The Police Gone Wild thread

[ljs]

. I think a large majority of police officers are truly interested in protecting and serving and do a wonderful job of doing so. However, there are officers who are nothing like that whatsoever. There are ego-driven *******s who abuse the power given to them by the badge and beat the **** out of people who don't deserve it. Those people give police a bad name and should be punished, and punished harshly.
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absolutely agree with this 1000%.

[Destino]

thank you for the responses. The dept I worked for is facing that lawsuit. I can tell you that they are extremely picky about pursuits, and are not a rogue dept who just frivoulously chase people. Its been 3 years since the incident and the family is just now filing a multi million dollar lawsuit.

Probably think they can get more out of the department than they can the person responsible.

[Predicto]

Early Sunday morning during summer- not a lot of traffic. Pursuit was along a 4 lane road in town. The suspect ran a red light and t-boned the victims car. The suspect was not known to police, but they did know the car was stolen. Not fair to use info only known after the fact, but...the suspect just burglarized a home and had warrants. (that wasn't known until after the accident). He was later sentenced to 36 yrs in prison, but now the family is suing the city and the PD.

But not the cop as an individual, right? Wasn't that your question?

[Forehead]

This is how I feel:



I say more skull cracking, not less.

[ljs]

But not the cop as an individual, right? Wasn't that your question?

Typically with these lawsuits the will list everyone- City, City Manager, Police Dept, Police chief and every one of the officers involved. The news article says "The city, the police department and the man the police were chasing."

My question was if the the city, Pd or officers should be held criminally/civilly responsible- encompasing some, all or none.

[The Evil Genius]

Quick question - if a cop opens fire at a suspect and accidentally hits an innocent bystander, is the cop liable?

If the answer is yes - then why would recklessly pursuing at high speeds be any different?

[ljs]

Quick question - if a cop opens fire at a suspect and accidentally hits an innocent bystander, is the cop liable?

If the answer is yes - then why would recklessly pursuing at high speeds be any different?

it is a yes if the cop hits someone with their car.

if a person is shooting at the cops and accidently shoots a bystander, are the cops responsible?

[The Evil Genius]

it is a yes if the cop hits someone with their car.

if a person is shooting at the cops and accidently shoots a bystander, are the cops responsible?

I suspect not. But there are mitigating factors that would always come into play.

Like...did they, in any way, encourage the firefight?

[ljs]

I suspect not. But there are mitigating factors that would always come into play.

Like...did they, in any way, encourage the firefight?

Good points, and in these situations there are always so many individual factors for each occurance. Its hard to lump them all in one category. I'm not in favor of ending pursuits 100%, but I do understand the need to limit them. The issue though is the process in making that decision, along with disciplining officers for doing their jobs.

[China]

Wasn't sure whether to put this in the police or pit bull thread:

Officer Shoots Woman, Pit Bull Playing

LA MARQUE, Texas -- A police officer shot a woman and a dog that were playing when she thought the dog was attacking the woman, witnesses told KPRC Local 2.

Witnesses said a La Marque police officer was driving along 5th Avenue near Walnut Street at about 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, after she helped a person around the corner.

The officer heard people playing and screaming, witnesses said. A 23-year-old woman and her friend were playing with a pit bull.

Witnesses said the officer got out of the car and fired several shots toward the dog.

"The young lady started hollering and just at that time a police officer was coming down and thought the dog was attacking the lady," witness Dennis Wallace said. "I can't say that I would do anything different. The lady (the officer) drew down and started shooting. I couldn't say I wouldn't have done that."

The woman suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. She was taken by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital in stable condition.

The dog was also wounded. The dog's owner took it to a vet and it is expected to recover.

Click on the link for the full article

[Koolblue13]

I'm anti cop and my cop friends know it. I assume they are all bad cops until I know better.

From the time I was little to now, when a cop is around, I feel guilty, even when I'm doing nothing. I just don't feel safe and I know my rights are not always enough to keep me free.

[big#44]

I'm anti cop and my cop friends know it. I assume they are all bad cops until I know better.

From the time I was little to now, when a cop is around, I feel guilty, even when I'm doing nothing. I just don't feel safe and I know my rights are not always enough to keep me free.

not any cops fault you have a horribly guilty conscience.

[Destino]

Wasn't sure whether to put this in the police or pit bull thread:

Officer Shoots Woman, Pit Bull Playing

LA MARQUE, Texas -- A police officer shot a woman and a dog that were playing when she thought the dog was attacking the woman, witnesses told KPRC Local 2.

Witnesses said a La Marque police officer was driving along 5th Avenue near Walnut Street at about 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, after she helped a person around the corner.

The officer heard people playing and screaming, witnesses said. A 23-year-old woman and her friend were playing with a pit bull.

Witnesses said the officer got out of the car and fired several shots toward the dog.

"The young lady started hollering and just at that time a police officer was coming down and thought the dog was attacking the lady," witness Dennis Wallace said. "I can't say that I would do anything different. The lady (the officer) drew down and started shooting. [u]I couldn't say I wouldn't have done that."/[u]

The woman suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. She was taken by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital in stable condition.

The dog was also wounded. The dog's owner took it to a vet and it is expected to recover.

Click on the link for the full article

I can say that I certainly would have done something different.... like not shoot the "victim" in the chest and to make sure I was seeing what I thought I was seeing. This isn't the wild west MAKE SURE before you SHOOT PEOPLE for crying out loud. What an awesome day... playing with your dog until a moron with a gun decides to save you from your pet by damn near killing you and your dog.

BTW - you don't spray bullets "towards" a victim and the attacker. That's a bad way to shoot, period.

[Destino]

Police shoot homeowner 6 times while he held the intruder at gunpoint

http://www.azcentral.com/community/p...tsue0318.html#

Wife claims she told all the cops specifically that her husband was the one with the gun... and they went in and shot him anyway. Watch the video below of his wife interviewed.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/cri....homeowner.cnn

Officer of course... has been cleared of any wrong doing.

[Teller]

Interesting initial post. The cop was found not guilty, AND you neglected to list the three offenses the suspect was charged with.

Ignoring the facts to be deliberately inflammatory....Rupert Murdoch would hire you in a heartbeat.