Fascist Cop Takes His Bad Day Out On Some Skater Kids
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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."
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Officer Ribieri needs to update his resume and see a psychiatrist. The kid he badgered was being as respectful as you can expect. The only way he could have made this officer happy would be to drop to his knees and pray at him.


written by Enzoblue  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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First off, sweet name Enzoblue. Second, I don't think most police officers are like this. I am a Deputy Juvenile Officer, so I work with a lot of kids, and I find that if you respect them, they'll respect you. 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!


written by HistNerd  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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i dont think that fat pig has any idea about what his job is about. or maybe he has to get some anger out because he got stick with that silly car


written by lavoll  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Those out-of-control miscreants need to learn some respect!

No backtalk to officers, ride your skateboards in approved areas, and keep your mouth shut! Or you'll be going to juvenile, or worse!


written by BillOreilly  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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"You got that camera on? 'Cause if I find myself on Y..."

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?


written by schmawy  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-te.md.officer12feb12,0,2252685.story

>> ^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!





written by schmawy  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Yeah, a follow-up on this would be great. ??


written by critttter  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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^Look up, Crittttter!^


written by schmawy  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Salvatore Rivieri
4 Delight Ave
Nottingham, MD 21236-4118

Complain number: 410 396 3141


written by finch451  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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^ooh. Nasty.


written by schmawy  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Not cool if that's his home address of phone #, Finch. Please remove if it's his home information.


written by budzos  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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I was going to upvote this video, but don't want to draw any extra attention to what I think is a pretty inappropriate thing to do by finch451. If that gets removed, I'll upvote.

And I hope there's no hard feelings here, budzos.


written by Tofumar  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Upvote for sure. Regardless of posting his number this needs to get out there. Cops think its the law to respect them, its not.
Fucking douchebag deserves that skateboard in his face, picking on a kid like that.


written by BenjaminFranklin2u  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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I Say leave it. If he didn't want this kind of attention, he wouldn't have acted like this. This guy is a jackass. And a dude, well I'll let you Google the actual definition of this.

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.


written by arsenault185  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Fuck it. *promote


written by arsenault185  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Invocations (promote) cannot be called by arsenault185 because arsenault185 is not privileged - sorry.


written by siftbot  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Damn. I thought that was a Gold thing.


written by arsenault185  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Most cops are not like this, but those few that are ruin a lot of trust that the rest work so hard to build up.


written by JAPR  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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What an asshole.

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.


written by bigbikeman  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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The complaint number is fine. In fact, I'm glad someone posted it. But this guy may have kids or a wife at home who don't deserve to catch any flak for this, and if one of them gets hurt because someone here felt like raging against the police on an internet comment forum, you're going to feel mighty stupid.

Michelle Malkin does this kind of thing, folks! Let's not sink to that level.


written by Tofumar  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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cop is on suspension
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


written by sometimes  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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"a dude is somebody that works on a ranch."

well... he's got a point there.


written by Chaucer  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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As far as putting his shit out there - If someone wanted to they could find it. If you don't your shit out there, you need to be careful and make sure its not. Its on you to make sure that you protect your identity. Google me all day long. My shit isn't out there.


written by arsenault185  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Salvatore Rivieri
4 Delight Ave
Nottingham, MD 21236-4118

Complain number: 410 396 3141


written by johnald128  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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From the linked article above:
Reached at home Sunday, Rivieri said he was not aware that the incident had been recorded or posted to a public Web site. He acknowledged having encounters with skateboarders at the Inner Harbor last summer and told a reporter that he would review the video on YouTube.

"These kids, they've got nothing better to do," Rivieri said.


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.


written by spoco2  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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If this his modus operandi then I feel bad for his kids, if the schlep has any.


written by AnimalsForCrackers  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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This video makes me cry a little bit inside.

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.


written by therealblankman  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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This video makes me cry a little bit inside.

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.


written by therealblankman  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Basically you can sum this guy up as Giant Douchebag that has to make himself feel big by yelling at 14 year olds.


written by vyka11  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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this cop threatened the life of a 14 year old after wrestling him to the ground and taking his board. all for being called "dude." are you serious? he needs to be fired. no ill will to his family, but do we need that guy, with a gun and a badge, on any street, anywhere? I'd trust a crackhead first. at least i know what they want.


written by funkygee  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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That is fucked up, I am sitting here, watching and thinking, what is that cop thinking??? And yes, fired is my recommendation too, this kid didnt do anything to warrant that level of abuse...


written by Zonbie  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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nice follow up... seems the internet works wonderously... thx


written by vairetube  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Tags for this video have been changed from 'Fascism, Pigs, Police, Power Trip' to 'Fascism, Pigs, Police, Power Trip, scary, asshole, F the police' - edited by Issykitty


written by siftbot  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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^ Now, miss Kitty, is that necessary? One Jerkoff fucks it up, and thats all you see, so you say fuck the police? Thats the last thing I expected from you.


written by arsenault185  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Yeah, it's nice to see that the whole surveilance society thing works both ways. Bet the The Man didn't think of THAT!

>> ^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...





written by schmawy  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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BRAVO Finch. What he die was NOT wrong, information like that is in the Public Domain:

Salvatore Rivieri
4 Delight Ave
Nottingham, MD 21236-4118

Complain number: 410 396 3141


written by K0MMIE  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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"Dude" is a title reserved for those brave men that work on a ranch. I hope that kid gets the chair.


written by fataltourist  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Tags for this video have been changed from 'Fascism, Pigs, Police, Power Trip, scary, asshole, F the police' to 'Fascism, Pigs, Police, Power Trip, scary, asshole, salvatore rivieri' - edited by Issykitty


written by siftbot  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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^arsenault, I changed my tag to the officers name, and I apologize for my hasty tag done in anger. I was pretty pissed off when I added that tag. Seriously though, corrupt and abusive, not to mention racist and SEXIST cops are unfortunately not that uncommon, and this is speaking from personal experience. I live in LA County, and I can name a lot of instances where a cop behaved unlawfully or inappropriately, but I did not have a video camera or witness to back me up so I just stayed put, mostly out of fear. The way I see it, I couldn't help but picture how much WORSE it could get than this if, say, the kids happened to be of a minority ethnicity, or female, etc. etc. Please excuse me if I have a resentment towards abusive authority figures.

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.


written by Issykitty  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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When I was in high school, I and a group of friends were playing soccer at a public park after curfew and after the park was closed. A cop drove up, told us the park was closed, and that if it applied to any of us, that it was past curfew. We told him we'd head out, and he told us to take our time. Not all cops are bad.


written by HistNerd  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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I think we need to take the "not all cops are bad" line and put it in perspective. The Police SYSTEM is bad, because it protects crap like this. Defend John Q Officer all you want, but the fact of the matter is that extending above the law status & weapons to people is always a bad idea, no matter how "good" you think these particular people are.

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.


written by dgandhi  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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i'd like to go inna ring with this guy and beat the hell out of him right now


written by kulpims  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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^Ten Bucks on kulpims in the third round.


written by schmawy  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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only 10$? i fight dirty, mind you


written by kulpims  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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This officer is should have handled this situation completely differently. Its so bad I cant watch/listen to it a second time. He should be punished but how? Suspension with pay isnt going to do anything. Thats like being in High School and being suspended. When your in High School thats awsome, free vaction day (almost). Community servive or Anger Management with Mr. Nickolson would be good.

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?


written by Oblyvious  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Many types and classes of people will avoid a public space if it's being used by skateboarders because they tend to be groups of young kids acting in a loud and rambunctious way. I don't see a lot of skateboarders being mindful and gracious when it comes to sharing public space. My thinking is, if people normally would be walking or sitting around a space, you should not be skateboarding there.

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.


written by budzos  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Sigh... been there, hated it.

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.


written by wax66  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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>> ^finch451:
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.








written by sorted  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Personally, I love that this piece of shit's personal info is being posted. He's lucky his ass isn't in jail and the kid's family isn't suing him; he should be so lucky to get off with mere harassment.

"These kids, they've got nothing better to do," Rivieri said.

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.


written by Xax  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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People seemingly get more railed up about police abuses captured on video then the continuing judicial abuses committed by the Whitehouse. One affects a minority the other affects the majority. Kind of like whats going on right now in the Senate:

Senate Yesterday

After more than a year of wrangling, the Senate handed the White House a major victory on Tuesday by voting to broaden the government’s spy powers and to give legal protection to phone companies that cooperated in President Bush’s program of eavesdropping without warrants.

One by one, the Senate rejected amendments that would have imposed greater civil liberties checks on the government’s surveillance powers. Finally, the Senate voted 68 to 29 to approve legislation that the White House had been pushing for months. Mr. Bush hailed the vote and urged the House to move quickly in following the Senate’s lead.
Senate Today

N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell will travel to Washington on Wednesday to meet with Senator Arlen Specter for a discussion about the league’s investigation into the Patriots’ spying on other teams.

“I have a lot of questions,” Specter said. “I’m hoping to get some answers.”

Specter, of Pennsylvania, is the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. He first requested a meeting with Goodell in a letter in November. Specter wanted to know why the league had destroyed all evidence in the spying case and whether there was any indication that the Patriots had cheated when they played the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX."


From John Cole's Balloon Juice.

Life is Kafkaesque.


written by Farhad2000  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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"This cunt deserves whatever he has coming to him and more."

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.]


written by Tofumar  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Wow, a reporter doing a good job: "The video came to the attention of the police after a Sun reporter e-mailed the link to the police Sunday morning seeking comment."

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 )


written by chilaxe  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Judging by the Weenie-Mobile hes scooting around in, hes probably a peice of shit retard anyway. Departments don't generally throw their good officers on parking enforcement. So this guy has fucked up before I'm betting.


written by arsenault185  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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"Judging by the Weenie-Mobile hes scooting around in, hes probably a peice of shit retard anyway. Departments don't generally throw their good officers on parking enforcement. So this guy has fucked up before I'm betting."

This part, at least, I can't argue with.


written by Tofumar  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Hilarious, he's all bluff, because he knows he can pull it on kids. "Call me dude one more time..." And, you fat pig? What are you going to do, DUDE? "...the sooner you learn that, the longer you're going to live in this world." Is that a threat, officer?

"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.


written by viewer_999  | 5 months 2 weeks ago | CH
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Yes, all cops are like this...all cops should be not be trusted or respected. All cops, no exceptions. There are no good cops anywhere in the history of the world. blah blah blah

Fight the power, all you internet tough guys.


written by Goofball_Jones  | 5 months 1 week ago | CH
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There aren't many people in the thread claiming it's all cops; I think mostly everyone gets the point that he's a bad apple. Is your suggestion instead that people roll over and suffer abuse, perhaps?


written by viewer_999  | 5 months 1 week ago | CH
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wasn't this an episode of the wire?


written by TurkeyJaws  | 5 months 1 week ago | CH
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>> ^viewer_999:
"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.






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