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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust watched a Texas State Trooper aggressively body check two South Carolina football players at a game.
hlthe2b
(112,347 posts)I didn't see it, but I read an alert about it...
Paladin
(32,126 posts)That trooper needs to be fired at the earliest possible opportunity. Pretty rare to see that sort of overt, unjustified shoving by a law enforcement officer. He has no business carrying a gun and a badge. Those football players weren't doing anything out of line. Inexcusable.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,317 posts)notice it's 2 black players he assaulted, when the hell are these bad cops going to realize that the days of being able to pull this crap are long gone with all the cameras today.
chicoescuela
(2,537 posts)The players understood that too and just walked away.
Good for them.
Said to see this but not surprised when involving a Texas cop.
msongs
(72,929 posts)RockRaven
(18,524 posts)He knows his left from his right! You can't fool him!
RockRaven
(18,524 posts)One particularly obvious manifestation is the handful who act as bodyguards for a head coach during the on-field post-game stuff. Watch how they purposely stage themselves just so behind the coach and sideline reporter so they can peacock on camera without sight line obstruction. Their priority plainly is posing, not security.
ms liberty
(10,857 posts)It's a prestige position. This guy just lost that.
Good.
Melon
(935 posts)Bread and Circuses
(1,452 posts)Srkdqltr
(9,185 posts)ProfessorGAC
(75,490 posts)Young, amazingly fit, fast twitch athletes wearing padding, armor & a helmet?
They'd have pulverized him.
That cop is really dumb.
CanonRay
(15,856 posts)Good on them.
bluestarone
(20,921 posts)Needs to be FIRED and arrested for assault! Look deeply at anything previous. I bet there is lots of interesting stuff in this asshole files.
wolfie001
(6,663 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(14,167 posts)LudwigPastorius
(13,926 posts)Now he'll never get promoted to Walker Texas Ranger.