes article. Good info in there. Makes sense why the two articles are written the way they are.
So, because the cop has a history of violence, the kid couldn't possibly have been an asshole? Seriously? What happened to your critical thinking skills?
I've been pretty clear throughout this discussion with you, we don't know what or if the kid said anything to him. You're the one who is making the assumption that the kid mouthed off.
I believe it's quite likely the kid said or did something that pissed the cop off. I also believe that whether or not the kid mouthed off should have absolutely zero impact on whether the cop should be punished as harshly as the law allows.
The next time you mouth off to me when we're playing golf I'm hitting your can of Coors Light with a 9 iron.
