Alberta Man Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting RCMP Officer With Truck
(leakedreality.com)
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Just thought it was an interesting video. His disrespect pissed off the cops, so karma came quick.
fair enough, he needs anger management
Absolutely. If I was that cop I would be infuriated by his disrespect and sense of invulnerability, I would have to restrain myself to remain professional. But as a police officer, I would have to remember it is me making interventions that affect people, not the other way around.
Police officers are assigned authority and have standards because of it. This man might well be guilty, but I can't shake the vengeful intent of the police on the man; police are meant to rise above, not fall prey to basic taunts.
BTW I think he's probably guilty, though it's a tough case in terms of 3rd degree assault. I know it's a hard job, a very hard job, but it's necessary for the sake of society that police remain the cooler head even in faces of irate irrational people (that surrender peacefully when lawfully placed under arrest BTW!).
This is the kind of comment I expected! I'm not against or for police. This man was rude to start (he was acting this way because he was caught speeding twice in a row by the same officer). Although I dislike speed enforcement for many good reasons, going 50 over the limit is excessive. He's not doing anyone any favours flaunting the law when he knows he's speeding again in plain of view of law enforcement.
His anger may well have come from a year of lost respect in the face of tyranny. Law enforcement should feel that shame. Law enforcement can be tyrannical and in doing so is deserving of disrespect. I can appreciate this man's anger. Still he can't justify being contemptuous of basic traffic laws for that anger.
He has every right to be angry, but the evidence might show that in a flash of anger he turned his wheel just a bit too aggressively and swiped the officer. I think this is pretty marginal; he aimed to cause disrespect, not harm. At best this is third degree assault.
I think this a grey situation and a failure on both sides. The police shouldn't be power tripping and harassing citizens, and the man shouldn't be driving well above the speed limit and being offended for being caught.
I think it's pretty marginal. You can see him turn the wheel before he starts moving again, but it's not clear enough. If he did turn in to the officer, it was a brush.