Teen Girl Punched in Face for Jaywalking

With all the stuff about cops these days who knows who to believe.I am sure the girl was giving him a hard time or maybe she has been arrested before and drunk.
It could be anything.So I am not taking sides.

The cop was trying to arrest the first girl for jaywalking. Which is a crime that gets a warning, maybe a ticket at best. Not an arrest. He had been holding her down on his car by her neck. The second girl tried to pull him off her friend. Dumb move, yeah, but someone who's already frightened doesn't exactly think straight. That's when she got punched in the face.

The cops had been using excessive force from the very start. He was hardly 'attacked' by the second, and there is absolutely no way that reacting by punching her in the face was appropriate. Damn straight his actions should be under review.

Also, the girl that got punched was not the one who they were attempting to arrest for jaywalking.

Yep she definetly deserved it, how DARE she walk over the road like that!.

Originally posted by Peach
The cop was trying to arrest the first girl for jaywalking. Which is a crime that gets a warning, maybe a ticket at best. Not an arrest. He had been holding her down on his car by her neck. The second girl tried to pull him off her friend. Dumb move, yeah, but someone who's already frightened doesn't exactly think straight. That's when she got punched in the face.

The cops had been using excessive force from the very start. He was hardly 'attacked' by the second, and there is absolutely no way that reacting by punching her in the face was appropriate. Damn straight his actions should be under review.

Also, the girl that got punched was not the one who they were attempting to arrest for jaywalking.

The second pushed him backwards, that's assault.

Question...If it were you, and the cop merely wanted to ticket you for jaywalking, what would you have done? Cooperate, or act a fool like she did?

You can't "stop" someone from Jaywalking dude. You tell them not to do it and/or write them a ticket. You can not physically restrain or arrest someone purely because they were Jaywalking.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
He stopped her for jaywalking. She resisted. This is when he tried to arrest her. Resisting arrest.

The second pushed him backwards, that's assault.

Question...If it were you, and the cop merely wanted to ticket you for jaywalking, what would you have done? Cooperate, or act a fool like she did?

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However she needs a ticket for jaywalking and not a arrest. The arrest should come after for her dumb actions.

Isn't that what happened? When he tried to stop her she resisted, and that's when he began to make the arrest?

If you lay your hand on a cop, you get punched in the face. Hell, what if that fat girl had had a knife and decided to pull it while struggling with him? You can't take those kinds of chances. The minute she touches him, I think he has every right to punch her.

I think the more important question is: The video starts with him having his hands on her. Why is his hands on her at all? I am assuming that he made initial contact, as you need to be arrested to resist arrest, so why is he putting his hands on her to begin with?

Arrested for what? not wanting a ticket...

Daft that Jaywalking is a crime anyway.

obey the law or get a fist in the face. I thought this was common sense

Yeah, you'd think people would have learned by now.

We better not download anything or else we might get a kick to the face!

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
You can't "stop" someone from Jaywalking dude. You tell them not to do it and/or write them a ticket. You can not physically restrain or arrest someone purely because they were Jaywalking.

And obviously the ***** wasn't having any of it. When a cop detains you for any reason you are, by law, obliged to obey his conmands.

The cop was trying to ticket her obviously and she went all ghetto, tried to leave, acted like a child. then got spanked.

Anyone who argues in favor of the girl is a ****ing idiot.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
And obviously the ***** wasn't having any of it. When a cop detains you for any reason you are, by law, obliged to obey his conmands.

I don't know if that's actually true. Is it?

Originally posted by Bardock42
I don't know if that's actually true. Is it?

Now, if a person tells the cop to **** off, then that's their ass. The cop can then arrest them. If they still resist, that's resisting arrest. If they put their hands on the officer, that's assault.

It's not rocket science, dude.

Everyone should know that once cops are in a bad mood because they havent met their arrest quotas or the city didnt make enough off of tickets they will always find some little shit to get you with. One should always becareful even with the petty crimes.

A police officer can't put their hands on you for just any reason. They can attempt to stop you, or talk to you. But they can't just walk up to you and touch you for shits and giggles.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
A police officer can't put their hands on you for just any reason. They can attempt to stop you, or talk to you. But they can't just walk up to you and touch you for shits and giggles.

You and I are cop partners. I am trying to ticket a black woman for jaywalking. She resists, she and her friend gets physical. What do you do? What am I to do?

She shouldnt be arrest for jaywalking. Ticketed, sure. Its classified around an class 4 misdemeanor. BUT this depends on what state because different states have different laws. One could be arrested for it.