Sorry I haven't been around much guys, but, this I have to answer. Those "officers" went way the hell too far this time. I do not know the officer involved. I heard about this. Sheriff Rob Gordon would have anyone involved fired pretty much without a investigation, then, file a criminal investigation on the participating deputy.
I could understand if it was a 35 year old suspect, high on drugs, but, a seventy-one year old citizen, whom, by the way, has not even a single traffic ticket to her name. This is unthinkable. This is not how we operate, nor, is it how we are meant to operate. Those officers do not deserve their badge, their gun, or the right to walk the streets. In my opinion, they deserve a nice assault, battery, police brutality, and, maybe even attd. murder charges brought against them. Even more importantly, I'd like to know what they were thinking when they were dealing with her.
Honestly - do any of you ever see a blind, hard of hearing, 71 year old grandmother to be much threat to you, or others around you? Did she have a gun? No. Did she have a weapon, period? No. Why was she tackled? They could have easily broken bones in her body, in which case, I'd be very suprised if some of those charges I mentioned above weren't filed. Then again, being the Portland Police Bureau, I wouldn't be all that suprised if they weren't.
"What sets us apart from people like most of you is that you'll never face a situation in your job where -- in less than 10 seconds -- the routine can turn to truly life-threatening," King wrote. "When that happens to us, when we have to make that ultimate split-second decision, we don't just ask for your understanding, we ask for your support."
Yeah. When was the last time you saw, or, for that matter, heard about a granny becoming a vicious, unstoppable, beligerent cop-killer? Yeah, right. 10 seconds, that part is true, but, not with what most of us would call a "perfect" senior-citizen. Is it just me, or, does this piss you off?
This crap has to be stopped. It's giving everyone in law enforcement a really bad name.
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 9:50 pm
