More than that, we need to stop any language like “he deserved it” or “if he didn’t do ___ he wouldn’t be dead” because we can’t know what anyone deserved or did until after legal procedures determine guilt or innocence.
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You’re absolutely right, there is no action that justified any force. People need to make sure this former officer is decertified to work in Tennessee. Someone needs to take away this man’s weapon before he does further harm.
Yes, but suppose the registration had been expired...I don’t know and you don’t know one way or the other. If the registration were forty years out of date, would that justify the cop’s action? No, not at all. The state of her car registration is irrelevant. The cop was not justified in using extreme force because…
If they run the tag through and the state computer says the car is registered, the most you should get is a fix-it ticket to get the tags on the car and get let go. Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Alabama Mississippi Goddamn.
My brother is a cop and a piece of shit. It goes hand in hand.
“Maybe they are expired by a few days and sometimes if you have a decent explanation, you get a warning.”
Why did he go after her anyway? Because she got out of the car? Damn, I should know better, it when I got stopped, at night, by a cop for my license plate light being out, I got out to look at it, and wasn’t thrown down at all.
Technically he’s not necessarily a corrupt cop. Really bad or incompetent, sure. Violent and offensive, no doubt. Racist? Possibly. Unfit to wear the badge? Well, thats trickier, as he seems to demonstrate all the traits that the police seem to look for in an officer, but represents everything the public demands an…
Kentucky is just a hop away.
I love to recite this every chance I get: law enforcement is the only profession to ever be involved in a landmark discrimination case (Jordan v. The City of New London) for refusing to hire an individual because they were too intelligent.
Do you know any high school kids or 20 somethings looking to be cops or are they all just on their phones hating on them? I’m not saying that the cops don’t deserve it, I’m saying that the job itself has such a social stigma that decent people don’t want it any more and the few that try and join to change things get…
Unfortunately, there are surrounding states wouldn’t take much to move and find a job beating people as a police officer in one of them. It’s not like there are standards or anything.
No, they'll claim that he deserves a second chance.
Some even join the army where they can kill with impunity.
a. He probably told her to stay in the car and he was pissed that she “disobeyed” him.
I don’t get it. She’s already walking back to her car, and about to get in. He gets all mad and approaches her, and appears to . . . try to force her back in the driver’s seat? Which is where she was headed? Then she tenses up because this big aggressive dude has grabbed her, and that’s when he slams her against the…
Maybe we shouldn’t let the Bottom 10% of graduating classes wield the power of the State and all the protections that come with that?
Decertification will assure that Officer Teague can no longer work as a police officer in the state of Tennessee.
Violent people become cops so that they can commit violent acts against others with impunity.