Krugerrand
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I'm first going to defend the jaywalking laws. They are important from a liability standpoint when a driver hits a stupid pedestrian that is not crossing properly. That said, the attempted enforcement shows the police officer has an attitude issue.
Second, the questions that comes to my mind even before considering if the punch was justified have to do with the ineptitude of this cop. He seriously lacks situational awareness. He should have been able to identify a situation that was escalating beyond of his control and taken a step back and called for support. If that meant 'jaywalkers' got away, so be it. Additionally, he punched the woman and the medical exam showed she was not injured: he needs to spend less time at Dunkin' Donuts and more time in physical conditioning.
He had one lady crawling on his back while he wrestled the other. He could have easily has he gun pulled and used against him had these been real criminals.
I'm not so concerned with the punch as with him having an attitude issue that led to trying to cite people for jaywalking. He lacked situational awareness to step back and call for backup. And, his use of force was weak.
Second, the questions that comes to my mind even before considering if the punch was justified have to do with the ineptitude of this cop. He seriously lacks situational awareness. He should have been able to identify a situation that was escalating beyond of his control and taken a step back and called for support. If that meant 'jaywalkers' got away, so be it. Additionally, he punched the woman and the medical exam showed she was not injured: he needs to spend less time at Dunkin' Donuts and more time in physical conditioning.
He had one lady crawling on his back while he wrestled the other. He could have easily has he gun pulled and used against him had these been real criminals.
I'm not so concerned with the punch as with him having an attitude issue that led to trying to cite people for jaywalking. He lacked situational awareness to step back and call for backup. And, his use of force was weak.