SweetCaroline
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"Why not?"
Are you F'ing kidding me?
Are you F'ing kidding me?
Fort Worth, Texas, police placed an officer on restricted duty Thursday after a Facebook video showed him arresting a woman who'd called police to complain that a neighbor had allegedly assaulted her young son.
The city's police chief on Friday acknowledged criticism of the handling of the incident.
"Obviously, when we have an incident where there is some type of assertion that a juvenile has been inappropriately touched, injured, whatever, that should take precedence,"
Chief Joel Fitzgerald said at a press conference. "And for the 99.9% of our police officers in this police department, that would have handled that case differently, I thank them."
I've watched the video a couple times, and there are a lot of angles to this.
The cop was wrong in not diffusing the situation, and then arresting the women because they "pissed him off". Which, actually, is not a crime. Maybe the cop has been made aware of that fact at this point.
Secondly, I honestly don't believe the neighbor choked that child. All I have to go by is the neighbor's body language and appearance, but I just don't believe it. Best guess, I think the child littered in his yard, the man said hey come back here and pick that up, and the child went home and said he was choked.
Which doesn't absolve the cop.
From the story, no one witnessed the choking, it was the boy's word. He came into the house and told his sister that.
i have no idea whether the boy littered or the man choked him, so i really didnt weigh either of those things into forming my opinion of the officer's actions.
but fwiw i dont think the "body language and appearance" of the man in the video is nearly enough information to form an opinion of his character and therefore what he might be capable of. ymmv.
Really? Because I do. I think I'll be proven right in the long term, when this case is solved. We all go through life having to make quick decisions about people based on their appearance and behavior - trust them or not? I stand by my decision - based on appearance and body language - that this neighbor didn't choke that child.
interesting, can you say in more detail what about his appearance it is that makes him seem trustworthy to you? what about his body language assures you that he is of good character?
it is interesting to note that at no time in this video does either the man or the officer claim that the man did not put his hands on the boy, the officer instead defends the idea that he might have.
you may end up being right about those points (littering and choking), again i have made no claim about it.
nothing about jeans and a t-shirt makes me think someone is not capable of doing what he is accused of, a beard and glasses dont give me immediate faith in someones good character. we cant hear a word the man says and he basically stands still the entire time he is visible. im very interested to hear what you are seeing that im not, thanks.
In the spirit of people on this board who will watch a video of a parent and say "those don't look like real tears", or "did you see she kept looking over to the side, not at the interviewer", I will say, "that man doesn't look like the kind of guy who would choke a child for littering on his lawn". We all go through life making fairly quick decisions about people's character, and my take on this guy is he isn't a child choker over litter on his lawn.
In the spirit of people on this board who will watch a video of a parent and say "those don't look like real tears", or "did you see she kept looking over to the side, not at the interviewer", I will say, "that man doesn't look like the kind of guy who would choke a child for littering on his lawn". We all go through life making fairly quick decisions about people's character, and my take on this guy is he isn't a child choker over litter on his lawn.
A group of pastors in Fort Worth is calling for the immediate suspension of a white officer caught on a viral video arresting a black woman and her daughters after the woman had called for help.
Not trying to pick a fight on Christmas Eve. ;D
Merry Christmas everyone, and sorry if my impressions have offended anyone.
Yeah and people might not think some dude would shoot up a minivan over some road rage either but it happens. People get real upset real quick if they feel slighted, disrespected, ignored... Could be ol boy felt disrespected because the lil man mouthed off or something. We have no idea because the focus now is on the mother being arrested rather than us ever knowing what happened between the neighbor and the boy.
But yeah. Some dude lingering in a background mostly blocked from view by an officer tells us all we need to know about his entire history and character LOL
Dealing with the assault issue would include talking to witnesses and the accused about the alleged assault. Taking notes. Asking questions about the assault/choking incident.
Pretty basic process, actually. He didn't do any of those things. Instead, he began "baiting" the mother into an argument, trying to get her to lose her temper. He refused to even discuss the assault accusation.
Bad cop. He deliberately provoked the mom. He refused to deal with the issue of the neighbor assaulting the child and kept trying to provoke the mother, insulting her. The mother hadn't done anything wrong.
Anyone have a link that says both parties called 911?
I remember reading that but can't find it now. Don't think I dreamed it but anything is possible.
MOO