Road raged cop charged after assault

[HotD]

This is not a cop bashing thread. It is fortunate that this didn't end quite differently.

"What our investigation is saying, is that we don't believe that the officer had justification for making the arrest at all."

Summary:

1. Dumb driver rolled down window as he drove past a traffic stop and shouted, "Road rage sucks!"

2. Short tempered cop cuts short his traffic stop, finds driver, allegedly throws him to the ground and arrests him. Cop alleges drives appeared mentally unstable and cited him for failing to devote his attention to the road.

3. Driver released at scene.

4. Cop is suspended and charged with battery, pending results of investigation.

Oklahoma Officer Charged With Assault After Road-Rage Fueled Arrest

 

[Kutnupe14]

This can be a cop basing thread, only if it's also a cop kudos thread...

Kut (thinks there are two types of officers involved in this)

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

What this is is a dupe thread.

 

[Mark 1911]

Oh I wish I was an Oklahoma trooper
That is what I'd truly love to bee-eee-eee
'Cause if I was an Oklahoma trooper
I could ride 200 legally.

 

[Kutnupe14]

That's real?

 

[Mark 1911]

That's real?

Yes. It's a few years old. Not sure if still part of their fleet.

 

[Bfish]

I saw on tv years ago a police department with a few sport bikes, a hayabusa specifically! Guess they got them on drug raids, or something if I remember correctly that was the story told

 

[You'll shoot your eye out]

Let's see...... I drive past a guy who I don't know at all, a guy who I DO know has a potentially stressful job, and then take it upon myself to antagonize him by inserting myself into his business......... And all I got was a ticket? How about taunting an officer? how about obstruction of an officer? those aren't tickets......... Those are real charges that would stick. It's lucky that the cop got so mad, If he had been thinking coolly the guy would be jammed up in court.

 

[CathyInBlue]

I'm not so sure. The courts have already upheld flipping a cop the bird as protected 1st Amendment speech. I think "Road rage sucks!" yelled at a road raging cop would also be protected. It would be the persistent yelling at a cop which prevents him from doing anything at all, including legitimate traffic citations that rises to the level of obstruction.

 

[Jack Burton]

Let's see...... I drive past a guy who I don't know at all, a guy who I DO know has a potentially stressful job, and then take it upon myself to antagonize him by inserting myself into his business......... And all I got was a ticket? How about taunting an officer? how about obstruction of an officer? those aren't tickets......... Those are real charges that would stick. It's lucky that the cop got so mad, If he had been thinking coolly the guy would be jammed up in court.

Fortunately we still have the freedom to hold our supposed masters in contempt.... either mentally or verbally.

"taunting an officer"? That's a new one. "I say sir, you have doughnut sugar on your chin."

 

[spaniel]

Let's see...... I drive past a guy who I don't know at all, a guy who I DO know has a potentially stressful job, and then take it upon myself to antagonize him by inserting myself into his business......... And all I got was a ticket? How about taunting an officer? how about obstruction of an officer? those aren't tickets......... Those are real charges that would stick. It's lucky that the cop got so mad, If he had been thinking coolly the guy would be jammed up in court.

Please quote the code making taunting an officer a "real charge".

 

[jbombelli]

Let's see...... I drive past a guy who I don't know at all, a guy who I DO know has a potentially stressful job, and then take it upon myself to antagonize him by inserting myself into his business......... And all I got was a ticket? How about taunting an officer? how about obstruction of an officer? those aren't tickets......... Those are real charges that would stick. It's lucky that the cop got so mad, If he had been thinking coolly the guy would be jammed up in court.

Because the whole concept of probable cause for arrest is contingent on the officer's attitude at the moment?

 

[CathyInBlue]

Rather than start another thread for another criminal cop… Woman Calls 911 to Plead for Help After Alleged Assault ? When Officers Arrived, She Says She Got the Opposite | TheBlaze.com

Cop responds to a woman dialing 911 for domestic violence, sexually assaults her.

I can empathize with a woman who calls the cops for help and who is subsequently assaulted by them. I was assaulted out of doors and in full view of children, so no chance for sexual misconduct on their parts, though.

 

[Dirtebiker]

Let's see...... I drive past a guy who I don't know at all, a guy who I DO know has a potentially stressful job, and then take it upon myself to antagonize him by inserting myself into his business......... And all I got was a ticket? How about taunting an officer? how about obstruction of an officer? those aren't tickets......... Those are real charges that would stick. It's lucky that the cop got so mad, If he had been thinking coolly the guy would be jammed up in court.

Taunting!? Is that a misdemeanor or a felony?

 

[You'll shoot your eye out]

Please quote the code making taunting an officer a "real charge".

Taunting!? Is that a misdemeanor or a felony?

To answer these questions I would have to go back and review my criminal record to see what the actual code citations were. There was also "Disorderly conduct" and "Intimidation" and "interfering with an officer in the line of duty" to fill out the laundry list against me.

Because the whole concept of probable cause for arrest is contingent on the officer's attitude at the moment?

^^^^^^ Here you go........ What's illegal is what an officer TELLS YOU is illegal while he has a weapon pressed against your head. There are several trumped-up bulls**t charges that they use as a matter of course to teach a "citizen" (or in cop-speak, "turd") his place. The only reason the superior officer went against the arresting officer is because he lost his head and roughed-up the "turd" physically on the street where EVERYBODY could see it. If he had quietly took the citizen into custody and put him in the back of his car, the citizen would have had his time behind bars and in court. (Hmmmmm, like I did)

edit- Oh!!! How could I forget the ubiquitous and ever threatening, RESISTING ARREST!!!! I LOVE that one, how ever did I forget?

 

[You'll shoot your eye out]

Fortunately we still have the freedom to hold our supposed masters in contempt.... either mentally or verbally.

On paper, sure....... As a practical reality? As applicable in the REAL world? Not so much. Better have video..... Just saying.

 

[CathyInBlue]

On paper, sure....... As a practical reality? As applicable in the REAL world? Not so much. Better have video..... Just saying.

I'm really working on a practical solution. Gimme time.

 

[HotD]

On paper, sure....... As a practical reality? As applicable in the REAL world? Not so much. Better have video..... Just saying.

Though video doesn't do a whole lot of good if one becomes dead while resisting arrest.

 

[You'll shoot your eye out]

Though video doesn't do a whole lot of good if one becomes dead while resisting arrest.

Yes..... I stand corrected.

 

[Jack Burton]

On paper, sure....... As a practical reality? As applicable in the REAL world? Not so much. Better have video..... Just saying.

Video isn't quite good enough anymore.... you need video with live streaming so that when they take the phone and erase the video enough of it has still been archived on the 'net.