Don’t spit on Elkhart police

[4651feeder]

https://wsbt.com/news/local/elkhart...ase-of-video-showing-officers-beating-suspect

While the complexities of unpaid/paid suspension often elude me....aw heck I'm not even going to ask at this time, just gonna take a wait and see. Interesting when one reads the story title and then the story. What discipline was it the officers have received thus far?

 

[JettaKnight]

 

[Dead Duck]

https://wsbt.com/news/local/elkhart...ase-of-video-showing-officers-beating-suspect

While the complexities of unpaid/paid suspension often elude me....aw heck I'm not even going to ask at this time, just gonna take a wait and see. Interesting when one reads the story title and then the story. What discipline was it the officers have received thus far?

Discipline?
You'd think being spit on was enough.

 

[JettaKnight]

It made Morning Edition today: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/29/671799943/indiana-police-face-allegations-of-police-brutality

 

[4651feeder]

https://www.southbendtribune.com/ne...cle_8c2acba4-fcbc-58bc-bc98-790991226488.html

I have to genuinely ask and if I were being sarcastic I'd put it in purple, but I ain't and I didn't.
Obviously what we're now seeing is the SBT and ProPublica smelling blood with their unrelenting digging in Elkhart.....
But gosh dang, do other jurisdictions in Indiana have this much controversy to disclose?? Is what we currently see in Elkhart just another average day in Indiana Law Enforcement?

 

[Expat]

Looks like the Chief should be gone.

 

[VUPDblue]

https://www.southbendtribune.com/ne...cle_8c2acba4-fcbc-58bc-bc98-790991226488.html

I have to genuinely ask and if I were being sarcastic I'd put it in purple, but I ain't and I didn't.
Obviously what we're now seeing is the SBT and ProPublica smelling blood with their unrelenting digging in Elkhart.....
But gosh dang, do other jurisdictions in Indiana have this much controversy to disclose?? Is what we currently see in Elkhart just another average day in Indiana Law Enforcement?

I don't know, but I can tell you that if everything I've read about that department is true, then it is likely a unique-to-them problem. Every department has it's issues but Elkhart seems to be a cesspool.

 

[2Lucky]

There are more officers in Elkhart pd that have been disciplined for this behavior than have not. Its still not as bad as the LA police.

 

[2A-Hoosier23]

Update: Elkhart Police Chief has reportedly resigned. https://www.southbendtribune.com/ne...cle_bbf39bc5-2a23-5a18-8a61-e9b8aa1611eb.html

That was pretty quick.

 

[4651feeder]

Perhaps he didn't mean it the way I took it, but the resignation statement by Chief Windbigler [FONT=&quot]"I admit that I am not perfect and have made mistakes, but I always tried to make sure we were making decisions that would be best for the department,"[/FONT] kinda had me thinking he would have been better off saying I always had the public's interest in mind, rather than giving me the impression he had his officer's backs covered no matter what their transgressions.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

What is the proper response to a non-cop being spit on? Asking for a friend.

 

[riverman67]

What is the proper response to a non-cop being spit on? Asking for a friend.

Jackbooted curbstomp

Spitting on people is not cool, even police

 

[Expat]

What is the proper response to a non-cop being spit on? Asking for a friend.

If not cops are around, I would probably give them a smack.

 

[MarkC]

I don't know, but I can tell you that if everything I've read about that department is true, then it is likely a unique-to-them problem. Every department has it's issues but Elkhart seems to be a cesspool.

I feel bad for the mayor, who I got to know when he was a state representative. He left the General Assembly to run for mayor. He was a good guy when he served in the legislature, it sounds like he's up against some seriously ingrained institutional attitudes in the police department.

The mayor's son is an officer on the department, which complicates things.

 

[Fargo]

What is the proper response to a non-cop being spit on? Asking for a friend.

Is the spitter a disabled person?

 

[Dead Duck]

Is the spitter a disabled person?

He would be after spitting on me.
I've broken jaws for less. Unwanted bodily fluids are disgusting.

 

[MarkC]

Is the spitter a disabled person?

And, if he/she/xe/xer/they are disabled, does the beatdown have to have reasonable accommodations?

 

[2A-Hoosier23]

Perhaps he didn't mean it the way I took it, but the resignation statement by Chief Windbigler [FONT=&amp]"I admit that I am not perfect and have made mistakes, but I always tried to make sure we were making decisions that would be best for the department,"[/FONT] kinda had me thinking he would have been better off saying I always had the public's interest in mind, rather than giving me the impression he had his officer's backs covered no matter what their transgressions.

Yeah, one might argue that the Chief's job description is to do what's best for the people > what's best for the department

 

[Fargo]

He would be after spitting on me.
I've broken jaws for less. Unwanted bodily fluids are disgusting.

It’s kind of impressive how often you top my mental leaderboard of “poster most likely to state a willingness to commit a potential crime”.

 

[Dead Duck]

It’s kind of impressive how often you top my mental leaderboard of “poster most likely to state a willingness to commit a potential crime”.

I didn't realize that.
I was 17 for that one and because there were no cameras around and not any witnesses I can confidently say that no crime was commuted.

Did I mention that I grew up in the LA area.