Chicago Cop Steps Over the Line?

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1. dave james

   February 18th, 2009 at 12:06 am

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   Gad this is funny- why- because I usually side away from the police, Chicago cops are high on my list of a–holes. But this one, he talks a great story but this drunk falls into walls harder than he is treated. (New York cops and others would have stomped him by now.) The guy is drunk and with an attitude and there are only two things worse. Sober dealing with a drunk and drunk dealing with someone sober.
   Right, should have given his badge number but granted he was pissed that he had to deal with a drunk that was just sober enough to be a dickhead. Until you have had the responsiblity to deal with this drunk until he is in a safe place or sober you haven’t got much to add.

2. Mike

   February 18th, 2009 at 8:12 am

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   I agree, Dave.
   Maybe the officer was a little rough, but he has a job to do. And any cop will tell you that ending the situation quickly is critical – things can get out of hand very quickly. When you mouth off to a cop, things like this happen.

3. Mike

   February 18th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

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   And now it looks like the Chicago PD is investigating the incident:
   http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/02/cops-probe-video-of-officer-removing-bus-passenger.html

4. Tamale Chica

   February 19th, 2009 at 9:52 am

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   I have been on enough busses and trains where the Police needed to be called in. In one case some jerk was threatening and sexually harrassing any woman who needed to pass him, and since he was by the back exit, that meant any woman who was sitting in the back of the bus. Only one brave guy tried to tell this guy to stop his behavior, and received a direct verbal threat to do him physical harm. The guy wasn’t drunk, but he was clearly mentally disturbed and threatened the safety of all the passengers.

   None of the male passengers wanted to deal with this guy, who clearly was looking for a physical altercation. The guy didn’t start out as physically threatening but as time went on, he escalated from a irritation to a threat within around 5 minutes of starting up. I can tell you that when the Police came, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. These are the types of people they have to deal with very often, and we should all be grateful that we don’t have to.