On duty: on the record - Store video catches cop bullying woman

[MTPorcupine3]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/51196597.html?viewAll=y

[UOGSammich]

Can't really tell who is protecting who at some points when it comes to the scuffles, so tired of citizens naturally taking the side of the officer. Too bad there is no audio.

[Ogre]

Sad that four witnesses, including one uninvolved, against the officer, and the officer's word is taken over theirs.

Worse, this guy might get a slap on the wrist, and the woman might even sue and get $10,000 of tax money -- but the person who actually committed the crime will likely be immune to civil punishments.

[fase2000tdi]

If a cop treated me like that and wasn't fired, I'd catch the chief on the way in one morning.  Point a gun in my face.. if you're going to do that you better pull the trigger.

Cops are fucking scum.

[jaqeboy]

I like that phrase by Dave Ridley: "On duty: on the record", stating that anything public servants do should be considered "on the record." Here's one in the news:
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Store video catches cop bullying woman
By DAVE DAVIES
Philadelphia Daily News

daviesd@phillynews.com 215-854-2595

WHEN AGNES LAWLESS and three friends were inside a Lukoil convenience store in the Northeast at 3 a.m. last August, they'd all but forgotten the fender-bender in which they'd been involved moments earlier.

There was little damage, and the other driver had left the scene, near Northeast Philadelphia Airport.

What they didn't know was that they'd been rear-ended by the son of a police officer who was on duty, and dad was about to get involved.

Lawless was standing at the counter of the store, at Comly Road and Roosevelt Boulevard, smiling and chatting with the clerk, when she was grabbed from behind and violently pushed back with a police officer's gun in her face.
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video at Phila. Daily News article page

[Kat Kanning]

Merged the two topics on this.