Seattle cop punches 17 year old girl.

[cric]

SEATTLE -- Seattle police are investigating what they call an assault of an officer in South Seattle.
However, a police officer is seen punching a 17-year-old girl in the face during the incident captured by a video camera on Monday.

According to Seattle police, the incident began when an officer spotted a man jaywalking in the 3100 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way S. at approximately 3:10 p.m. The man was some 15 feet away from a pedestrian overpass, police said.

The officer was talking to the man when he saw four young women jaywalk across the same street at the same spot. The officer asked the women to step over to his patrol car, but the women were being "verbally antagonistic toward the officer," according to officials.

One of the women, later identified as a 19 year old, began to walk away from the scene despite the officer's instructions, prompting the officer to walk over to her and escort her back to his patrol car.

The girl then "began to tense up her arm, and pull away from the officer while yelling at him," investigators said. The officer told the girl to place her hands on his patrol car, but she refused. When the officer tried to grab hold of her, "she pulled away and twisted, breaking free of the officer's grip several times," the blotter report said.

When the officer tried to handcuff the girl, another girl, this one 17 years old, intervened and placed her hands on the officer's arm, "causing the officer to believe she was attempting to physically affect the first subject's escape," police said.

The officer pushed back the second girl, but the girl came back at him. The officer then punched her, police said.

The officer then handcuffed the 19-year-old woman. Other officers arrived and helped handcuff the second girl.

Both teens were cited for jaywalking. The older suspect was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of obstructing an officer. The 17-year-old girl was booked into the Youth Service Center for investigation of assault of an officer.

Nobody was injured during the incident, police said.

Seattle police have not reviewed the video of the incident. Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said investigators may review the video on Tuesday.

Whitcomb said the officer involved in the incident sent out a call for help, prompting other officers to rush to his aid.

All use of force on the job is reviewed, Whitcomb said, as use of force is under the officer's discretion. He added that punching is a trained tactic.

"There will be a thorough investigation into this incident," he said.

Video: http://www.kval.com/news/national/96353934.html?tab=video

Discuss.

 

[Austupaio]

Dumb teen-agers. Had it coming to them.

 

[DameGreyWulf]

Dumb teen-agers. Had it coming to them.

Aye.

Though it seems he walloped her good for the slappy **** she was doing. Punching her somewhere else might've been more appropriate, but I suppose when you've got dip**** teens frustrating the **** out of you, you don't really think about it.

 

[Mulek]

She should have respected the authoritah.

 

[Austupaio]

After watching the video, the wallop he gave her looked quite over kill. Regardless whether it was or not, I have a feeling it'll all be blown out of proportion because of the skin contrast.

My question is, where's his partner? Having a second person to calm, or even restrain, the second teen would've probably stopped anyone from getting hurt (read : sucker punched).

 

[DameGreyWulf]

I suppose you don't deserve a partner if you're sternly talking to people for crossing the street at the wrong spots....

 

[Austupaio]

I think jay walking should be punishable by simply not requiring cars to slow down if not at a proper pedestrian crossing area.

I ****ing hate the way idiot kids just run across the road where-ever, causing me to slam on my brakes so I don't get sued with a hate crime or vehicular man slaughter, because they're too damned lazy to walk to the corner and wait for the cross light.

That's why I loved Vegas, if a harmed pedestrian was outside of the cross walk at the time of collision, they couldn't press charges.

 

[DameGreyWulf]

Would certainly help this man's case.
And on top of that, it'd lower the strain on the force to not have to do arbitrary **** like this.


Speaking of which, I predict this thread bloating to twenty pages about "OMG HE HIT A GURL!!!111" when I go to bed and come back.

 

[Kleidophoros]

He is a dickhead.

Speaking of which, I predict this thread bloating to twenty pages about "OMG HE HIT A GURL!!!111" when I go to bed and come back.

OMG HE HIT A CIVILIAN!

 

[Austupaio]

He is a dickhead.

He does have that look about him, yes.

Seems like cops are always trying to look like military bad asses. Unnecessary buzz cuts, fat neck muscles.

I'll never understand the cycle, sec guards want to be cops, cops want to be soldiers, soldiers get shell shock and want to go home to get a nice, calm job like private security.

OMG HE HIT A CIVILIAN!

Uh, would a video with cops sucker punching other cops be better?

 

[DameGreyWulf]

They should just be maximum security prison guards. It's like the in between of them all.

OMG HE HIT A CIVILIAN!

Yeah? What, you don't think cops ever need to smack a *****? Especially the way those two were acting?

 

[Austupaio]

Is it just me, or does the opening end with the line; 'Good evening everyone, I'm Mike..

隐藏

 

[DameGreyWulf]

Heheh.

Also;

OMG HE HIT A CIVILIAN!

Uh, would a video with cops sucker punching other cops be better?

What the ****?
Yes of course it would be better, idiot! Hell, that sounds amazing, even!

 

[NOVGOROD]

***** had it coming. A punch was excessive, but not completely unnecessary.

 

[Kleidophoros]

OMG HE HIT A CIVILIAN!

Yeah? What, you don't think cops ever need to smack a *****? Especially the way those two were acting?

No I don't, cops need to remain calm under pressure, I suppose it's also a trained tactic.

 

[DameGreyWulf]

OMG HE HIT A CIVILIAN!

Yeah? What, you don't think cops ever need to smack a *****? Especially the way those two were acting?

No I don't, cops need to remain calm under pressure, I suppose it's also a trained tactic.

It seems we disagree. While he should remain calm, the way these brats were going on, I think they very much deserved some rough handling, and probably wouldn't have been incarcerated if he hadn't exercised some force.
I'm quite surprised they didn't start yanking his hair, kicking him in the balls. They seemed to be heading in that direction.

 

[Austupaio]

He didn't break her nose, no blood was spilled. ****, it probably didn't even hurt that long.

It's not worth punishment. Re-training, maybe, but pay docking or the sort.

 

[cric]

Although I think he had the right to punch her, it was a bit harsh but should have been in the stomach or somewhere else. Besides, British cops are better.

 

[Austupaio]

Stomach could have knocked the breath out of her, and he had no idea if she was in an early pregnancy.

Face wasn't the best choice, but it wasn't a worse option than the stomach.

 

[DameGreyWulf]

Damn that was what I was going to say.

A punch in the shoulder would've probably worked better. Might jar her arm enough to keep her from doing that slapping **** again.