Um, I believe he was justified.
Like this?
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Um, I believe he was justified.
Thread title is misleading....like something the media would write.
A decent person would tend to the injured kid.
Beating the person who injured her in an accident is a showing of true character, not a "lapse". Shame the POS has more kids.............bet the apples fell right at the trunk.
Cop should have been driving a tank and taken the whole dam fam out.
People make mistakes, accidents happen....sometimes terrible ones.
Being a thug isn't an accident.
How long did you need the title to be? Its room enough for a title not a summarization. Perhaps you'd prefer someone read it to you and highlight the good parts?
Gonna leave a mess on your monitor.
This is the impression I got out of the title when I first read it.Hmmm let's see....did the officer strike the girl? Nope. Your title is misleading and an eye catcher just like the media uses.
I just love the statement from the sister "He was a good person," she said. "I know for sure he wasn't out to harm the man. My brother would never harm anybody."
You're saying that a guy doesn't deserve a beat down if his recklessness resulted in the injury of a small child? What if this person frequently blew down that road on his bike to the raised fists of the people who lived there (whose children are evidently supposed no never play in the street ... like 99% of us here remember doing), and then eventually this happens? Ok, that's just a hypothetical. But no reason to beat a guy?? We'll have to see about that!
Look. I don't know what happened. But someone died here. This cannot be brushed under the rug.
That's it put your own spin on things to justify the beating. This was an accident and a tragic one. The cop was NOT raising he!! terrorizing the neighborhood. He was on his way home when an unsupervised child darted into the road.
I have been riding motorcycles longer than many of the people here have been alive. I have been a young and cocky inexperienced rider. in the more than 40 years since then I have become a mature careful and conservative rider. On the way I have been every kind of rider in between. I have been in almost every circumstance possible and done so at very many different skill/experience levels along the way. Those are my qualifications, now here is my (expert? maybe...) opinion..... A motorcycle will stop in a shorter distance on it's side than it will on its wheels. Been there, done that. The surface area presented while on it's side is greater and the grinding of aluminum and steel on pavement scrubs off more energy than burning four inches of rubber.
That's what I think. I think it because of my experiences as a reckless young scooter bum and as a responsible careful rider. People who have never been in a pinch don't know ANYTHING about being in a pinch. Those of you who never had to lay a bike down on purpose should consider themselves lucky up to this point. Luck however does not translate to expertise on the art of wrecking a bike. Ride long enough and you will experience a pinch. it could be one of your own making or it could simply run out in front of you
I've also been riding a Long time. About 33 years actually. And also been in a "pinch"or two!
I mean no disrespect, but I have to say that "laying it down" is a bull s**t excuse AFTER a wreck!
There's NO WAY that intentionally laying a bike down, and sliding down the road, metal and plastic sliding across pavement, could ever slow you faster than properly applying your brakes and maneuvering/counter steering. Rubber on asphalt and brake pads on brake rotors beats metal and plastic on asphalt every time!
In all your years of riding, have you never had to take quick actions to avoid something in the road, something crossing the road, someone slamming on their brakes in front of you, a flat tire, or any other emergency maneuver? Did you "lay your bike down" to avoid the collision? Where did you learn this maneuver?
I've never heard of "laying it down" as a respected method of crash avoidance! I'm willing to accept it if you can show me ANY motorcycle safety course in the country that teaches "The Art of Laying It Down"!
I'll repeat, I mean NO disrespect, I just cannot accept this rediculous MYTH as a way to avoid a wreck.