it only took 2 years

[serpicostraight]

Denver Chief recommends cop be fired for beating does it take sherlock holmes to figure this one out?

 

[Prometheus]

It looks like whoever was operating that camera needs to be fired too. They purposefully try and get the beating out of frame.

This is a clear cut case. The officer needs jail time in addition to being fired. There was no call for that what so ever.

 

[level.eleven]

So the Police Union is defending known liars? Why? Doesn't that undermine the ability of all other union members to be trusted?

 

[serpicostraight]

So the Police Union is defending known liars? Why? Doesn't that undermine the ability of all other union members to be trusted?

its the thin blue line a criminal with a badge is a brother with a badge

 

[Classic]

So the Police Union is defending known liars? Why? Doesn't that undermine the ability of all other union members to be trusted?

Because that's what unions do.

 

[dross]

Why should guys get fired when they're just trying to get home a night?

 

[Bapak2ja]

This officer gives the good LEOs a bad rep. The fact that the union defends it is just a normal action we have learned to expect over the years from unions and from the LEO brotherhood. The defense of wrong doing is also part of our new normal in the USA. From childhood folks are taught the individual is not responsible for personal behavior. It is always someone else's fault. You know the routine—blame the parents, blame the perp/victim, blame society, etc. So, why should this officer be held accountable when no one else is held accountable in this society that has no rules and cannot judge anyone's behavior?

How many times do we hear, "Who are you to judge me?" How many times do the courts inquire about "mitigating circumstances"? So, how are we to condemn this behavior without knowing the mitigating circumstances that prompted it? Are we certain this is even "wrong"?

In a culture that rejects the concept of absolute values, where nothing is simply right or wrong, where ethics must be determined by the context/situation, why is a LEO giving a beat down to someone any more offensive or "wrong" than giving a black man giving a beat down to a cracker who uses the N word, or a father giving a beat down to a swim coach who molests a swimmer of either gender, or a straight guy giving a beat down to gay guy who hits on him?

So does this officer really give LEOs a bad rep? Given the moral ambiguity of our culture, and its double standards which apply different rules to different subcultures, giving some the freedom to issue beat downs but not others, why does this officer deserve to be disciplined instead of just sent for counseling and rehabilitation before being given back his weapon, his shield and his authority?

Please understand I am not defending or justifying any of the behaviors cited in this post. I am raising the issue of "legislating morality" or defining acceptable behavior in a situational ethics culture. Seriously, how can this cop be condemned when we sanction the other behaviors? How can this society establish minimum standards when it accepts "Who are you to judge me?" as a reasonable defense? Perhaps that is why it took two years?

 

[serpicostraight]

cops should be good people with morals and values. this punk with a badge has niether. if he wasnt hiding behind a tin badge he would be working at a 7-11

 

[Stonefish]

Cleaning up before the new Chief comes in.

 

[Loco179]

You do realize the Chief has very little input over firing of cops right? It is up to a merit board. It is all a sham.