Crazy cop???

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Is this cop crazy or is he justified in his handling of this woman????

http://www.theync.com/m062406cop.shtml

And keep in mind she didnt stop for 8 miles as he tried to pull her over.
Reason being she wasnt sure if he was real and wanted to stop in a populated area.
She received only minor scratches, then sued and won a 6 figure settlement.
He lost his job.

Fair or unfair?????
 
Liberal courts give settlements to people who fair to stop foran officer, resist and disobey orders of an officer and are just stupid. Ya have to love the courts

And yes I do agreee the cop was a bit short with her and should have called for a supervisor.
 
I have to side with the cop on this one since she didnt stop for 8 miles???!!!
Thats a long time for a "chase". Then when she did pull over she started reaching back in her car (supposedly for the keys).
Does this seem rational?????? And the cop has no idea if she's armed or not
 
Esco! said:
Is this cop crazy or is he justified in his handling of this woman????

http://www.theync.com/m062406cop.shtml

And keep in mind she didnt stop for 8 miles as he tried to pull her over.
Reason being she wasnt sure if he was real and wanted to stop in a populated area.
She received only minor scratches, then sued and won a 6 figure settlement.
He lost his job.

Fair or unfair?????

Fair,the cop is crazy.
 
it doesn't matter how long it took the cop to pull her over - he lost his composure and assualted her, he tries to pull her out of the car when she is says she has her seatbelt on, and than he throws her on the ground face down on a fast moving highway, they both could have been roadkill!
 
I am on the woman's side. The cop used unnecessary force. He didn't give her a chance to explain, and it seemed to me that she wasn't doing anything threatening (just sitting there).

Sometimes, the cops will tail you with lights on, but no siren. If you're driving along, and don't hear the siren, you don't know they're back there. People don't look in their rear view mirror unless they have to.

I agree with the consequences here. The cop was fired, and the woman received a fat check from the police dept.
 
I think if there were a lot more cops like this, people would have a little more respect / fear of law enforcement, making it a better more law abiding society
 
Nobody has said it but I will. I think that the settlement would have been lower and the officers job more secure had the woman been white, or better yet a white male driver. ( then no settlement at all and the takedown would have been a lot more severe)

We clearly don't know all the sory but in broad daylight on a travelled highway it would be very tough for a driver to claim they couldn't figure he was a cop. Highhway patrollmen have a high risk job and I side with them on this one.
 
LancsLad said:
Highhway patrollmen have a high risk job and I side with them on this one.
And we dont know what type of day the cop had before, maybe someone pulled a gun on him earlier that day.
Wouldnt you be a bit edgy????? :rolleyes:

Oh fvck it people, I just got home half tipsy from a bar, England won 1-0 and now I'm going out for some Rail action.

Cheers people!!!
 
I agree the cop could have been having a bad day and been on edge but in a job like that they have to think all the time and go into each situation diffierently (that is what they are trained for) (If he seen a weapon then I say it would have been different) (obviously he did not keep his mind clear, which could be a down fall for him in another situation) and I feel it was unfair treatment of the lady he could have approached her car and asked questions like why did it take you so long to pull over? Non the less she did later and he could have just gone about his job as usual after that. She looked very harmless to me. Seriously I was thinking is he a boot camp Seargent or a Police Officer with his unproffesional behaviour.
 
My mother had a similar incident almost twenty years ago. An undercover cop was "following" her from Markam/Ellesmere to almost Meadowvale/Ellesmere. She got away with it by claiming that she's being followed & she had to speed up just to get away from the car. The cop bought the excuse & let let go. This cop is a nut-case.