What are your thoughts regarding the cop's statement about United passenger?
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Whatever he said, it is probably horrible.
ACAB
I have to wonder why this is just now coming out that the passenger was supposedly unruly. Even if he was, did it warrant the injuries he sustained? I don’t think so.
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See? I was right. Fucking fascist pigs should all be skewered and hanged from trees.
Self serving blue line closing ranks.
The cop acknowledged violating policy to go on board to handle a customer service problem. And it came out weeks ago that one of them has a history of complaints of excessive force.
I am a LEO. I think that in this case, the cop went overboard, and should be held accountable.
I would add though, that most videos of this type do not capture what the “victim” said, or did before the action taken by the LEO. I have to get physical with people, but only as an absolute last resort. I’m sure there are plenty of times that someone could start filming me after a guy spit in my face, or swung on me, or hit a girl, or did an eight ball of cocaine, or tried to fight a crowd of people, and see it as deplorable.
When someone has to be removed from somewhere, and they refuse to move, you have to move them. That’s the job. You don’t have to be a jerk about it, and you never take it personally, but sometimes you have to resort to a form of restraint, or violence.
Hopefully, the new body cameras will keep LEOs from overstepping, and keep them protected by showing the whole story.
It was strictly a CYA attempt.
Here’s another cautionary tale of airline abuse. This time it was Delta.They threatened to toss mom and dad in jail and the kids in foster care. And they enforced a Delta policy that wasn’t even in existence!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t0d7lljBxy8
I am a United Rewards Member (you don’t have to be all that special to join) and I got the heartfelt apology email from the CEO. This comes after the media attention and the public outcry.
They are changing their policies.
I think this is an example of the public calling out and using media to correct a wrong.
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