A Police Officer’s Job

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A Police Officer’s Job

The results of the inquest into the fatal shooting of Trevon Cole in Las Vegas were unsurprising.

A Clark County coroner’s inquest jury took 90 minutes Saturday to rule the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man justified, capping two days of pointed questioning and contradictory evidence in one of the more controversial officer-involved shootings in recent history.

Remember, this was the case where a warrant based on details of the wrong Trevon Cole, to search for a small amount of marijuana, ending up with Cole being shot to death while unarmed on his knees in the bathroom. The officer, Yant, has been involved in other controversial shootings. And all the evidence clearly pointed to a non-resisting suspect.

Yet, an inquest in these cases rarely finds wrong-doing by the officer. Most outside observers saw this process as a farce that needed to be completed so that the lawsuit could go forward.

Detective Yant on shooting Cole…

“Unfortunately he made an aggressive act toward me. He made me do my job,” Yant testified.

Ah, so that’s a police officer’s job.

 

[mrpotatohead]

A police officers "job" is to lie, cheat, and steal. I don't know where the protect and serve shit came from. There is no one as dishonest as any cop. They are all bullies with no balls.

 

[Motta-Tokka]

They always have to protect their own since it reflects as a whole, even if it requires covering up a wrongful death. This includes hospitals, military, etc.

Be careful people in truly understanding the world. Actually opening your eyes reminds you why people do what they do.

 

[rubbanutz420]

Another fucked up story about the ASSHOLES that carry badges....losers at life, so pick on the pot-heads.

 

[Bill164Approved]

Their job is to instill as much fear into the citizens as they can. They do not give a fuck about your rights and will use force if you so much as look at them wrong.

 

[cobcoop]

This is really fucking sad, I remember the story. the guy had like an oz or less, they kicked in his door and shot him the bathroom?
Hopefully people will start waking up, and realize that we are living in a police state.

 

[Weird]

i just threw up in my mouth

 

[PoopyTeaBags]

Make me feel proud to be an american... wait no the exact opposite sorry about that.

i mean officers have tasers and im sure he wasnt the only one in the bathroom... the guy is on his knees wtf could an aggressive move be? talking?

 

[idoreallytry]

i think we should do less policing of each other and more patrolling who's comin in and out of this country,,terrorists and whatnot are a bit more of a threat than a guy with a small amount of marijuana,,,but i hate the whole system of policing who gives anyone permission to be hall monitor,,,i believe in laws for sure but there has to be a limit,,,i feel what u do on ur land as long as not harming others in or around u should be ur business,,,but i feel 50% of cops were either bullys and the other 50%were the guys that got picked on now they team up to pick on people together lol,,,peace
what a tragic event for him and his family,,,

 

[Kalicokitty]

Karma will even them out, one day, sooner or later, in one way or another, they'll pay for what they've done.

 

[Magic Man]

Everytime i hear a story like this it makes me sad for my childrens future. How am i supposed to teach them about police ? trust them ? avoid them ?

 

[rambone]

"There is no need to slay the wicked, just leave them to face death and they will perish."

 

[HUGE]

This reminds me of the 80 year old lady in Florida that got tazed for "taking a more aggressive posture in bed". When there were 5 officers in the room.

 

[NuKreashuns]

i think we should do less policing of each other and more patrolling who's comin in and out of this country,,terrorists and whatnot are a bit more of a threat than a guy with a small amount of marijuana,,,but i hate the whole system of policing who gives anyone permission to be hall monitor,,,i believe in laws for sure but there has to be a limit,,,i feel what u do on ur land as long as not harming others in or around u should be ur business,,,but i feel 50% of cops were either bullys and the other 50%were the guys that got picked on now they team up to pick on people together lol,,,peace
what a tragic event for him and his family,,,

I agree whole heartedly.

 

[Phedrosbenny]

This reminds me of the 80 year old lady in Florida that got tazed for "taking a more aggressive posture in bed". When there were 5 officers in the room.

This is terible.What are things coming to when we stand around and let things like this go on.I have heard that you can tell alot about a society by the way they treat the elderly.

 

[praisehim.]

someone told me something very smart and wise once...
a police officer will do anything to keep his mother from going to jail, whether its crooked or not. but yet another police officer will turn his mother in..no matter what.
so either way, your a dousche.

 

[hamstring]

Did you see that investigation into the New Orleans police Dept? It was a well-known and well-practiced act to carry around a "Ham Sandwich" which was a clean gun in a zip lock bag to plant if necessary.

I have a ham sandwich for all those thugs that claim to be police. I hate to say it but it's like most every other unionized work force. The have way too many people doing nothing but keeping losers in the union for those dues. The more lazy workers they safer the jobs are for everyone (Except the tax payers).

Policemen aren’t any different than you or I they just work for a giant union. No one joins the police force thinking “I cant wait to sit on my ass and take bribes” they are taught how to by their union.

What other work force but a union one promotes people based on seniority and not ability. NONE is the answer.
What other work force pays the broom pusher the same as the Maintenance guy just because they have both been there for 10 yrs NONE.

How are you motivated to move up, educate yourself, and work harder to get to a better job if everyone makes the same amount? The answer is your NOT.

Sounds a bit like communism to me. Why do you think that in old communist Russia the farmers used to put the fertilizer in a big pile and burn it? Because they got paid the same whether the crops yielded well or not.

 

[Phedrosbenny]

No offense,but they are deffinetly not the same as me.

 

[BorgClone]

Sounds a bit like communism to me. Why do you think that in old communist Russia the farmers used to put the fertilizer in a big pile and burn it? Because they got paid the same whether the crops yielded well or not.

And how is that different from receiving a state check for not producing nothing and abandon the agriculture to favour the USA\Russia exportations to Europe? Lets be honest here communist can be a good alternative if the people control the production mechanism in a equality faction, the papers and news are kept independent and free, and the other political views are not restrained...

As far for the cops i see they are the same there as they are in here, in recent years due to the more exposure TV and internet gives, we have state polices that traffic cocaine, rape and kill youngsters, tied up with government corruption, paedophiles are investigated for 8 years untill a trial is finally over, and this included ex-ambassadors, TV stars, and the police was divided in the ones that tried to find the evidence and the ones trying to bury the truth... 4 months ago a rapper was killed in a shooting with the police, guess what the guy had no gun only the cell phone and no drugs whatsoever, the cop was let go the same night and the internal affairs feel there is no cause for a investigation since the "suspect" ran away from the cops...

Its the same all over people with unhappy existence and no serious purpose in life take advantage of the power society gave them to protect others and turn it into a kind of abuse right towards the fellow man... it really makes me sick.

My thoughts are with this family this day.

 

[GMT]

I'm british. I'm constantly told that the right to bare arms in america is to prevent a govt from fucking with the people. it doesnt seem to be working does it.