Comments for "Cop vs Cop" Video at VideoSift.com

By joedirt

joedirt (http://www.videosift.com/member/joedirt) — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:03:36 -0700

D.W.B.

By bellman

bellman (http://www.videosift.com/member/bellman) — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:55:08 -0700

Hey, look, EVERY BODY's an asshole!

By T-man

T-man (http://tman.videosift.com) — Fri, 25 May 2007 17:28:28 -0700

I remember this. This guy was pull over for DWB (driving while black). The stop was later deemed illegal.

http://www.courttv.com/archive/trials/campbell/

By EMPIRE

EMPIRE (http://www.videosift.com/member/EMPIRE) — Fri, 25 May 2007 20:23:33 -0700

Yep. I was almost done watching the video when I thought of that: "Wait a minute... That guy's black! so THAT's why...."

By Deano

Deano (http://www.videosift.com/member/Deano) — Fri, 25 May 2007 21:55:24 -0700

Regardless I think he could have played it a bit cooler, even if they were being unreasonable idiots.

By calvados

calvados (http://www.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Sat, 26 May 2007 01:40:03 -0700

That's wild.

By maximillian

maximillian (http://www.videosift.com/member/maximillian) — Sat, 26 May 2007 02:44:23 -0700

I saw this on TV. The white cop told him that his license plate was obstructed. The part that was obstructed was only the state name, not the number. This is typically obstructed by oversized license plate holders used by dealerships. A court had told the white cop in a previous case that obstruction of the state name is not illegal. The white cop also said that he pulled the guy over for changing lanes without signaling.

Personally, I think the black cop was racially profiled, but he should not have attacked the other officer. If I recall, the black cop received a two week suspension. I can't recall what the white cop received, if anything.

By chilaxe

chilaxe (http://www.videosift.com/member/chilaxe) — Sat, 26 May 2007 06:50:48 -0700

If the officer was really pulled over because of profiling he should have maintained his innocence by protesting it through legal channels the same way anybody else has to, not by resisting arrest and running from officers for a quarter mile.

By James Roe

James Roe (http://jamesroe.videosift.com) — Sat, 26 May 2007 10:27:12 -0700

"If the officer was really pulled over because of profiling he should have maintained his innocence by protesting it through legal channels the same way anybody else has to, not by resisting arrest and running from officers for a quarter mile."

The reason he didn't maintain his cool though is that it is an unwritten law that police officers don't ticket other cops, even for egregious violations. Like that guy who lost his job for calling 911 about the pot brownies he had made from pot taken from a suspect.

By bamdrew

bamdrew (http://www.videosift.com/member/bamdrew) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:15:35 -0700

routine DWB stop in the south...

The plain clothed cop knows exactly why he was pulled over, and after the made-up moving violations are read to him he decides (poorly?) to take a stand.

By deedub81

deedub81 (http://www.videosift.com/member/deedub81) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:38:06 -0800

That off-duty officer was acting a fool. He shouldn't have lost his temper. That won't look good in court.