believe it or not what i'm about to tell is a TRUE story.
when i just came to america i was about 10. my dad and his friend were waiting in line for a job employment thing. my dad spoke a little english and his friend didn't speak english at the time. a cop came up to them and told my friends dad to see some ID. the friend didn't show any ID and my dad said he didn't speak english. the cop just laughed and took out nightstick and poked him in the chest a few times with it and forcfully he pushed him with the nightstick and one time in the face poking. my friends dad has short temper so he punched out the cop. a few cops were there at the time and beat my friends dad with nightsticks. was that police brutality? and did my friends dad do the right thing?
2006-12-30 16:45:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
the guy that punched out the cop is my DAD'S FRIEND. i mistakenly wrote my dad's friend in one of the sentences.
2006-12-30 16:46:32 · update #1
forget the last sentence in the extra details.
2006-12-30 16:47:58 · update #2
welll speakin lawfully they both did wrong....plus ur dads friend need to control his temper
2006-12-31 00:16:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The poking with the nightstick would be the brutality. After you punch a police officer it would be justifiable force used during the arrest.
2006-12-31 10:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cop shouldn't have treated this man like this with the nightstick, and the man was wrong in hitting the cop. He should have sought legal action against him later.
2006-12-30 23:08:34 · answer #3 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The police officer should not have pushed him around with his night stick. But you should never punch out a cop and think that you are going to come out without getting a beating. When people with sticks and guns tell you what to do.....do it.
2006-12-30 16:55:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know....who ever hit who ....it seems to me...that the guy who punched first is to blame...a little poke with a stick is nothing...he has the right to poke you with a stick if he wants to....but you have no right to punch a cop!!! and another thing...you should know how to speak english in the first place....if your here in America....
2006-12-30 17:13:10 · answer #5 · answered by hatchetmistress 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most people don't tell the truth when it comes to encounters with a cop. If your Dad did hit the cop he deserved to get the crap kicked out of him..period. YOU DO NOT HIT A COP....period. If I was there I would have 1st tased his ***, hit him with the batton repeately, and if he was still fighting, have my partners help me ASSIST him to the ground.
Colorado Police Officer
2006-12-30 17:26:10 · answer #6 · answered by Sarge 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
get used to it as our nation is rapidly becoming a police state with no restrictions on cops, look at how many innocent people have been killed by the police, how many have even lost their jobs much less be tried in a court of law, our fore fathers warned us that the gov, would become our worst enemy, so who do you fear most on the streets the cops or the crooks , I fear the cops more and I do believe most people do, and the feds are no better, look at Waco if you think not,and many other places and most are not publicized, I feel the man was right , but, you can't win there are to many of them and they will be the only ones with guns soon, except the other crooks,
2006-12-30 17:11:33 · answer #7 · answered by james w 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
in a way it is... the cop shoudlnt of pokes him with the battan. but once your dads friend punched the cop then the police do have a reason to take him down not not beat him with their battans... once the guy is down your supposed to secure him not beat him... i woulda filed a complaint
2006-12-30 17:03:18 · answer #8 · answered by Dont get Infected 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes that is police brutality but the guy that doesnt speak english has no right to punch a police officer in the face. He can shove him but for punching the officer in the face he can be charged with assault. But yes it is police brutality
2006-12-30 16:49:11 · answer #9 · answered by Johnny Cockrin 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes, that is police brutality...but what I am wondering..why didn't your dad translate to his friend what the police wanted at the start...it maybe could have defused the situation ......
2006-12-30 17:01:18 · answer #10 · answered by LeftField360 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋