He was a brand new rookie working under the supervision of one of the other 4 cops. He did say something about stopping to turn George over but was ignored.
Can you imagine being all excited about your brand new career and before the week is out you are up for murder charges and you are hated by the world.
Why would anyone want to be a cop now?
Nice pension. Free donuts and coffee?
I guess he was on probationary period meaning he will get the ? out of the force. But you never know. One of the cops involved in handling a live (soon to be dead) 14 year old victim of Jeff Dahmer was kicked out then got his job back and is a Chief nowadays at some town.
You never know. It is so corrupt anyway.
just b honest wrote:
Can you imagine being all excited about your brand new career and before the week is out you are up for murder charges and you are hated by the world.
Can you imagine going out for cigarettes and before you can get home four cops kneel on your back until you suffocate?
just b honest wrote:
Can you imagine being all excited about your brand new career and before the week is out you are up for murder charges and you are hated by the world.
Can you imagine being so excited about your brand new career that you prioritize rank and seniority over helping a man with no pulse?
He might have been a cop for only a few days, but he's been a human being for way longer. If a man has no pulse you help. Full stop.
just b honest wrote:
He was a brand new rookie working under the supervision of one of the other 4 cops. He did say something about stopping to turn George over but was ignored.
Can you imagine being all excited about your brand new career and before the week is out you are up for murder charges and you are hated by the world.
Why would anyone want to be a cop now?
2 of them were on 4th day I think. This will be their defense. They made a suggestion to the more experienced officer but it was not taken, so they assumed he was doing the right thing. Cops going against superiors get dinged all the time. I am not saying they were right, but that will be their defense.
just b decent wrote:
just b honest wrote:
Can you imagine being all excited about your brand new career and before the week is out you are up for murder charges and you are hated by the world.
Can you imagine being so excited about your brand new career that you prioritize rank and seniority over helping a man with no pulse?
He might have been a cop for only a few days, but he's been a human being for way longer. If a man has no pulse you help. Full stop.
He had 8 minutes and 40 plus seconds to say something.
ReallybroReally wrote:
2 of them were on 4th day I think. This will be their defense. They made a suggestion to the more experienced officer but it was not taken, so they assumed he was doing the right thing. Cops going against superiors get dinged all the time. I am not saying they were right, but that will be their defense.
By that logic, Chauvin can't be convicted of murder and manslaughter, since he was following protocol as he was taught instead of deviating from it. Police get trained to follow protocols and rules and don't let personal emotion take over. He seemed unaffected by the whole situation (lots of bystanders shouting, rookies recommending a different course of action) and insisted on keeping him restrained until the EMT arrives.
His huge experience actually worked against him in this case - he has seen everything in his 19 years, was involved in multiple shootings, gang crimes, people refusing to get arrested, people lying to prevent going to prison etc. Floyd already said "I can't breathe!" while he was standing. So he thought it's just another criminal who is lying so he lets loose because he was in an uncomfortable position. Floyd actually DID have breathing problems, and was dying there but the officer failed to recognize that. Pure stupid following of protocols and actions, without deviation. That's how our police are trained - the people who are supposed to protect us at any time. Sad, isn't it?
Zipperhead Chang wrote:
Too bad for the lowlife pig trainee. He knew what his corrupt organization stood for before deciding to join. I was going to say he went in with open eyes, it...... you know.
Anyhow, for his poor career choice, I hope he serves all 40 years.
+1
streak wrote:
Zipperhead Chang wrote:
Too bad for the lowlife pig trainee. He knew what his corrupt organization stood for before deciding to join. I was going to say he went in with open eyes, it...... you know.
Anyhow, for his poor career choice, I hope he serves all 40 years.
+1
Zipperhead, you are aptly named.
So this rookie crook only had 10 days to commit his felonies. What a disappointment for him.
He was looking forward to decades of bribes, assaults, graft, raping, looting. Getting him off the streets and into prison now saves the public years of murders.
Every cop is a criminal. If we eliminated all the cops, the crime rate would plummet.
crooked cops wrote:
So this rookie crook only had 10 days to commit his felonies. What a disappointment for him.
He was looking forward to decades of bribes, assaults, graft, raping, looting. Getting him off the streets and into prison now saves the public years of murders.
Every cop is a criminal. If we eliminated all the cops, the crime rate would plummet.
Yes let's get rid of all cops, every one of them. We should keep all the laws and our citizens will be on the honor system. Without cops to arrest people there will be no legal crime.
Can we trust all you murderers, and thieves and those violent criminals out there to respect this honor system?
crooked cops wrote:
So this rookie crook only had 10 days to commit his felonies. What a disappointment for him.
He was looking forward to decades of bribes, assaults, graft, raping, looting. Getting him off the streets and into prison now saves the public years of murders.
Every cop is a criminal. If we eliminated all the cops, the crime rate would plummet.
Four days
balance... wrote:
crooked cops wrote:
So this rookie crook only had 10 days to commit his felonies. What a disappointment for him.
He was looking forward to decades of bribes, assaults, graft, raping, looting. Getting him off the streets and into prison now saves the public years of murders.
Every cop is a criminal. If we eliminated all the cops, the crime rate would plummet.
Four days
Four days not ten, my mistake. He was just getting warmed up for a career in crime.
Poor dude who was on his fourth day probably had no leverage or was perhaps on a probation period and not unionized yet. He would have been encouraged to watch and learn. Any rebellion on the police force could get him fired. I feel bad for him but not the 3 others if they were all long tenured.
fire back heat is on wrote:
Poor dude who was on his fourth day probably had no leverage or was perhaps on a probation period and not unionized yet. He would have been encouraged to watch and learn. Any rebellion on the police force could get him fired. I feel bad for him but not the 3 others if they were all long tenured.
I'm sure he would normally get out of this situation okay, but this has got so much media attention that there will be a lot of pressure to get rid of him. sucks
just b honest wrote:
He was a brand new rookie working under the supervision of one of the other 4 cops. He did say something about stopping to turn George over but was ignored.
Can you imagine being all excited about your brand new career and before the week is out you are up for murder charges and you are hated by the world.
Why would anyone want to be a cop now?
Why would anyone want to be a cop now? Well the pay is good and the benefits are even better and cops that don’t murder people in broad daylight tend to have pretty long careers and a full pension.
Calling it now - 3 of these guys will get wrongful dismissal settlements from the city and cash in.
The criminal charges against Thao will be thrown out even before the case starts.
The other 2 will be found not guilty.
Not sure about Chauvin - but Ellison has made the job of his prosecutors a lot tougher by upping to 2nd degree murder.
Man Overboard wrote:
Calling it now - 3 of these guys will get wrongful dismissal settlements from the city and cash in.
The criminal charges against Thao will be thrown out even before the case starts.
The other 2 will be found not guilty.
Not sure about Chauvin - but Ellison has made the job of his prosecutors a lot tougher by upping to 2nd degree murder.
Chauvin deserves the harshest punishment but for 2nd degree murder, it must be shown that he wanted to kill Floyd.
Knowing of the personal consequences to himself or even the risk of consequences, why would anyone chose that?
Please. All cops quit NOW!