Cops Crash Pool Party Youtube Video

[seieienbu]

I get why the cops were called but I disagree with how they handled matters.  It seems to me that it should've been a simple "Party's over, dump your cups, go home" dispersal to all the bystanders rather than sitting them all down and chasing after them when they attempted to leave.  Any actual violent offenders?  Yeah, sure, get them for vandalism or whatever. 

However, sitting a hundred people down to get stories from everyone or whatever?  That straight up won't work and it should be obvious to anyone.  Perhaps I'm missing something, but from my perspective it looked like the officer was getting pissed off about a bunch of kids running off and ended up pulling his gun at an unarmed group.  I wouldn't mind if someone lost their job over that, particularly since I live nearby and would appreciate it if cops were more reasonable and less prone to violent actions.

[mitsuman]

APPARENTLY that police officer had been called to two different suicides before being called to that pool party. His lawyer is claiming that is why he was on edge.

Am I sticking up for him, hell no.

[esteban]

APPARENTLY that police officer had been called to two different suicides before being called to that pool party. His lawyer is claiming that is why he was on edge.

Am I sticking up for him, hell no.

Yeah, that's why I said I wasn't going to crucify this guy.

Dealing with highly stressful, emotionally draining/challenging situations must take its toll.

However, that never excuses the abuse of power...

...but, it certainly helps us better understand what led to the poor decisions the officer made.

[mitsuman]

I still don't understand the tuck-n-roll he did at the beginning of the video. Was it intentional, or was it a good recovery from a trip?

[esteban]

I still don't understand the tuck-n-roll he did at the beginning of the video. Was it intentional, or was it a good recovery from a trip?

I've been wondering that since I first saw it!

I can't decide.

[mickcris]

It sort of looks like he tripped, and that was his recovery.  Not really sure though.  He may have done it to look cool.

[HailingTheThings]

People know better than to f*ck with an adept dive roller.

I'll say.

Can you imagine if that became a police officer's normal greeting to everyone?

"Excuse me officer, did I do someth.."

*!DIVE ROLL!*

"Ohh, okay then. That was nice, back to what I was saying. Did I-I.."

*!DIVE ROLL!*

"I'll just go ahead and cuff myself and hop in the back seat then..."

*sigh*

[bartre]

If I was a cop, I'd be doing dive rolls everywhere... even routine traffic stops. There is no substitute for a good proactive dive roll when enforcing the law. People know better than to f*ck with an adept dive roller.

as opposed to now, where you just roll everywhere?


On topic-
it's worth noting that when the officer pulled his weapon, it was because someone ran up on his side while he had the girl down.
this same person had a hand reaching/near the hip, so it would be easy in that situation to assume that he's reaching for a weapon of some kind.
after the individual runs away, he holsters his gun again, and continues with what he was doing.

tl;dr
was he being a dick? yes
was he using excessive force up until that point? yes
do i think the gun drawing was warranted, and handled appropriately? maybe, but i'm not a cop.

[Necromancer]

At least he was smart enough to quit before they could fire his stupid ass, which of course lets him save his pension and retirement benefits.

[esteban]

At least he was smart enough to quit before they could fire his stupid ass, which of course lets him save his pension and retirement benefits.

I had not thought of that.