Officer Should NOT Be Punished!

Someone that throws out the race card by saying "It's because I'm black" is a racist in it's worse form. The officer will get crap from what he did but the "victim" is the true racist. If I went to town and got pulled over for speeding and did NOT get a ticket and went around saying I got out of it "because I am white" then people would call ME racist. Saying "because I am black" is racist too. Just my opinion.

Unfortunately that is how it is soemtimes, but not all the time. I know some African American who are not afraid to be held accountable and are very friendly, just like whites and then you have those who rebell, just like whites. The difference is I think is whites can't cry "racist" when they are caught.

I know there are racists out there, but it seems if you have to deal with someone of another color, it seems to come up. It is sad that this goes on. I do think that whites, can claim it too. It is to the point that we are not treated equal either. I don't care what color they are, no one should be treated any differently. That even goes for schools, and all groups. It should not matter. If he did not use excessive force, I am sure that the charges will be dropped.

Hi LilyoftheThorns, I hope that the officer would not be punished too. I think that good sense will prevail in this case. If the police officer would have acted just the same whether he was a white or black person, than in my opinion its definitely not a case of racism.

I do feel people pull out the race card a lot and I think after all these years it's time people realize that people are people! Whether he was black or white, if he is resisting arrest they will get him to the ground. I have seen it done with all sorts of people. Even women get pushed down to the ground or dragged if they are resisting. The people who do these jobs are very brave because they are putting their character on the line every day. Every day they have to worry about being judged for the way they went about something, and at the same time they often have to make hasty decisions. Good thing there are a lot of black cops now, because they can't claim "racism" if it's a black cop doing it.

The big deal here is he's a councilman. If he were just average Joe Blow it wouldn't make the news. I'm sure it will blow over as soon as witnesses say they saw him resisting.

This is the America of today. Hey, one can't criticize Obama, Israeli military actions, or discuss immigration reform, let alone criticize the unconstitutionality of the recently passed healthcare bill, without being accused of being a racist. The race card is the great power play of the so-called "political left", the world elite, and any minority, real or percieved, now. Just try getting the ACLU or the SPLC to help you if you're caucasian, male, heterosexual, or even slightly Christian. This is reality, we are in an Orwellian nightmare where everyone is divided and willfully playing the blame game. Socialism is the name of the game, and crying "racist" is the current play.

Hi Lilyofthethorns, Whenever someone claims that an officer used excessive force on them, it is normal procedure to put that officer on paid leave until the matter is sorted out. He is not really being punished. He is still collecting pay. He was in a situation where they have to make sure that he did not actually use excessive force. Most of the time, the cop gets let off the hook and quite often even when they are guilty as sin. my brother got beat pretty badly by the cops and for no good reason. The cop that did it stopped by the house and appologized to my mother for hitting her son. my brother brought it up in the hearing and as you can imagine they all stuck together. I'm pretty sure that you don't have to worry about your cop friend. I'll be shocked if he loses even a days pay out of hissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

My favorite story is told by a friend of mine. He was sent a memo to answer to an inmate calling him racist. The officer sent a picture of himself and this response: To which race am I alledgedly prejudice? (He included a picture of himself.) Notice my picture, the black tight-cut Afro-American hair, the dark skin, the Native American eagle-beak nose, the Asian eyes, and somewhere in here are my Caucasian ancestors; they don't show on my face, but I have some. So which part of me am I prejudiced against? He didn't get another memo of that type ever again. He was sure that many inmates sent letters about him being alledgedly prejudiced, but he's sure they just kept photocopying the reply (except for his picture) back to the inmates that sent it in. Not everyone can reply with that, but it does show that they always play the prejudice card even when it makes no sense.

I think people are very careful with police using force because there had been many people would faced unnecessary police violence and it has a history of being a racial thing. I don't know this Officer Authement. If he did not use excessive force, I hope he could get his job back but I think officers need to have the jurisdiction of what they can do and what they can't and some should be punished if they do something wrong.

i just read your description and i think you re right. that s unfair. but everyone will do anything just to not get arrested and they fell for it so i guess the african-american won this one. although it s a pity the policeman was charged. i bet he was so angry when he knew about it.

He shd no way be called rascist, it is reverse racism, and it is becoming more and more common. It wouldn't have happened if white people had worked the Plantations, and everyone stayed on there patch. Here its Indians and Arabs and our own Indigenous people whinging racism. All Cops shd protect themselves and the public first. So sorry I think he deserves a Medal.

The officer was attempting to stop the man from entering a burning building? So he was trying to save his life by subduing him. That is what he is trained to do. I did not see the story, only your comment on it. It would be a shame if the officer lost his job if indeed he was only trying to protect the man from entering the building. Even going near it could have been dangerous, stuff falls off burning buildings. Why did the councilman cry racist? It makes no sense to me. From your story, it merely seems the councilman suffers from entitlement syndrome.

i just knew it that this problem isnt only in America, here in Belgium this problem is even bigger i presume, cops really get fired if they act a bit too hard on "foreigners", and believe me; they really don't act hard enough. but oh well who am i to say that.