Comments on: Self-Defense & Cops: Protectors Or Victimizers? http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/ I use this blog to provide safety, self-defense, and security information, addressing topics such as domestic abuse, teen violence, and violent crime prevention. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:45:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Mark http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-225503 Mark Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:32:02 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-225503 Marc, you believe both the girl and the cop were in the wrong, right? So, of the girl and the cop: * Which one is charged to maintain the safety of the public? * Which one is paid with our tax money to carry out his job in a courteous and professional manner? * Which one is an adult, and should be expected to behave like one? * Which one is physically much stronger than the other? * Which one was carrying weapons? * Which one was never held accountable for his egregious actions? * Which one required hospital attention as a result of the encounter? If you think the girl shouldn't have won her court case, then you haven't the slightest clue what civil law is about. And yet, if something like this happened to you, you would try to sue anyone you could: the police, the mayor, probably even the company that manufactured the pepper spray, which, as you say, is intended to make you choke and wheeze so that you can be easily arrested. Marc, you believe both the girl and the cop were in the wrong, right? So, of the girl and the cop:

* Which one is charged to maintain the safety of the public?

* Which one is paid with our tax money to carry out his job in a courteous and professional manner?

* Which one is an adult, and should be expected to behave like one?

* Which one is physically much stronger than the other?

* Which one was carrying weapons?

* Which one was never held accountable for his egregious actions?

* Which one required hospital attention as a result of the encounter?

If you think the girl shouldn’t have won her court case, then you haven’t the slightest clue what civil law is about. And yet, if something like this happened to you, you would try to sue anyone you could: the police, the mayor, probably even the company that manufactured the pepper spray, which, as you say, is intended to make you choke and wheeze so that you can be easily arrested.

]]> By: Marc http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-6125 Marc Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:32:26 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-6125 Yeah the cop should have handled it better, but end of day from the get go the girl was abusive. he should not have been arresting her in the first place. however neither of them was defusing the situation. i believe both were in the wrong. the cop should have been charged and the girl should have never won her case. as for the choking and wheezing, that is what pepper spray does to you, it incapacitates you so that the officers may effect the arrest. Yeah the cop should have handled it better, but end of day from the get go the girl was abusive.

he should not have been arresting her in the first place. however neither of them was defusing the situation. i believe both were in the wrong. the cop should have been charged and the girl should have never won her case.

as for the choking and wheezing, that is what pepper spray does to you, it incapacitates you so that the officers may effect the arrest.

]]> By: Albert McDonahugh http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-829 Albert McDonahugh Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:11:27 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-829 Fuck tha police! that cop should be fired! Fuck tha police! that cop should be fired!

]]> By: I SMELL BACON http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-300 I SMELL BACON Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:47:19 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-300 That is some crazy ass shit. I don't care who you are. If I as a citizen tried to go into the police station and say that the cops charged me to much for a ticket and then I started to argue with then, grabbed out my mase, and sprayed them all, I would be fucked, I dont know the law but I think that I would be doing some prison time. Cops now days are all crooked. I'm related to cops, and they think that they are the greatest things in the world. They over use their power. FUCK THE POLICE. That is some crazy ass shit. I don’t care who you are. If I as a citizen tried to go into the police station and say that the cops charged me to much for a ticket and then I started to argue with then, grabbed out my mase, and sprayed them all, I would be fucked, I dont know the law but I think that I would be doing some prison time. Cops now days are all crooked. I’m related to cops, and they think that they are the greatest things in the world. They over use their power. FUCK THE POLICE.

]]> By: steve http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-223 steve Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:23:30 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-223 The CLAMP down in America is on! ya volt my fura! good bye Free World! The CLAMP down in America is on! ya volt my fura! good bye Free World!

]]> By: Tony http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-222 Tony Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:20:23 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-222 By "scot free" I think they are referring to discipline actions taken against him by the police force. He got off "scot free" Amy. By “scot free” I think they are referring to discipline actions taken against him by the police force. He got off “scot free” Amy.

]]> By: Amy http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-140 Amy Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:28:50 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-140 He probably didn't get off "scot free" as y'all say. I know that voice over, it's for a show that targets teenage to young adult insomniacs who like watching things blow up, big car/truck/motorcycle accidents, or extreme acts of human nature. So to them, not having to serve time, or being put on probation, is "scot free." That's what the target audience wants to hear. I'm not saying that what the officer did was right, but also think about how the media is *trying* to present it. He probably didn’t get off “scot free” as y’all say. I know that voice over, it’s for a show that targets teenage to young adult insomniacs who like watching things blow up, big car/truck/motorcycle accidents, or extreme acts of human nature. So to them, not having to serve time, or being put on probation, is “scot free.” That’s what the target audience wants to hear. I’m not saying that what the officer did was right, but also think about how the media is *trying* to present it.

]]> By: Raz http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-88 Raz Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:13:24 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-88 This asshole is the whole reason the police have such a bad reputation!...... What a prick........ actually he probably has a penile defficiancy, which is why he takes it out on little girls............ WHAT A JOKE THE POLICE ARE! This asshole is the whole reason the police have such a bad reputation!…… What a prick…….. actually he probably has a penile defficiancy, which is why he takes it out on little girls………… WHAT A JOKE THE POLICE ARE!

]]> By: CAROL GRAFFIUS http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-83 CAROL GRAFFIUS Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:03:47 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-83 Anger management! Kick him off the force. Anger management! Kick him off the force.

]]> By: Luc http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-82 Luc Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:46:25 +0000 http://scottsafetyshop.com/blog/2006/11/26/self-defense-cops-protectors-or-victimizers/#comment-82 "Officer McDonald is cleared of any wrong doing" We don't just live in a police state any more, we live in a police world. “Officer McDonald is cleared of any wrong doing”

We don’t just live in a police state any more, we live in a police world.

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