McKinney, Texas Police Video

[Bengals23]

(06-07-2015, 08:38 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Seemed fairly standard and a good job of controlling the situation....but then he went off on that one girl.  Totally unnecessary - what type of threat could a 110-lb girl in a bikini possibly be?  Worse, THAT is a good way of losing control of the situation by roughing her up.  And pulling a gun there seems even more reckless.

I'd tend to say this cop should be fired - if he loses it here, what happens in more stressful situations?  But before going that far I'd want to know how many cops have made this mistake, and how often in their career before determining if this cop is "at risk" or having a bad day.  People make mistakes in every profession, doctors to (and that results in loss of life).  There's this ridiculous idea gaining huge momentum that cops can and should be perfect, every day in every situation.

I don't know that this girl did anything wrong at all.  But generally there needs to be a lot more focus and attention on people being respectful and cooperative so that you don't unnecessarily elevate the stress that leads to mistakes.  Being uncooperative and talking back is never going to get you anywhere.  Help the cops control themselves by controlling yourself.

That one police officer has been put on leave I believe. As you, I began feeling uncomfortable when he began roughing up the girl. Maybe she was talking back to him, whatever, but that was uncalled for. You can see in the video when he pulls his gun, the other officers reacted quickly and tried to calm him down.

This is becoming a pretty big topic over on Twitter so it'll be something that is discussed heavily.