Cops don’t seem to be very good at public relations. (See, e.g., the St. Louis white police union’s whining about football players siding with protesters against police brutality.) Maybe that helps explain why their public image sucks. (How they treat citizens may have something to do with it, too.)
Anyway, thanks to Daily Kos, we have an insider’s view of what (some) cops think of the Eric Garner tragedy. By way of background, these comments purportedly came from a reader forum on a website calling itself PoliceOne.com, which says it grants posting privileges only to actual police officers, who are vetted by calling their police departments to verify their employment.
Okay, so here we go, this is what (some) real cops think of the Eric Garner incident:
Posted by SURVIVAL on Thursday, December 04, 2014 01:21 AM Pacific Report Abuse
What choke hold? You mean the attempted “Carotid Restraint Hold” that lasted for several seconds on “Fatso” the walking heart attack? He killed himself by getting so worked up over refusing to follow simple and lawful commands. Shame on NYPD for prohibiting such an effective control hold in the first place. The carotid has saved many of my arrestees and me further injury plenty of times. To the criminals in protest,don’t break the law and do what the authorities tell you to do. Statutorily or Biblically, it’s all there in black and white print…”Do what is right and obey the peace keepers
posted by djbadback on Thursday, December 04, 2014 00:08 AM Pacific Report Abuse
He was able to breathe enough to talk, so having sufficient air doesn’t seem to be a problem after all. Just another criminal caught in the middle of committing a crime. Eric Garner is (WAS) 6’4″ and weighed 400 lbs. Instead of suing the police department, his family should sue Papa Johns, Dominos, Pizza Hut, Burger King, McDonalds, etc…….
Posted by slim1899 on Thursday, December 04, 2014 06:26 AM Pacific Report Abuse
If you can talk you can breathe. Lets stop making excuses for criminal behavior because they are black. This guy would have died going up a flight of stairs. His diet killed him. The real victims are these poor Officers who’s lives are destroyed because everyone is too afraid to speak the truth. These were bad guys, doing bad things. No one cares what color they were except the racist liberals.
Posted by VON1 on Wednesday, December 03, 2014 08:37 PM Pacific Report Abuse
Ok ladies and gentleman we all agree this a good day for cops in use of force incidents. Very happy for the outcome for sure. The man should not have resisted. Somehow I’m hearing this song,” put another log on the fire ” Watch your backs out there. Oh your fronts and sides too. Going to get nasty. Unless of course they let us do our job kick some thug ass.
Hmmm. It appears these guys need some sensitivity training. And last but not least, let’s see how good these people — who demand unquestioning respect for their authority — are at respecting authority themselves:
Posted by SAPDMAS on Wednesday, December 03, 2014 08:27 PM Pacific Report Abuse
People are sick and tired of thugs. Certain people better wake the hell up and stop supporting the thugs. 2 years 1 month before the head thug gets thrown out and hopefully a real POTUS gets elected.
Hmmm. Maybe part of the problem is that (some) cops are just 
rightwing assholes?