Cop bashes mothers head into street nearly killing her

[Nerdius Maximus]

The general populace needs to wake up and stop glorifying the police as heroes.

The generalisation is somewhat off though. Or it might just be down to different places we live in.

But, while I think the word hero is way overused, the police around my area have some terrible things to deal with, horrible attitude problems from younger people and those I've liased with have, for the most part, acted calmly and professionally in situations where a regular person would - and in some cases should - snap.

Their patience in dealing I've witnessed should be praised, especially with the anti-police attitude that gets thrown their way.

Some do snap, some do go on power trips and they should be punished accordingly. But when an incident happens, the wrong doers should be targetted - and I hate that when an officer gets out of control, it's the rest of them that have to put up with the backlash.

That's very true. I know there's good cops out there, but there's so many bad ones that they all make me nervous. You never know what you're going to be dealing with.

 

[Rett Mikhal]

I made a complaint about a police officer once. Some child had climbed the fence to the nursing home and done some damage to the gardens. It seems that someone had pointed the finger at my youngest son and the cops came to see us.

My son said 'it wasn't me, I don't climb fences'. The policeman told him to stop lying. I told the policeman my son wasn't lying. The policeman then said 'Why should I listen to him when he talks the way he does'.

I asked the policeman what did he mean by that and couldn't get an answer out of him. My son hadn't spoken rudely or used any bad language. Eventually the policeman left saying he was going to make further inquiries. He came back late that night (about 11pm) and told me he knew my son was guilty, that he had heard that he was a troublemaker and that he was going to take it further, stating that my son would be arrested. The policeman was very aggressive at this point and I was frightened.

The next day I, phoned the police station and said I had a problem with a policeman's conduct. I was given an interview with the sergeant. I took my son with me.

I went down and told the sergeant what had happened. I pointed out that my son had cerebral palsy and it was physically impossible for him to have climbed the fence. I said if I wasn't believed I would ask my son's physio and occupational therapists be contacted as proof.

I told him that the policeman I had talked to wouldn't accept this at the time and that he kept going on about my son's speech. I explained to the sergeant that my son spoke rather loud because he had speech and hearing problems.

I also said I thought it was inappropiate for a policeman to be knocking on the door at night when he knew the occupant was a lone mother and also that the child was under the age of criminal liability (which was 8 years at that time). The sergeant said the policeman might have though my son was over eight. I pointed out to the sergeant that my son was only 7 and was a small child for his age and most people thought he was about 5 or 6.

I asked the sergeant if the school liaison police officer could be brought in. I was secretary of the Parents and Friends and knew the school policeman through that. The school policeman came in talked to me and the sergeant. He actually was surprised that we were talking about my son, Marcus, because Marcus had never been in any sort of trouble. The school policeman said Marcus was a shy, nice little boy.

The sergeant said he was sorry that the whole situation had been mishandled and that he accepted that my son hadn't done anything wrong. He said he would speak to the policeman in question.

My son said he wanted to see the cell that the baddies were locked up in so the school policeman gave him a tour.

You did the correct thing. It is always your right to request the opinion of the superior officer, even in a traffic violation. It's usually worth it, too, because they don't get to be a superior officer by being those power hungry dicks (usually) and they're never happy to get dragged down to the scene or dragged into an investigation because of the offending officer. They usually won't blame you, because they know people don't cry wolf to the police often, and they do know which officers are trouble makers.

 

[broberfett]

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