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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2023
- A Texas City police officer has been suspended from the streets pending an internal affairs investigation for more than two months after controversy over an April traffic stop in a Buc-ee’s parking lot.
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Fabricating evidence on police reports is how innocent people go to jail. I hope this officer is punished appropriately.
He shouldn't be a cop at all
Happens every day sadly
_"I hope this officer is punished appropriately."_
😂🤣
Every case that required the testimony of that cop should be thrown out. It obviously has zero problem lying and trying to ruin a citizens life
He'll most likely get promoted. And I'm not joking.
Never underestimate the fragility of a cop's ego. In their minds, they are NEVER wrong.
But remember they are NEVER right at times.
Maybe it's compensation for something they're lacking.
Its a complex.. "ungreatful bastards hate us all". They've become separatists at this point.
"First Responder" Egomania 101...
That's most people.
This is a prime example of why the police should not be allowed to investigate themselves!!
Good then it’s time to DEFUND THE POLICE, then you can do anything you want!
Ok who is investigating then?
After watching the whole video, the cop was the one who was argumentative and wouldn't let go of the idea that someone could disagree with his "authority"
You Will Respect My Authoritah! ~ South Park
This is happening all over the U.S., because Jordan v. City of New London has not been overturned in the past 20+ years. LOOK IT UP!
@@TruthrConsequences Terry and Mimms are horrible case law as well.
Excuse YOU - clearly you meant to say his SUPREME AUTHORITY...
@@andyfletcher3561 Maybe... but Jordan v. City of New London has allowed cadets to be fired from police academies for 20+ years... IF THEY ARE TOO SMART.
A lot of officers don't even know the law themselves but they think the public is stupid.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse for us and they have qualified immunity 🤷🏻♂️
That's the culture the people of Texas have made, they give up all their rights just to be able to bend low enough to lick cops boots clean. That's why 379 cops responded to uvalde school shooting and expected the public to put officers safety above child's safety
@@travislupum you are a boot licker
They know the law they just rarely get held accountable for breaking them.
Citizens should celebrate when police show us on their own cameras that the police are fools
The entire encounter was videoed by the dash cam and badge cam, yet they have been "investigating" the incident for 2 months. It usually takes a cop about 30 seconds to decide that one of us proles has done wrong, cuff us and haul us off to jail.
Amazing how you would be ticketed or jailed immediately for anything, but when it's them investigating themselves, can take a year or longer for something black and white and clearly seen on video.
As the cop said in Bladerunner... "if you're not cop... you're little people".
😂😂😂😂😂
They're hoping the public forgets and by the time another big scandal is up in the air they will finish their investigation, usually months later if not years.
Don't break the law then cuckie
That “officer” was all emotion. You can tell it was all about ego, control and power.
So...pale male in murrikkka
@@ThatOpalGuy you love any excuse to be a racist POS huh?
Intimidate, escalate, violate and retaliate! That's the law enforcement officer's motto!!
very well put!
Good then it’s time to DEFUND THE POLICE, then you can do anything you want!
What you said isn’t a joke. It is the policy of American police who are far worse than most criminals. There are good cops but they aren’t good enough.
"We investigated ourselves and found we were even more heroic than originally reported."
😂😂 exactly
That officer should be fired
ASAP
And have his law enforcement certification revoked as well so he can’t go anywhere else in texas to be cop
Imagine trying a case with this officer anywhere near it. You would have to give this video to the defense every time as esculpatory evidence.
Won't ever happen
@@SHIEET817he was fired. Police chief announced it.
He didn’t have ANY AUTHORITY in a private parking lot. This isn’t law enforcement it’s EGO. Cops like this are a LIABILITY. He LIED on the police report then tried to gaslight this guy . Thank you for the follow up.
Sure the officer has authority on the parking lot.
I am but taking up for his stupid mistakes that should be dealt with but a parking lot is not outside of police authority.
Maybe you meant to say that most traffic laws don’t apply in parking lots.
Police Officers definitely have authority in private parking lots. Just not for traffic offenses unless it endangers the public.
@@tvc1848stop signs on private lots like Walmart are not legal in terms of a police officer issuing a ticket.
@@jmswillow5969
Great.
I never mentioned stop signs.
I also mentioned that she might have meant that “most traffic laws don’t apply in parking lots”.
Stop signs are included in most traffic laws.
Since you seem inclined to want to discuss the subject, a person running a stop sign in a parking lot, speeding, etc., with additional facts, can justify a detention or even an arrest under Texas law.
Merely cutting across a lot and the lined lanes or ignoring the stop signs? The police have no such authority in Texas. A blanket statement that traffic laws don’t apply or the police have no authority is completely incorrect.
@@tvc1848parking lot is 100% outside their traffic law jurisdiction. If you think a cop has jurisdiction in a private parking lot, then you’re arguing that a cop can ticket you for backing out of your driveway because you accidentally tapped your wife’s car or just moved your car to the side without signaling. That’s not how it works. And private is private. There’s not distinction between residence and business. Unless the business files a claim, he has zero jurisdiction to issue traffic citations for traffic violations in a private lot.
I’m still trying to find where in Texas traffic law it states that lines denoting parking spots in a private parking lot fall under “traffic control device.”
I cant find it either, guess we are ignorant of the law 🙄
Cameras are cops enemies.
A video (again) saved a citizen from an unlawful ticket.
and arrest
True, which is funny and ironic.
For decades, cameras were going to be "Big Brother" trampling our rts. When cameras finally came, turns out they are protecting us
I've always said that a police officer who fabricates evidence should face the same penalty they tried to falsely dole out to their victim.
Double the punishment and it makes sense.
They will investigate themselves and find that they Not only didn't do anything wrong but will find themselves to be heroes on what they did do
"Poor lapse in judgment" is being way too kind!! That cop is/was what a lot of cops are: bullies with badges!!
"The nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upon them, tend to acquire a taste for more." - Aldous Huxley
Not only is it too kind comma it's not even proper english. "Poor" lapse of judgment? They mixed poor judgment and lapse of judgement together.
Wrong. That guy needed stopped.
😂🤣@@Devil3R
Back the blue, pleb
Citezens: "ignorance of the law is no excuse"
Police: "qualified immunity when ignorant of the law"
That says it all right there.
and then taxpayers foot the bill for their criminal behavior.
If you site specific laws they get mad and say “Are you a lawyer”?
@@lewie5913 the reply should be "yes, I have the Right to be a lawyer"
I think most departments allow you to ask for a sergeant to come out, if you feel you’re being mistreated.
Also if you lie to a cop it's a felony, but if they lie to you it's standard operating procedure.
and when an individual attempts to stand up for their rights with facts, laws and reason, TYRANTS claim & write in their reports, that you have a bad attitude and resisted them. Often they scream over the person and demand the person STFU. WE PAY THEM FOR THIS TREATMENT?!?
They better put him through some very extensive retraining and psychological evaluations because this is EXACTLY the kind of guy who abuses his power and stomps all over the constitutional rights of those he's sworn to protect and serve. This is the guy that not only gives the whole department a bad name but gives police in general a bad name. This guy is one incident away from full-blown police brutality. If you can't swallow your pride and back down when you may be wrong, or at the very least just give the ticket and walk away professionally, and allow the guy to challenge it in court, then you don't deserve a badge and a gun. I once had a police officer pull me over for speeding. I was speeding. About 4 miles an hour over the speed limit, and I just wasn't paying attention. However, he was coming from the opposite direction and as soon as I saw him, I instinctively looked at my speedometer and that's when I realized I was speeding. So I was prepared to get pulled over and ticketed as soon as I saw him make a U-turn and put on his lights. When he walked up to my window he was super polite and professional and he asked if I knew why he pulled me over. I said I wasn't sure (never admit anything folks). He told me he clocked me going 15 mph over the speed limit. I was so surprised, that I did something I have never done before and I said, "Sir, I don't mean any disrespect and I have never questioned an officer before, but when I saw you coming, I instinctively glanced at my speedometer and saw that I was speeding but I was only going 4 mph over the speed limit". I was really nervous about doing that, but there was no way he clocked me correctly and I couldn't just sit there and not say anything. He said, "ok, give me just a second". He took my license and insurance back to his car and came back with a warning. He reminded me to drive safely and said have a nice day. I was so pleasantly surprised at the interaction! He didn't get offended, he didn't argue, and he wasn't all incensed that I would dare to question his take on events. And he actually gave me the benefit of the doubt when he checked my record and saw that it was clean and I didn't have other tickets or a history of speeding. He could have ticketed me for speeding still, but I was sure thankful he didn't! This is how officers should be. You're not the final and unquestionable authority on all things. You work for me and the rest of the taxpayers. Don't be an a$$.
Hold these kind of officers accountable
They hold them accountable when they violate white peoples rights but they will never do it they violate ours
well THATS ALL OF THEM
KARMA will come to that POS!!
Seriously can anyone admit with some integrity, who’s cut through empty parking spaces before ?
I may have done it a couple of times
Literally all the time when there's no cars around
Yep.😁
See thats the problem, why do it?? Learn to be patient, ppl out there showing they kids that same trash attitude. U really only get like 30seconds ahead by doing that, I've had ppl do that infront of me just for me to fund them at the next red light. And when ppl do it they speed through that parking lot.
Doesnt make it right
Lots of folks are pulled over for this madness. Good to see Police actions questioned.
If they can no longer be trusted to use their authority then it needs to be taken from them.
The fact that officer is not in prison right now is horrific
I bet this officer will be back on the streets as soon as that so called internal affairs investigation is done.
Buc-ee is private property. Unless some one called or he had pursuit into the parking lot, the officer has no jurisdiction on the property.
Exactly. Even from the jump the officer is wrong. TF is he doing enforcing *_private parking lot_* rules on private property?
IWhen you get right down to it, the piggie was "loitering" on private property, which is against the law. Buck-ees needs to trespass this pig permanently!
Even someone calling would have nothing to do with traffic violations in a parking lot. There's no such thing in this situation.
Are you sure he has no jurisdiction on private property? What if the officer witnessed a shoplifting inside the store as he was making his way to use the restroom? Or an intoxicated person getting into their vehicle and attempt to drive out of the parking lot? If he witnesses an assault does he not have the jurisdiction, and authority, to intervene? Any sort of crimes committed on that piece of private property can’t be ignored by the officer so therefore he does have jurisdiction. State laws don’t end where private property begins. The property owner doesn’t have to summon police for them to be able to act upon a crime/infraction they witness.
@@mstover2809- Define loitering. Tell us your definition of the term. Someone isn’t loitering if they have a legal right to be in a location.
What you should have added to this story is “ do police officers in Texas have the authority to enforce traffic laws on private property?”
Its not about the ticket getting dismissed, it’s about how law enforcement do not get or have consequences when they violate the law. Law enforcement are trained professionals and should know the law or get out if the profession. If i was a blackbelt and I killed someone in self defense, I would end up in jail in a heartbeat until my court date. Law enforcement must be held accountable each and every time and stop using taxpayer money to pay for their crimes.
Gotta love how they have to investigate themselves to see what we can clearly see with our own eyes. It’s almost as if they’re trying to drag it out until it’s no longer in the public eye so they can get away with letting the officer off for his abhorrent abuses of power.
Yeah, for 2 months and they still don't have an answer? Pretty obvious the don't want to do anything.
It doesn’t take two months to investigate something so simple. They are dragging this out as stated in the hopes that the public will forget
They investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing. Now, they are waiting for everyone to forget before they release the official report.
It shows the incompetence of the "leadership" there
Its not almost it is a known fact that cops drag out these "investigations" by design.
He should be fired because I can say this isn't the only person that has been thru something like this with this officer. He doesn't know how to treat people
He’s been fired! I just saw the update.
End Qualified Immunity and start holding law enforcement officers accountable for their criminal actions and lying.
Seems soo easy, right?
You must continue to push this to some kind of resolution they are clearly waiting for this to go away and not deal with it.
Saw the video when it was originally shared. Glad the guy stood up and lawyered up.
Same here. I need to stop watching these videos bc all they do is p*ss me off even when someone does sue them nothing is ever done.
@@jamierupert7563 I tend to agree with getting angry when seeing the unprofessional & often aggressive manner some LEO’s choose when pressed by a Citizen who knows the Law. I’ve dealt with it Locally and spoke to both Chief of Police and Sheriff about better training.
That’s all we can do. I surely do not hate the Police but when a bad egg is revealed one must report it before it spoils the good will built up by the good ones.
“…appeared to have a poor lapse of judgment…”
I hate it when people try to sound smart/convincing by using adjectives that don’t even make sense. WTH is a “poor” lapse of judgment? Is there a such thing as a “good” lapse of judgment?
I thought the same thing when he said that!🤔😂
Yes there sure is
Awesome! Seen this encounter on Audit the Audit and a couple of other channels. Given the perspective seen from this video I would have been way more "confrontational" than the victim of arrest/ illegal detainment. I've had worse encounters/ close calls on privately owned parking lots and never felt myself or another party needing even a warning, much less what happened in this encounter. Also keep in mind a "traffic control device" is only a legal term that applies to public roads, not private property
So let me get this straight. Not having a "citation book" to issue a citation determines whether he's going to arrest someone and take them to jail ? Oh yeah..sounds reasonable..
Ever think that before you open your Big Mouth You listen to what the officer has to say! Noncompliance to an officer’s instructions is a warning to the officer that this person that he doesn’t know could be a felon, have a warrant, or is on parol. The problem with people like you is, you don’t have to be concerned about getting shot doing your job!
@@robertfouracre1280 So you must be a police officer, right ?
No, I heard what this crazy officer had to say and it was RIDICULOUS.
He LIED about what happened (it was on video IF you even looked at it).
Yeah......he doesn't KNOW a lot. That doesn't mean everyone who doesn't bow down and lick his boots has a warrant ! And being on parol doesn't change the fact that they were on PRIVATE PROPERTY .....on a big parking lot that was largely empty. NO near accident almost happened. This guy complied with the officer but did not agree with his LIES...... That is why he arrested him, fool.....
@@robertfouracre1280 Your more likely to be murdered working in the food industry(delivery / bartender) than as a cop.
You can't trust some of these cops 🤬
None of em
Professional liars
By some you must mean all.
@@ceasarromero3438some is not all.But you can’t trust too many either.
@@eavymuturuh3717you can't trust anyone in the usa who is wearing a badge
I have yet to see a cop who knew anything about the laws they purport to enforce. It's like this in every department in every city or town.
Nah, they just enforce their will instead of justice. Their egos lead the way.
Yeah, but nobody cares. They don't want to pay the amount of tax it would take to train them properly, so you get what you pay for.
Cops shouldn't be enforcing traffic laws
After an exhaustive investigation, we have found we did nothing wrong.
It is always best for officers to never get involved in anything until the dispatcher calls them for service. Reactive not proactive is the best practice.
The officers work record needs to be scrutinized in case he was a habitual
The IAD investigation should not take that long, you have video and statements
I wonder how many hours and how much the investigation costs, when there is a 20 minute video of everything they need to investigate.
Atleast a 2 yrs so the statue of limitations expires and he can't be sued or charged.
**UPDATE** Texas City TX ex-cop Scott Harrell was terminated 9.08.2023 by new Chief Landis Cravens. Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) "notified the decision was being appealed", on 9.02.2023. Chief Cravens says "we are committed to rigorously defending this decision to ensure that our department maintains the integrity and transparency you expect and deserve". TMPA has +30,000 members and about 788 municipal police departments. Where you at Texans?
This brave blue line hero should be promoted to sergeant and given a raise. How dare anyone question his authoritah!
Absolutely, and he is probably now in the lead for Officer Of the Year!
There is nothing wrong with taking time b4 issuing charges IF POLICE OFFERED THE SAME FOR EVERYONE. The behavior of this officer and the delay in charging their officer shows us how dangerous police are to feeedom when stroking their ego is more important than their oath and obligation to the law.
This cop won’t be fired, worst case scenario, the cop gets a slap on the wrist.
Texas City cop fired after viral arrest at Houston-area Buc-ee's
Officer Scott Harrell has been terminated after handcuffing a man for driving through empty parking spaces in the Texas City Bucee's parking lot.
By Michael Murney
Sep 9, 2023
Thank you
KPRC2
Officer made an official report that was false, arrestable offense...yet he remains free. Months later still under investigation.. he should be decertified, fired,arrested and jailed . Official misconduct, breach of public trust, false reporting, false arrest, 2 rights violations of this guys civil rights, free speech to address his grievance with a government official and unlawful seizure of his person. Officer did what he was trained and obviously does on a regular basis to the citizens of the state and tbose that pass thru. Chief should be held accountable as well...goes to show not many honest heroes in the job there and most places these days.
The officers that write tickets that are dismissed should also be dismissed from their positions and not allowed to apply with another corrupt incompetent police force. Maybe they'll stop issuing bogus tickets just to tie up the legal system and teach a citizen the power of corrupt authority.
Agreed however cities, counties, states, etc rely on these tickets for income. Therefore the solution is not coming from within.
@@photographyisnotacrime7300Then they are f'ed when robo taxis & auto drive cars hit the roads.
I've had multiple interactions with cops like this ever since I was 15.
I've never seen anything more fragile or bloated than a police officer's ago, trained to escalate non-threatening situations and always doubling down on being wrong instead of ever admitting fault.
We have investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong.
Note for future: one has to have judgement prior to a lapse in judgement.
well put
How do you know a cop is lying? His lips are moving. Fire the police!
It's really a question of standards. Most, I believe, European countries require police to have a college degree.
Raise the standards, most of the stuff like this would go away
All of them? But not defund them though..right?
I watched the video of this a while back. I'm very glad that this was taken further.
its a private parking lot and the cop has no jurisdiction there
Lawyer was right, that cop knew he screwed up and was just aching to get any other crime he could. I first saw this months ago on lacklusters channel. I hope all the city officials in this get removed.
Texas City is hoping that they can "bury it" or slow walk the investigation until they can shop around and find a judge who will give the officer "qualified immunity".
I would take about 3 minutes to figure out the Cop was totally wrong
Poor lapse in judgement = "RESPECT MY AUTHORITY"
Fast food workers are held to higher standards.
Barbers have to go to school longer to be licensed to cut hair than cops learn to be cops
We are tired of cops!
@@jmfia2391 sign up and do a better job
That would be funny if it wasn't true.
Some people cannot handle being given power. They become little Napoleons. Scott Harrell is one of those people. This is not a firing offense, but he needs to have a complete attitude adjustment if he's to continue being a police officer...
Yes he should be off the streets.
Yes he should be fired displine will not change his ego. Power driven people with egos are dangerous to the public and peoples safety
We've investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong.
JUST BECAUSE YOU WEAR A COSTUME, DOESN’T INSTANTLY MAKE YOU A HERO.
They are obviously attempting to bury it or wait til the “heat” dies down or looking for a way to play it their way.
Texas City cop fired after viral arrest at Houston-area Buc-ee's
Officer Scott Harrell has been terminated after handcuffing a man for driving through empty parking spaces in the Texas City Bucee's parking lot.
By Michael Murney
Sep 9, 2023
@@giao2380 That’s fantastic! But not good enough! He should be decertified too! Thanks for the info!
I didn’t know you can write tickets on private property as being a police officer
They cant without a prior agreement with the property owner and posted signage in most jurisdictions.
@@sixoaksfarm1556 This is TX though. SMH.
@@photographyisnotacrime7300 Doesnt matter... Look..
Tex. Transp. Code Section 542.001
Vehicles on Highways
A provision of this subtitle relating to the operation of a vehicle applies only to the operation of a vehicle on a highway unless the provision specifically applies to a different place.
AND....
Tex. Transp. Code Section 542.005
Rules on Private Property
This subtitle does not prevent an owner of private property that is a private road from:
(1)regulating or prohibiting use of the property by the public for vehicular travel; or
(2)requiring conditions different from or in addition to those specified by this subtitle.
And if you read further down any enforcement on any private property has to be agreed to by the property owner petitioning for it.
@@sixoaksfarm1556- Since when?
@@photographyisnotacrime7300 I-10 or 45n, either one will get you outa here. What are you waiting for?
Wait! So, you are not allowed to drive through empty parking spaces to get to a particular area in a parking lot AND you have to admit you are WRONG for doing so IF the officer is going to give you a ticket and if said officer DOES give you a ticket YOU CANNOT argue with him? Oh, OK. I -DON'T- get it.
We are Not “the public”. We The People are Citizens. The opposite of Government Overseers.
This happens often. Citizens need to realize that most intelligent people do not become street officers. Although they are very much needed, people need to understand their basic rights and be prepared to deal with the officers that lack common sense.
BUT NOT ALL THE TIME lol
The selection process is actually skewed to favor lower than average (
The intelligent ones are the ones that get on TV and copsplain to the public, so the public continues to like them and favor every word that spews from their lips... we are the good guys, we do no wrong.
Telling public.. the perps past while saying don't worry about the cops checkered past.
Bro violated so many civil rights Smdh
I can understand giving him a ticket but detained him? Is beyond wrong..
We’ve investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing
The state of our law enforcement.. this is why people don't trust em.. they just think we sre all as ignorant as they are.. when in fact.. most of us understand and know our rights.. embarrassing..
No badge, you are a criminal. Remember, you can be too smart to become a police officer.
The pigs will always protect the pigs.
No matter if its your life or not..
Erase the thin blue line.
Sue the tyrants!
No response from the police chief or the mayor, now there's a big surprise. Wait it out boys, wait it out.
He did cut across the parking lot but everyone does it....
Just because everyone does it doesn’t make it right … the fact that he did ir in front of the police car tells you that he has no regard of anyone that could be walking around there he can run over
@@oscarochoa4868cop detected. Life must be very aimless.
and he was flying through. Still the cop is in no position to arrest him for that or threaten him. It's OK for people to express frustration about the laws. Completely uncalled for what the officer did.
Sure do.
@@oscarochoa4868 you are absolutely correct. Had he hit someone, he would have been in the wrong.
Cutting through a gas station under the vehicle code section he tried to cite him on requires you to cut into the gas station and immediately out the other side there is one key element to that statute and that is when you exit the other side if you come to a complete stop it is perfectly legal.
Exactly. It has something to do with driving through a parking lot to avoid a traffic light or stop sign.
From what I understand in Texas cops can't give you a ticket in parking lots or shopping center parking lots due to the fact they are private properties. This is the main reason cops won't come take a incident report when you get a door ding or a hit bumper if someone reversed into your vehicle.
We’ve got the Texas equivalent of Barney Fife over here. 🤦🏻♂️
This is a good Leo to take and educate, and to display as an example of what kind of policing we The People will no longer tolerate.
Two months investigation. It took 5 minutes to carefully watch the video and see what happened. These departments need to quit holding off to let time pass and let people forget about it.
Death penalty for any government employee that violates a citizen's rights. Seriously. 18 USC 242.
Reminds me of the constitution auditor channels. Where Law officers don't know the law.
And I suppose he is still getting Paid. 🤬
Imagine how this cop treats black folk🤨
The Ego is a dangerous weapon
It’s very difficult for officers to understand these concepts because they get indoctrinated with fear. Their training stems from everything being a safety concern for them with it being played out in scenarios to the point of life or death. This then translates to the shift and demand for all things “tactical” as it implements to practice on the street as they engage in their duties. The law enforcement culture that exists today wants desperately for their job to resemble a special forces operator in a paramilitary environment state side. This is part of the problem. Just look at their duty vests with multiple magazines available when their own history of police shootings don’t support a second magazine as shootings are low round exchanges as evidenced historically. That’s proven statistical data that is readily available. The law enforcement apologists will only want to point out the very very few exceptions to that, I’m aware. Beyond that, Little to essentially zero training is geared towards conflict deescalation, at best it’s touched on by introducing terminology at minimum. However even if those aforementioned areas were cleaned up in practice and training, it still would take a fundamental paradigm shift first and foremost of understanding that they are representatives of the government at large that is non sentient. Officers unfortunately take everything personal and have a “we must always have what we deem and perceive as control to win each encounter”. That’s the root of all these problems. It’s ran and treated like a business. It’s about showing activity and making arrests even when the entire department or division knows full well most arrests get plea deals or the prosecutors refuse to prosecute if probable cause is weak. Doesn’t matter because the initial statistics have been tallied to the score sheet. Officers need more training and more instruction and way more time in the academy before hitting the street, but they need to show warm bodies in uniform and present to the largely ignorant public that they are committed to “fighting crime”. The law enforcement community should be addressing these poor training standards and correcting the core issues but instead they’ve bought into the rhetoric that “nobody likes us or respects us and our lives are in CONSTANT jeopardy”. Most line of duty deaths could’ve been prevented but that statement is too harsh for these soft ego driven folks to hear. Law enforcement is its own worst enemy but they are too indoctrinated to look in the mirror, they’d rather point blame at a guy holding them accountable as the government representatives they are for infringing on his constitutional rights they should have as priority for all of us and themselves.
They are PUBLIC SERVANTS paid with our tax dollars. They work for is not the other way around. Excellent post. We don’t have law enforcement. We have a bunch of thugs and their cosplay. Decked out like they are headed to the front lines of Fallejah instead of abusing their power in a private parking lot.
Unlikely to happen until voters elect politicians who don't support the police empire.
Being a Cop is being in combat, ask all the Dead Police officers around the country. But it doesn’t stop then from storming a drug house loaded with drugs and weapons, saving a child’s life at a car accident, going into a burning building to make sure everyone is out. Some deliver babies, help the elderly living alone and afraid, don’t hesitate to enter a robbery in progress, or an erratic drunk who is threatening people on the street! Is’t it much safer to hide in your home and complain, until you hear someone breaking your window to ransack your safe haven?
@@robertfouracre1280 it’s LITERALLY NOT. Cop’s are PUBLIC SERVANTS. Their job is all about dealing with the public. Just like the cashiers at Walmart. Cop doesn’t even make the top 10 list of most dangerous jobs. FIREMEN have a dangerous job. Cops don’t. Combat is reserved for those that fight on the frontlines in the military. Not for revenue collectors who’s job centers around writing tickets.
When you’re taught to be a hammer - everything looks like a nail. The number one cause of death in the line of duty is CAR ACCIDENTS. They use poor judgement and speed through red light intersections and engage in high speed chases when they shouldn’t. The hate cops feel from everyone in this country they brought on themselves.
What is even more interesting is the police had ZERO jurisdiction to write tickets on as private parking lot without a prior agreement with the property owner and without signage saying so.
Which tcpd does have with bucees.
Fabricating falsifying or planting evidence should be automatic 20 year sentence for a cop
Dismissing the ticket is just another ploy to avoid a cross-examination.
Both are wrong, both wanted to poster, a warning to be careful driving through a parking lot looks like it was warranted.
Don't forget to increase police funding so they can continue to treat residents like trash and call themselves heroes. Back the blue until it happens to you.
Don't worry, corporations are giving donations to police foundations.
Accountability...
PRIVATE parking lot is the key word.
He turned into the parking lot and had a purpose to STOP and get gas.
He didn't just cut the parking lot to keep on driving.
In a parking lot that is private traffic violations don't exist.
Not had it been an accident like rolling a stop sign and causing a accident it would have been him at fault but again not a ticket for running a stop sign.
Know you laws people.
Private property is not state or federal roads.
FYI mr and mrs public.....police departments all across the country have been given the proverbial "nod" to trample on your rights.
Back the Blue, till it happens to you, stay on it.
This officer needs to be fired immediately and then sued to recover all monies spent on his instruction and training. He then should be barred from holding police powers ever again
All charges dismissed.The first sign that the cop was wrong.And the first step trying to avoid a lawsuit.
This was a very decent man. He did everything he could to reason with this powermad cop and I hope that he wins in the end.
This decent man that you don’t know, have you ever thought he could be a wanted felon, have a warrant out for him beating his wife or on parol for robbery! When you have nothing to hide, just follow the officer direction, that’s what they are trained for. Otherwise, don’t call them at all when you have an emergency!
It was the fact he blew by him in the parking lot that got the cops reaction.
He was driving too fast for a parking lot. Not sure it's a crime though. Just stupid.