Skaters get their butt kicked by a raging cop

wow...

 

Wow that guy was aggressive.

Is it forbidden to ride a board on the sidewalk ?

 

I wrote a letter, faxed and emailed.

Disgusting. More so than the giant centipede. Absolutely disgusting.

 

Geeez. Disgusting.

 

This guy is in for it now. You can't do that and claim you are "Resisting arrest" and creating a disturbance and interfering with a police officer just because you are video taping him having a fat headed reaction. I have a really good lawyer for them

 

As far as I'm concerned the kids were in the wrong. The video starts after he had the kid on the ground but judging by how the other kids were acting where one ran away from the cop. I would say the first kid on the ground was running too when he got taken to the ground. Then the other kids kept interfering with him. Bottom line my belief is if the kids would have just stopped when he told them too he probably would have written citations and they could have avoided this. They were in violation of city ordinance. Some BS skateboarding day does not supercede the ordinance. The kids actions IMO were the ones out of line.

 

Fortunately, I don't think they are going to need a really good lawyer.

 

It is forbidden there. The city has an ordinance against it.

 

Go back and watch it again a couple of the kids actually went up and physically did interfer with the cop. Was he angry sure.

 

I wonder how they feel about wheelchairs and Segways.

 

Well ADA will cover the wheelchairs as far as segways I don't know or care. Bottom line they addressed skateboarding as no. Wheelchairs are not nor will be considered in the same catagory.

 

That officer will live to regret that incident. He should know better.

 

Try eluding a cop in a car and see if it won't get you slammed to the ground when they finally catch you. Basically I believe that is how thisall started these kids were trying to run from him and after he caught one they started video taping. Was the force excessive probably. Were the kids completely innocent H*LL NO.

 

How about snake boards, bmx bikes and rollerblades? If not roller blades, how about 50's style roller skates?

If I put 4 wheels on a mini fridge and used it for transport/recreation, would it be considered a skate board?

Here in Detroit it is illegal to have sex in any position accept missionary. If I am busted for doing the lotus with my lady, is the police officer allowed to put me in a choke hold?

May I ask how old you are?

 

Tell it to someone who hasn't felt a tazer against his heart.

He was out of line from the first frame of the video now I don't know what brought him to the scene but from frame one he was physically on top of a kid for "Skating" this is a ticket offense. This isn't an arrest-able offense or he would not have had to resort to "Creating a disturbance" that is a catch all when there is no real crime. you can't resist arrest unless there is an offense to be arrested for. hence the Creating a disturbance.

With this video this cop is going to be patrolling walmart in a golf cart. or maybe he can get a job with the Dallas PD

 

B_I_N_G_O!
He is a trained professional police officer. There is no call for this. If you are outnumbered CALL FOR BACKUP don't wade into a crowd of kids by yourself

 

I would've said in L.A. in the early 90's.

 

Sure im 37 just like it says in my profile. As far as all the technicalities you are bringing up I don't know and really don't care. Bottom line riding SKATEBOARDS are against city ordinance there. If they had stopped and acted respectful it would have probably ended without incedent. Althouh that is speculation. The officer may have a record of this too. I'm sure he is going to pay dearly for this. I still say he wasn't 100% in the wrong though.

 

Aaron
I am 41, http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156305

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139844&highlight=watch+writerguy

Don't think it can't happen to you...

 

Define skateboard. Bottom line, nouns shouldn't be used in writing city ordinances. Verbs should be used and well backed by the majority of the community. Judging by reactions to the video. I do not think the majority would side with the law on that one. Any adult with children wouldn't want to be in a town with officers that behave that way.

His (the officer's) actions are FAR more detrimental to society than the kid's.