Video of Officer Berating 14 year old

[Evans]

Agreed, yeah.

And I don't know, Librå. It's a job that needs to be taken seriously, I think. Maybe not to the point where you verbally break anyone who commits even the slightest infraction, but certainly to the point where you're fair and even-handed, and don't just laugh off what are, trivialities aside, still violations of the law.

Then again, that kid needed to have his mouth shut. Like the cop said, the others had all understood that it was time to listen...

[Libra]

Then again, that kid needed to have his mouth shut. Like the cop said, the others had all understood that it was time to listen...

For real, the kid should have either just shut the fuck up and quickly ended it, or ran away. No reason to do it in between and complicate shit.

Anyways, I'm sure he learned his lesson to do one of the two when he had to fork out 100 bucks to get a new board.

[Elin]

Then again, that kid needed to have his mouth shut. Like the cop said, the others had all understood that it was time to listen...

I don't know, though. Is it really the right way to teach him a lesson? Like I said, at that age you're not very inclined to listen to authority figures who treat you that way. Heck I wasn't, and I was actually pretty well behaved...

What's more, treating him like that makes him the victim. It'll stop him from thinking of the day as the day where he broke the law and was caught, and instead start him thinking of it as the day when 'that total prick of a cop stole my skateboard!'. I don't know. It just doesn't seem like the right way to go about things to me, even if the kid had it coming.

[Cricketman]

this is strictly "keep of the grass" stuff. nothing that big of a deal. I wonder why the cop was acting like a douche, faggot and/or fatass? This is seriously some vigilante shit he's pulling off. pretty sure the police academy didn't teach him anything about proper manners and ettiquette when approaching when dealing with these kinds of problems. i feel that this cop could have dealt with this problem without doing any of these dumb things that he has done in this video. Don't get me wrong though. alot of cops are nice guys. but some of them are plain power hungry weirdos. such as this guy

[Paul Miller]

If you read the news stories, this guy is a 17 year veteran. Perhaps that might change some opinions. I think he's Baltimore City Police, but that might not actually be the case, but the articles I've read indicate that. In any event, maybe they can loop this rather than show The Wire one night.

[Fer!]

I guess you're missing the most important detail here.



I'd be really pissed off if I had to wear that gay uniform. So yeah, go cop!

[Evans]

I don't know, though. Is it really the right way to teach him a lesson? Like I said, at that age you're not very inclined to listen to authority figures who treat you that way. Heck I wasn't, and I was actually pretty well behaved...

What's more, treating him like that makes him the victim. It'll stop him from thinking of the day as the day where he broke the law and was caught, and instead start him thinking of it as the day when 'that total prick of a cop stole my skateboard!'. I don't know. It just doesn't seem like the right way to go about things to me, even if the kid had it coming.

And you would have listened the first time he told you to stop and leave, right? You would also not have ran your mouth on and on, being disrespectful, whilst the man was trying to explain something to you. What I saw was a kid who clearly had never been set straight by his parents. Or, if it was indeed the case, never learned his lesson.

Again, nearly choking him was way out of line, but the rest was fine by me. When an adult behaves like that, he gets cuffed and arrested. All the kid had to 'endure' was being told to sit and stfu. He said he'd call his mother, then the cop went "damn right I'll call your mom". Even towards the end, the kid took out his cell and called. If the cop didn't get through to him, I'm fairly sure his parents did, even though it kind of contradicts the part about them not being "rough enough" with him. And, if all the kid can think about is how the cop wasn't pleasant and shitting candies out of his ass while riding a rainbow, well, he's got bigger issues. Life sucks, better get used to it.

[Libra]

Bottom line...

Both didn't handle the situation well.
Kid lost his board.
Guy probably hates kids more.
Kids probably hates cops more.

[Evans]

Bottom line...

Both didn't handle the situation well.
Kid lost his board.
Guy probably hates kids more.
Kids probably hates cops more.

Don't know the rest of the story, so maybe he got the board back?
Don't think the cop will start hating kids only because he ran across an impolite one.
Don't think the kid will dislike all cops because he ran across an abusive one.

[Fer!]

Kid was totally wrong, and so was the cop.

I remember that way back in the days when I was a skater I usually got problems with cops, but they were like: "Hey, kid, that isn't allowed here. Beat it." and I was like: "OK, I'm outta here."

Calling the cop: "Dude" was probably his worst mistake. And the cop was wrong for grabbing him by the neck.

Thing is, if the guy keeps talking you down and pointing at you with the finger you should just be "yeah yeah, okay" and everything will be over soon. Talking back just makes things worse, and in the end you will please the hunger of power that the Cop has. And you'll end up arrested.

[Kazuya Mishima]

I remember reading somewhere that a kid in Germany got in jail for about 20 years because he lost in a staring contest with a policeman, the kid agreed if he loses he gets in jail but I don't remember the rest of the story.

[Chibi-Suke]

What these people don't understand is that the problem isn't with authority, but with the fact that authority thinks it's better. Go up to them and act like, instead of being their enemy, you're looking out for their best interests. "Dudes work on ranches" doesn't quite work. Maybe try this:

"Hey man. You're not supposed to be riding skateboards around here, it's dangerous to the other people. Normally, I'm supposed to take away your board, but I think it'll be fine if you find somewhere else to go."

and if they're still dicks, either;

a) act like you're reaching for your gun, and watch them run like hell.

b) mace them and beat the shit out of them. jk

And the kid should have seriously smacked the cop with the board and rode off when the guy came at him. It's not like they'd recognize the kid later. To people like that, other people are just little symbols that stand for something. Like an emoticon. <<innocent<<

The moment he saw that kid, instead of seeing him as an individual with a unique life, he saw "teenage delinquent". Figures.

[Elmdor Rizer]

I remember reading somewhere that a kid in Germany got in jail for about 20 years because he lost in a staring contest with a policeman, the kid agreed if he loses he gets in jail but I don't remember the rest of the story.

Pretty sure you're thinking of "some place that does not exist" rather than Germany.

The cop looks kinda crazy to me, but I can't say I feel to sorry for the kid. What did he hope to accomplish?

Paul (<3) gets it.

[SegNin]

The only mistake the kid made was replying that he didn't have a father.
That was a mildly smart-ass remark.

Because the cop had already started to lose it a minute earlier, when the kid said, "OK, I didn't hear you", in trying to explain why he didn't initially respond to the cop when he first approached the kids.

But other than that, the cop was entirely in the wrong.
Especially since cops are trained to diffuse situations like that one, not escalate them.

He didn't even succeed in setting the kids straight, just made himself look like a complete tool and idiot.

Well, I suppose he did earn some notoriety too.

You'd think cops would know better than to behave like this, with everyone now carrying cellphones with video cameras.

[maca]

Lol at the end. "Have you got that camera on?" "Because if I find myself on You....

Kid should of had the sense to answer him properly at 0:40. I can't imagine he had the right to snatch his skateboard though, let alone put his hands on him.