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The South Seattle Police Department is investigating what they're calling "an assault of an officer" today, and the video of the incident is fast becoming an object of controversy.
KOMO News of Seattle reports that the incident took place on Monday, when the officer witnessed four teenage girls jaywalking across Martin Luther King, Jr. Way (gotta love it). According to police officials, the young women became "verbally antagonistic" when the officer asked them to step over to his patrol car.
Apparently, the officer approached one woman who started to walk away. He then attempted to physically escort her to the vehicle. The woman resisted and an altercation ensued. Shortly thereafter, a second young lady intervened to try to help her friend. According to Seattle police, the officer believed "she was attempting to physically affect the first subject's escape."
As seen in the video, the second young lady shoved the officer, who then punched the girl in the face (very awesome). Police backup soon arrived, and the women were taken in to custody.
Sgt. Sean Whitcomb allegedly told reporters that punching is a trained tactic and the department defends the officer's actions.
Okay, I know I'm supposed to be all outraged and whatever because I'm black and stuff like that, HOWEVER, I don't know whether it's because I'm a jaded '80s baby tired of young people's lack of respect for authority or I'm just an insensitive b*tch, but I think the girls in this video absolutely deserve what they got.
Therefore, I'm not upset, nor appalled, nor preparing my picket sign for the sure-to-come NAACP rally.
Of course, jaywalking is a bogus offense that most cops don't acknowledge, let alone enforce, but when will this generation realize that they need to show respect for adults? Maybe your mom wants to be your best friend, and your teacher is just waiting on her retirement date and your dad (if he's around) just wants you to not be mad at him, but it's time young people grasped the concept of authority.
Maybe it was a ridiculous waste of time for an officer to cite this young woman for jaywalking, but what happened to the day and time when we respected the authority of policeman? I am older than the girl and probably the policeman, but I will tell you that if an officer told me I was being arrested for having nappy hair and to put my hands behind my back, my hands are going behind my back and I am going to STFU.
Why did this woman continue to resist this officer once given an official command? Life is not a game.
Is there any doubt that if they had just done what they were told in the first place this would not have happened? I don't know about you, but I was told that when it came to interacting with the police all I should be saying is "yes sir" and "no sir." If these women had responded in an appropriate manner when they were approached would we be watching any of this?
And don't get me started on her idiot friend. I'm very sorry she got punched in the face (not really), but you have a lone cop faced with a growing mob, and then her friend, a citizen interfering with an arrest, actually puts her hands on him? I would have popped the sh*t out of her, too.
You see she fell back once he got her in the mouf one good time. And she will likely think twice before putting her hands on a police officer again.
Frankly, I think this video says more about these young ladies and their view of authority than it does about a policeman acting inappropriately. We are so used to cops behaving badly and kicking ass and killing black people for no reason that we sit back and all but encourage young people to challenge them. You can see the anxious bystanders just hoping to get a shot of the latest YouTube sensation, salivating for a juicy clip of police brutality.
I will never support police brutality, and there have been actions of police against the citizens that are inexcusable, but this ain't one of them.
This video falls in the "you-get-what-you-asked-for" category for me. Perhaps next time an officer approaches these ladies, they will respect his authority and do what the hell he tells them to do instead of cursing him out.
Somewhere along the way, someone sent the message that young people can treat adults any way they want to (including police). And it's high time someone had a counter point.
Too bad it had to be a counterpunch. I'll save my tears for real victims.
Look at it this way: Just think of all those times when you encountered a group of rowdy young people on a bus or subway or walking down the street and thought to yourself, "Someone needs to whip their *sses." Consider it done. Courtesy of the Seattle Police.
Update! NAACP has now gotten involved. Did I call it?
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By: Tiffany on 6/16/2010 9:00AM
I find it funny that the only one he punched was the black girl.
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By: Watcher Watchmen on 6/16/2010 2:16PM
Whites Jaywalk all the time! and there has yet to be reports of it being approached in this manor, even as they resist more violently!
Whites females are known to spat at police officers and never handcuffed. Whites males shoot back and taken alive while black males are killed because the “white” police “THOUGHT” his cell phone was a gun. Black man, laying faced down in handcuffs, complying as two white officer squats over him, a third white police officer stands up and shoots the detained black man in the back, killing him, then this “Trained and Licensed to Carry white Police Officer” validates the murder by claiming he meant to grab his Taser.
The abuse is how openly extending onto the black females now that the dehumanizing job against black men is now complete!
Thanks to the media, black men are done! You can actually shoot black men point blank and the majority at large will pass it off as something deserved, along with their feeling of relief that a “THREAT” was taken out and now they’re safe.
All is well, we can go home now!
This is the image white media has fought so hard to instill against black men for the longest time. Now that fight is taken to the black women. And to demonstrate the power of propaganda, EVERYONE SURROUNDING THIS WATCHED AND DID NOTHING!
Now ask yourself, if that were a Black police officer, same age and all, tussling with a white female of same age and all, and likewise in a predominately white area of town, (where Jaywalking is done on an regular bases), do you think the surrounding whites would just stare at this BLACK police officer muscling around with a white female? While all the watching whites just stare, pointing fingers and phone cameras?
Of better yet, would the “BLACK” Male police officer “single handedly” have stopped those “WHITE” female Jaywalkers in a predominately white location in the first place? Or would he (during his single handed arrest attempt) have even punched her “WHITE” female friend in the face in front of the surrounding whites who were watching this event?
You see, that white police “MAN” had that much confidence in his power of disregards , backed by the black stereotyping of the white media to tussle a young black female in front of a predominantly black public without worry of being intercepted.
And we don’t doubt that the white police officer may have already premeditated to shoot to kill the first “BLACK MAN” who (he hoped) may intervened after becoming emotionally weak at what was happening to a “FEMALE” of his race crying out.
Then the whites would used their typical pre-rehearsed “I felt Threatened” lines, to validate his murder “ON CAMERA” , while off camera it was more personal.
We’re in no way applauding the black females actions, jaywalking is a violation where prohibited, our objection only stands where had this been a black/white/gender role reversal, the police would not have responded the same for the same reason..
If it were equally applied and/or enforced under ALL circumstances, then we’re without words of rebottle. But as we know and have seen, this is not the case and there inlies our need to rebottle.
We hope that this callousness, smoke screened behind selective race-dependant enforcements of laws, we hope this doesn’t grow so indiscriminately that it physically involves those uninvolved, Incriminates non criminals and or wrongfully includes those who are rightfully excluded from illegal engagements.
Because that’s when is effects OUR world and will be met with the war we’ve been avoiding but they’ve been so diligently trying to start.
WE WILL HAVE NO PART OF THEIR PSYCHOTIC NONSENSE NOR PLAY INTO THE TRAPS THEY’VE SET!
We will NOT give them vehicles they can used to vent their personally psychotic racial hatred against and upon us. NOR will we engage in unlawful acts that may draw this kind of attention in our direction. So therefore, if they ever approach anyone of us in the manor, they better have a good reason and a good lawyer and more, as we will have ALL of ours, “AND MORE!”
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By: jt on 6/16/2010 7:12PM
They were the ones cursing and refusing to follow authority.
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By: adele on 6/17/2010 8:20AM
Aren't they both black? Do you really think this was about race? It was about 2 girls who obviously do not respect authority, physically attacked the officer, resisted arrest, and spoke like longshoreman. Instead of addressing the real problem here, you are trying to make an excuse.
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By: curiousmind68 on 6/17/2010 8:37AM
I would have hit her too, I am a lone police officer, trying to subdue one person and another person jumps on me, I would have clocked her too.
It's funny that the 'camera man' had all of this "mouth" but didn't come to her defense as well... he probably had warrants and didn't want to get involved.
This generation...black, white, latino..others are very defiant, very quick to be reactive, but not proactive, and they are killing each other off at a alarming rate.
Learn to respect authority, and this won't happen, BUT...in the case where authority does not deserve respect, take it through the proper channels, and not appear to be some common criminal on the streets.
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By: Princess King on 6/17/2010 9:59AM
I am Black too, however there was more than one Black girl there and resisting arrest is against the law (no disrespect to you or your comment).
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By: The Truth on 6/17/2010 9:08AM
The women were all in the officer's face being aggressive and belligerent. Police officers are not getting the respect they should be given in this video, he’s completely surrounded by people all talking a good game but when you look at the video try to put yourself in his shoes. It’s not the jaywalking or the punch that should be considered. It’s the fact he as an officer is trying to do his job and he’s attacked with a barrage of arrogance and ‘the rules don’t apply to me” attitudes you see again and again. GUARANTEED the officer will not be disciplined. He did nothing wrong here. Leave black and white at the door and look at the facts. Nice touch of the camera operator as he commented with an accusatory tone to make it look like wrong-doing on the officer . Note when he says the officer is ripping her clothes which is a complete fabrication and false interpretation of events. Clothes get ripped when you continue to violently resist. In this case they got moved only. As to the punch, it did not even hit her (watch it again). It’s called a defensive mechanism. (What would you have done?). Some people are looking for a quick pay day. I’ll bet all they’ll get here is a fine and hopefully some jail time for resisting arrest and making a public disturbance. You’ve got to start respecting authority at some time (Black or White). Why not start today. If you want to get away with a “rules don’t apply to me attitude” go on a stupid talk show like Maury or Jerry Springer. Until then realize consequences to your idiotic action apply in the public domain.
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By: tiya128 on 6/17/2010 11:39AM
i dont find that funny at all.what if you decided to jaywalk and you got punch in the head
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By: curtis alderman on 6/17/2010 12:32PM
because the black girl was one one who pushed him duh whe he was doing his job i am a black man from georgia even if the officer were wrong in doing his job that not the way to handle it do what the office says and there will be no problem if he did something wrong get a lawyer what would you do if somebody and push you regardless of what color these young need to have more respect for their elder or the people wo are hired to protect and serve them police are people too just like me and you some of them do bad things but all of them are not bad jaywalking is a law to keep people from getting hit in the middle of the street because the insurance company will not pay if you get hit by jaywalking its really a life saving law
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By: Mimi on 6/17/2010 12:14PM
1. I WAS NOT AWARE THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL RECEIVING TICKETS FOR JAYWALKING.
2. IF HE WANTED TO GIVE THEM A TICKET FOR JAY WALKING WHY DIDN'T HE JUST WRITE UP THE TICKET?
3. HOW CAN YOU ATTEMPT TO ARREST SOMEONE FOR JAYWALKING? WTF?
4. HE MANDHANDLE THEM IN TRYING TO ARREST THEM FOR JAYWALKING?
5. AGAIN....WTF? HOW CAN YOU ARREST SOMEONE FOR JAYWALKING?
6. HE PUNCHED HER IN THE FACE. HOPEFULLY ONCE THE INVESTIGATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS OVER; SOMEONE PUNCHES THE SH-T OUT OF HIM IN HIS FACE.
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