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Old 02-15-2008, 01:28 PM   #71
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I guess we have to accept the fact that certain people will see this video and not see a cop acting inappropriately and out of act rage. I don't understand it, but that's life.

It's the same sort of thing that happens when witnesses are interviewed after a car accident - several different recollections are often presented

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I think you touched on the key question: Did the cop act appropriately?

I think we can probably all agree that any given situation would call for an appropriate response and that something exceeding that level of response would be inappropriate.

As a hypothetical, we probably all believe that a cop was acting appropriately if he shot someone that was shooting at him.

I think that we'd all also probably agree that a cop was acting inappropriately if he shot someone that was naked and lying face down on the ground, spread eagle style if that person refused a command to stand up.

Somewhere in between those two extremes, shooting goes from being an inappropriate to appropriate response. We all probbaly have our own ideas of where the line between the two is, and most of us would probably agree that the line may not be absolutely black and white and well deinfed in all cases...but again, the gray area is probably different for each of us.

Bringing it back to the skateboarder incident, the question is whether the cops actions were appropriate for the situation.

Kinda like a BMW not really being great at any one thing, but pretty frigging good on the whole, I thought the cop wasn't really out of line on any one thing (other than the implied threat re: the camera at the end), but on the whole acted pretty uprofessionally and his response was inappropriate for the circumstances of the situation.
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I don't know. Maybe the way that cop reacted to the kids is how all Northeasterners react to everyone in every situation?
You have serious emotional issues, man. Seek help.
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Old 02-15-2008, 02:29 PM   #73
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I don't know. Maybe the way that cop reacted to the kids is how all Northeasterners react to everyone in every situation? Maybe he was being calm and collected.
Why do you hate colonial America?
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Old 02-15-2008, 02:34 PM   #74
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You have serious emotional issues, man. Seek help.
Nah, just brought up in a state where people generally treat other people with respect and basic consideration. So transitioning to the Florida (er, I mean northeastern) lifestyle has been a real eye opener.

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Nah, just brought up in a state where people generally treat other people with respect and basic consideration. So transitioning to the Florida (er, I mean northeastern) lifestyle has been a real eye opener.
particularly the McDonalds parking lots?

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Nah, just brought up in a state where people generally treat other people with respect and basic consideration.
So was I.
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Old 02-15-2008, 02:37 PM   #77
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So was I.
You were raised in MN?

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particularly the McDonalds parking lots?

That was my initiation into the world of disrespect, ignorance, and complete disregard for the safety of others. Now I fit in.
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Old 02-15-2008, 03:13 PM   #78
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particularly the McDonalds parking lots?

LOL.

I was just getting ready to do some searching when I read this.

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Were you raised to be prejudicial as well? Because you're pretty good at it, it seems...
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