Was this police officer in the wrong?

[Sevarin]

douche isn't legal allowance for assault lol

it should be. it might fix the douche issue.

[Ealyssa]

It should be mandatory for all police officer candidates to take tough, probing psychological evaluations before they are given a weapon just to see if they have temper issues.

Oh wait...

But you would have to raise their paycheck by 200% with that kind of standard.

You have the police quality you pay for, really simple as that.

[Deleted]

Considering the amount of time they were loitering around it seems the air horn was needed.

[ribz]

But you would have to raise their paycheck by 200% with that kind of standard.

You have the police quality you pay for, really simple as that.

If you're really from Switzerland, I don't think you'll comprehend just how much police officers are paid in this country.

I'm willing to bet that he made more money in 2016 than the engineer who lives in my building.

[Kyr]

officer was in the wrong. jackass deserved more than a slap

[monkmastaeq]

The idiot deserved it, sadly the cop was in the wrong but i do think the phrase smack some sense into him applies here and its not like he beat him silly.

[the game]

It's sad that stupid people can do these things looking for a reaction from the cops and then cry lawsuit when they get that reaction. I hope the judge throws this shit out if they goto court with it. You shouldn't be able to sue someone you provoked.

[araine]

Guy was a douche. Got smacked for it. In this backwards ass world, the cop is wrong. But the guy got exactly what her needed.

Being a douchebag isnt illegal. assault is. and yes this cop should both be fired and charged with a crime

[the game]

Sorry, but the appropriate reaction would have been to arrest him for disorderly conduct.



Pretty much. If this is how he deals with a dumbass in a bunny costume how does he deal with someone in a thug costume?

I didn't say the cop was right. I'm saying they obviously went in there with the intent to provoke a reaction and they got that reaction. They should not be able to sue for that. Allowing them to sue is saying that this bullshit is ok.

[Bathory]

cop got baited and rose to the occasion, yeah he was in the wrong. He did exactly what they wanted.

[Belize]

I'd also like to add that "It's just a prank, man," is the bane of my existence.

[the game]

No, allowing them to sue is saying a police officer assaulting you isn't OK. It's not saying it's OK to do what he did.

except you're completely hand waving away the fact that they were looking for a reaction. You're saying it's ok for them to do that.

[Endus]

I didn't say the cop was right. I'm saying they obviously went in there with the intent to provoke a reaction and they got that reaction. They should not be able to sue for that. Allowing them to sue is saying that this bullshit is ok.

No, allowing them to sue is saying that "being an asshole" is not provocation that justifies assaulting them.

If it were, then an officer being a bit of a dick to someone he pulled over for speeding could legally get his ass beaten by that speeder, for being a dick. And the officer would have no recourse.

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except you're completely hand waving away the fact that they were looking for a reaction. You're saying it's ok for them to do that.

Yes. Absolutely, 100%.

Baiting is a dick move, but it isn't illegal. Assaulting someone because you were baited, that is illegal.

If I tell someone their baby is ugly, I'm an asshole, but that doesn't mean they can punch me in the face.

[the game]

No, allowing them to sue is saying that "being an asshole" is not provocation that justifies assaulting them.

If it were, then an officer being a bit of a dick to someone he pulled over for speeding could legally get his ass beaten by that speeder, for being a dick. And the officer would have no recourse.

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Yes. Absolutely, 100%.

Baiting is a dick move, but it isn't illegal. Assaulting someone because you were baited, that is illegal.

If I tell someone their baby is ugly, I'm an asshole, but that doesn't mean they can punch me in the face.

So you're completely ok with what these assholes did?

[Endus]

So you're completely ok with what these assholes did?

Define "okay". I think they're assholes. If the cops had come out and tagged on "disorderly conduct" to whatever charges the guy had an arrest warrant for, I'd be fine with that.

But you treat them with respect regardless of how dickish they're being. That's a bare fucking minimum standard of behaviour. Anyone who'd lash out like this has no business wearing a uniform.

[Paranoid Android]

You could be this officer in Arizona. Supposedly she was drunk and kicking the officer (his statements). I don't think punching someone in the face is protocol.

[the game]

Define "okay". I think they're assholes. If the cops had come out and tagged on "disorderly conduct" to whatever charges the guy had an arrest warrant for, I'd be fine with that.

But you treat them with respect regardless of how dickish they're being. That's a bare fucking minimum standard of behaviour. Anyone who'd lash out like this has no business wearing a uniform.

I mean if I have to define what okay means then we have a serious problem here. You're completely ok with assholes provoking a reaction and then crying lawsuit when they get that reaction

[Endus]

Slippery slope fallacy. Going to a police station doing things that would be seen as anti social behaviour, for what would be only apparent AT THE TIME to be baiting a negative reaction should not be rewarded.

There's no "slippery slope" here. There's one instance.

And they're not being rewarded for being assholes. They're being compensated because a police officer attacked them without justification.

[Endus]

I mean if I have to define what okay means then we have a serious problem here. You're completely ok with assholes provoking a reaction and then crying lawsuit when they get that reaction

That it's perfectly legal for them to sue when they're assaulted by an officer who was unprovoked?

Absolutely fucking yes. I don't see how that's even in question.

[Dedweight]

Good thing that wasn't a privately owned police station, because then the police officer would have been completely in the right to pull out his gun and shoot the man in the face.

Being an annoying prick has never been a legal reason to shoot someone and hopefully never will be.

That said, the officer was in the wrong, the "kids" were annoying and highly disrespectful but in stead of hitting them he could have simply taken the air horn away and escorted them off the property or potentially putting them both in lockup(if available) for a few hours for possible disorderly conduct depending on NJ laws.