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This is why your average person dislikes and mistrusts the police. This guy completely abuses his power and screws up these kids' view of the police for the rest of their lives.
For the record, I do not like police very much. In my experience they're mostly fascists, and way too self-impressed, esepcially if they believe that bullshit about "serve and protect."
For the record, I do not like police very much. In my experience they're mostly fascists, and way too self-impressed, esepcially if they believe that bullshit about "serve and protect."
No backtalk to officers, ride your skateboards in approved areas, and keep your mouth shut! Or you'll be going to juvenile, or worse!
There's a couple of kids who will hate cops for a long, long, time. Nice work Ribiera. Harassing skaters. Go find some real crime, will ya?
>> ^HistNerd:
...If I were that kid I would have turned the video into the department. If there is a followup to the story I would like to know. Thanks!
4 Delight Ave
Nottingham, MD 21236-4118
Complain number: 410 396 3141
And I hope there's no hard feelings here, budzos.
Fucking douchebag deserves that skateboard in his face, picking on a kid like that.
Finch, you leave that shit right where it is. As a matter of fact, in case you take it down, I'll put it here.
Salvatore Rivieri
4 Delight Ave
Nottingham, MD 21236-4118
Complain number: 410 396 3141
This one asshole ruined the credibility of his department.
But, it must take balls of steel to completely lose your shit because some anonymous 12 year kid skater kid calls you dude...so at least he's got that going for him.
Michelle Malkin does this kind of thing, folks! Let's not sink to that level.
http://www.officer.com/web/online/Internal-Affairs-News/Baltimore-Officer-Suspended-After-Video-Surfaces/5$40154
assault, battery, theft, false imprisonment...
If the kid was never arrested, everything he did is illegal.
also:
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/rod-farva-liter-of-cola-super-troopers/2040053156
well... he's got a point there.
4 Delight Ave
Nottingham, MD 21236-4118
Complain number: 410 396 3141
Erm... better to do than what? Show that you're a complete dick who has series confidence issues. The reason he acts like that is because he knows he looks like ridiculous with his enormous gut in that tinsy little police 'thing' he's driving around in, and the spandex uniform stretched taught across his bulging gut. He's embarrassed all the time, and so because he isn't secure enough in his own self, he lashes out at people with mock bravado in an effort to seem big and important.
He's a little man with a lack of education or enough brains to know what should really be focused on as a police man.
The right thing to do would have been to say, nicely, to the kids "Hey guys... come on, skateboarding isn't allowed here, ok? Take them someplace else. I'll be back in a while and if you're still skateboarding around I'll have to report you guys. I don't want to, so just take them over to an allowed area. Thanks guys."
No anger, no talking down, nothing, treat them as nice kids and they'll respect you back. This is not how to get respect.
That said, I think that the fact that almost everybody carries a camera phone with them is the greatest possible tool to ensure that abuses of power and authority do not go unchecked or unchallenged. Officer Ribieri and his ilk should fear every moment that someone, somewhere will film their abuses and post them to the internet for all to see, just like this one.
This cop should lose his badge... but he won't.
That said, I think that the fact that almost everybody carries a camera phone with them is the greatest possible tool to ensure that abuses of power and authority do not go unchecked or unchallenged. Officer Ribieri and his ilk should fear every moment that someone, somewhere will film their abuses and post them to the internet for all to see, just like this one.
This cop should lose his badge... but he won't.
edit: Holy duplicate post Batman! Admins- please delete.
>> ^therealblankman:
...I think that the fact that almost everybody carries a camera phone with them is the greatest possible tool to ensure that abuses of power and authority do not go unchecked or unchallenged...
Salvatore Rivieri
4 Delight Ave
Nottingham, MD 21236-4118
Complain number: 410 396 3141
edit: I also wanted to add that I have mixed feelings about the posting of the said asshole's personal info. On one hand, I think it serves him right, but like it was already said, he may have a family w/ kids. That really ought to be taken down.
Giving cops cart blanche creates people who do this sort of shit (read The Lucifer Effect). Not only should this guy be fired, he should go to jail, just like anybody else who pulls this kind of crap. I don't care if you work for the government, or if being a cop is going to make prison harder on you, think of that before you assault people, and don't do it, that should apply equally to everyone.
Also, why is skate boarding illegal in many public places? I understand that its a dangerous sport and all, but how does it harm others? Someone please shead some light on this?
It can hurt businesses, create anxiety, etc.. you don't see guys with basketballs running around everywhere dribbling...
Skateboarders don't just ride the pavement. They jump and crash on everything, causing ugly scuffs and scratches all over permanent installations like guardrails, benches, etc..
Skateboarding is an insurance liability risk to property owners. With the state of tort law in our society, you don't even want to give someone the opportunity to hold you liable in any way for an injury. This is assuming they are cautious and really don't hurt other people. I've seen a couple people bumped and knocked down by skateboarders in my time, myself included.
Finally, and most important to me, it's just annoying and obnoxious. Just because a space is public or open doesn't mean it should be co-opted for someone's pastime. Skateboarders are one of the few groups who feel some right to go take over every public space.
I'm sure the kid in this clip WAS being a disrespectful little jerk, and annoying to the general public around him, before the camera started rolling, regardless of how inappropriate the cop's reaction was.
I'm an ex-skateboarder (well, not really, I still build ramps and skate with my kids every once in a while), and I've been through this cr*p. Even worse is that when I lived outside the "land of freedom", I had less hassle with polizei and more freedom to skate places.
The reason, which is also an answer to Oblyvious, is the ridiculous law system which governs the U.S. I can totally understand laws making skateboarding illegal here, simply because of frivolous lawsuits. Companies spend 8 gajillion dollars on accident insurance each year because of people like me, who like to skateboard on someone else's property (county/state/city land counts too), and then, unlike me, when they get hurt, they sue the owners of that property.
If I were a business owner, I would gladly spend a few days or weeks trying to convince my local government to make it illegal to skateboard if it means saving me hundreds of thousands of dollars in insurance costs over the lifetime of my business. It may not completely protect me from the lawsuits, but it helps.
As for the officer... jeebus cripes! That guy should be publicly flogged. Not to overplay the devil's advocate though, but appropriately there's a video relating to this guy's behavior in the top 15 right now, the interview with the author of The Lucifer Effect. That book describes why this guy behaves the way he does, and it's not due to his likely small parts or his large gut.
Salvatore Rivieri
4 Delight Ave
Nottingham, MD 21236-4118
Complain number: 410 396 3141
videosift is looking like SA forums now ^, lol. Um, do u all 'have stairs in your house?'
The cop is a complete asshole blowhard, not really into 'serve and protect'. We'll be seeing alot more of this behavior and worse in times to come IMO.
And you do, Rivieri? Have you got nothing better to do than harass, bully, threaten to kill, and physically and verbally assault children? This cunt deserves whatever he has coming to him and more.
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Life is Kafkaesque.
Does his wife? His kids? Does a neighbor who may be hurt, or whose property might be damaged in any confrontation?
Now, maybe this guy is a childless bachelor who lives on a farm somewhere where his nearest neighbor is 3 miles away. That's doubtful, however, so don't you think it's wiser to be risk averse in this regard?
[Edit: Btw, I'm not conceding that this guy "deserves what's coming to him," or any such thing. I'm only saying that, in everybody's zeal to make sure he gets "punished," some of you haven't sufficiently thought through what the consequences might be of posting his information. You shouldn't let your anger towards him--justified though it may be--bleed over and create an apathy about the well-being of those who are innocent. If you do, you've begun to inhabit what can reasonably be called the domain of the childish and vicious; the domain of those like Malkin and Rove, etc.]
Make sure to vote in the poll on the Baltimore Sun's article on whether the officer was out of line. (The same link as above is: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-te.md.officer12feb12,0,2252685.story )
This part, at least, I can't argue with.
"You disrespected me, this badge, and my department!" No one is under any law mandating respect. I also love it that he seems to think he has authority over anyone -- "Sit down.. did you not just hear me?!" Uh, the kid is under no law to sit down, just because you said so, swine.
The best part is he finally realizes he's being filmed, and ends the video with an ultimatum. Which apparently failed. I'd love to hear how the called parents' opinions changed when they saw the video.
Dude Rivieri, do the world a favor and go pick a fight with a gang of armed drug dealers next time, instead of children.
Fight the power, all you internet tough guys.
"Sit down.. did you not just hear me?!" Uh, the kid is under no law to sit down, just because you said so, swine.
Actually, if you are being detained or placed under arrest (I'm not saying these kids should have been) then yes, the kids is under law to sit down.
>> ^spoco2:
The right thing to do would have been to say, nicely, to the kids "Hey guys... come on, skateboarding isn't allowed here, ok? Take them someplace else. I'll be back in a while and if you're still skateboarding around I'll have to report you guys. I don't want to, so just take them over to an allowed area. Thanks guys."
No anger, no talking down, nothing, treat them as nice kids and they'll respect you back. This is not how to get respect.
Seriously? Do you want cops to hand out stickers and candy to people when they break the law, too?
"Come on, guys! You know you aren't supposed to be robbing that bank. So if you please just put the money back, that would be great. I don't want to have to come back now!"
Ugh. No. Just no. There is a line between being authoritative and not being an ass. A cop should not just say "Please and thank you for obeying the law." That's an open invitation for people to basically say "fuck off."
And lawl at "weenie mobile".
Also, I'm sick and fucking tired of the over-use of the word "fascist". Just because some self-important cop is an asshole, that doesn't make him a fascist.