Baltimore Cop vs kid

That dude has definitely had one banana too many shoved up his tailpipe. I really don't expect much better from a probable Ravens fan. You know, come to think of it, he seems very relaxed for an Orioles fan.

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Another example of how cops are usually just ape-like turds running on power trips. Yay for law enforcement! This is why everyone loves you guys some much.

I'm pretty sure that cop's from Dundalk

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Another example of how cops are usually just ape-like turds running on power trips. Yay for law enforcement! This is why everyone loves you guys some much.

Either a power trip or racism, or both.

Ought to lose his job, that simple, at the point they pulled into the hospital grounds, his attitude should have changed from protection to assisting. If he doesn't understand what it means to protect and serve then he ought not be entrusted with the job regardless of motivation.

he may be wrapped a little tight to "serve and protect"?????
I think the public may be better served and protected by the incarceration of officer Riviere'.

Either a power trip or racism, or both.
I have to agree with you on this one. I can see why he pulled him over and I can see why when people jumped out he pulled his gun (remember a cop has to treat everyone as a threat). At some point he sould have realized that they where telling the truth and let them go. Heck, if he followed them into the hospital just to check that would have been fine.

ProFootballTalk.com - Moats Hassled By Cop Outside Hospital Where Family Member Was Dying (http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/03/26/moats-hassled-by-cop-outside-hospital-where-family-member-was-dying/)

Another example of how cops are usually just ape-like turds running on power trips. Yay for law enforcement! This is why everyone loves you guys some much.

Seriously. Way too many of them come off like meathead bullies. I mean, they're pulled over in a hospital parking lot with their hazards on, and Moats' wife is crying that her mother is about to die. What the hell does he think is going on? This cop deserves a kick in the nuts and a lengthy, unpaid suspension.

“If you want to keep this going, I’ll just put you in handcuffs, and I’ll take you to jail for running a red light. . . . Understand what I can do. I can tow your truck. I can charge you with fleeing. I can make your night very difficult.”

What a douchebag power trip.

I have to agree with you on this one. I can see why he pulled him over and I can see why when people jumped out he pulled his gun (remember a cop has to treat everyone as a threat). At some point he sould have realized that they where telling the truth and let them go. Heck, if he followed them into the hospital just to check that would have been fine.

The problem is that they stopped at the Hospital ER. At the point where he entered the Hospital parking lot his mind should have realized, "hey maybe they have an emergency"

Wow...simply wow...what are kids these days being taught?

Sure he had no right to get physical, but you think the answer would be "start swinging". Damn...I am getting scared as to the direction of this country.
Please tell me there are SANE people out there???
Since this thread has been bumped anyways I'd like to share that the direction of the country went wrong before this when cops went from "serve and protect" to "patrol and control"

I have friends that are in law enforcement as well.. from a county sheriff, to several beat cops, sergeants, etc.. all of them are nice as well, well all but one, he's a complete dickhead (I guess he's not really a friend)

The 7 cops you know and bbq with are your friends, of course they're nice to you, you haven't seen every ride they've been on.. and maybe they're like that out in the field too.. but there are more than 7 LEO's in this country

It's a stressful job but if you can't put up with it, then quit.. any other job where you do something like this you're out, a cop should have to find his own way after something like that as well

Who is a cop to tell me whether to sit down or remain standing so that he can yell at me? That's ridiculous... and he had no reason to even touch the kid.. if the kid did so much as put his hand to the guy to back him away it's "assault"

What happened to police not being above the law? What an apologist you are.. it's this complacency with the steady decline we have in giving up our freedoms and even comfort that's an issue with this nation, not some kid saying dude