Stupid Police Officers

[Seymour Flops]

You can hear the train horn. The train has lights. Her hands were behind her back and she frantically tried to escape the vehicle, but the doors were locked, and it's kind of a cage," Wilkinson said. "She had thought about trying to get through to the front and get out that way, but she could not exit the vehicle. She saw everything coming."

Wilkinson said Rios-Gonzalez tried to alert one of the officers, but nobody responded to her screams. She lost consciousness after the crash and woke up hours later at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley.

Those officers should be fired and prosecuted.

No charges have been filed against Rios-Gonzalez over the alleged road rage incident.

Now they have.

Colorado woman left handcuffed in police car struck by train to face charge: report

A Colorado woman who narrowly survived after a freight train struck the police cruiser she was detained in may be charged with felony menacing, her lawyer said.

www.foxnews.com

This is why I don't "back the blue" just for the sake of backing the blue.

My mom told me once that she hated being pulled over by a police officer because to her that was not different than being confronted by any other young male stranger on her own as an older woman. Not every young man that approached her would have intent to harm, neither would every police officer. But the safest course is to assume they might and keep going. With a cop she couldn't do that.

 

[presonorek]

That's professional grade stupid.

Maybe not. It could have been attempted murder. What did he find in the car?

 

[presonorek]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Do not road rage with a gun, you could end up cuffed and stuffed in a police vehicle, parked on the railroad tracks.

That’s vigilantism. Have you ever heard of a right to a trial? You’re an idiot. You don’t kill people for breaking the law. You turn people over to the authorities to kill them if the law sees fit. Did I mention that you are an idiot?

 

[presonorek]

Whatever she did, you can bet that she won't do that again.

What if they accidentally pulled over the wrong person? Is there still a good lesson to be gleaned from the situation?

 

[presonorek]

We shall see what they are charged with.
So far, it seems they are doing nothing

That’s because the victim is black.

 

[rightwinger]

Maybe not. It could have been attempted murder. What did he find in the car?

They did eventually find a gun which is not a crime

Regardless, placing a suspect in harms way while you perform a search is criminal

 

[DukeU]

That’s vigilantism. Have you ever heard of a right to a trial? You’re an idiot. You don’t kill people for breaking the law. You turn people over to the authorities to kill them if the law sees fit. Did I mention that you are an idiot?

Are you not aware people make mistakes? The only idiots here are the woman and cop in the OP and you.

 

[DukeU]

That’s because the victim is black.

Has to be, because cops never kill whites accidently or otherwise.

 

[rightwinger]

Are you not aware people make mistakes? The only idiots here are the woman and cop in the OP and you.

A gross mistake that severely injured someone is still criminal negligence

The woman did nothing wrong and complied with the orders of the police. Once she is in cuffs, her safety is the responsibility of the police

Criminal negligence (sometimes called culpable negligence) refers to a defendant who acts in disregard of a serious risk of harm that a reasonable person in the same situation would have perceived. Another common definition includes an act that amounts to a gross deviation from the general standard of care.

 

[hadit]

So you chase down a 20 year old woman accused of a road rage incident. She stops just past railroad tracks and you park your police cruiser right on the tracks behind her. You put her in cuffs and lock her in the police vehicle. Then you proceed to search her vehicle while she sits alone in the police cruiser.

What could possibly go wrong?

Situational Unawareness: UP Train Hits Police Cruiser Parked on Tracks—With Suspect Handcuffed Inside - Railway Age

On the night of Sept. 16, Colorado police officers stopped a young woman driving a pickup truck, arrested her, and placed her in a police car—which the officer who made the stop had parked on active Union Pacific tracks on a crossbuck-protected crossing.

www.railwayage.com

Yes, a train came and smashed the Police Cruiser
The woman survived with serious injuries

Somebody just got a massive lawsuit dropped into her lap.

 

[DukeU]

A gross mistake that severely injured someone is still criminal negligence

A gross mistake, yes. I have to disagree with criminal.

Besides, we're releasing murderers and rapists from prison across the country. You think this cop is going to serve time because of a road raging lunatic with a gun?

 

[rightwinger]

A gross mistake, yes. I have to disagree with criminal.

Besides, we're releasing murderers and rapists from prison across the country. You think this cop is going to serve time because of a road raging lunatic with a gun?

Criminal negligence (sometimes called culpable negligence) refers to a defendant who acts in disregard of a serious risk of harm that a reasonable person in the same situation would have perceived. Another common definition includes an act that amounts to a gross deviation from the general standard of care.


Does the general standard of care involve not locking someone in a police cruiser that is parked on railroad tracks?

 

[DukeU]

Does the general standard of care involve not locking someone in a police cruiser that is parked on railroad tracks?

Like I said, I agree with gross mistake/negligence. They definitely owe some money on this one, I just don't agree with charging the cop with a crime.

 

[rightwinger]

Like I said, I agree with gross mistake/negligence. They definitely owe some money on this one, I just don't agree with charging the cop with a crime.

Gross negligence resulting in severe injury is criminal
Wearing a police uniform is not an excuse

 

[DukeU]

Gross negligence resulting in severe injury is criminal
Wearing a police uniform is not an excuse

I don't see it as intentional that he hurt her, so. I just think he made a mistake in the heat of the moment.

Did he use it as an excuse?

 

[rightwinger]

Looks like prosecutors are ready to charge the woman with Felony menacing.
They would never get a conviction but need something to trade off on any settlement of damages.

Colorado woman left handcuffed in police car struck by train to face charge: report

A Colorado woman who narrowly survived after a freight train struck the police cruiser she was detained in may be charged with felony menacing, her lawyer said.

www.foxnews.com

After six weeks they still have no charges against the Police.
That would be an admission of fault

 

[progressive hunter]

 

[rightwinger]

Two cops with no idea of what the requirements are to demand ID
Once they determined there was no weapon there is no justification to continue contact.

The guy obviously understands his rights more than the police.

 

[Captain Caveman]

In the UK, I've always found coppers to be taf. I assume American cops are just equally thick.

 

[progressive hunter]

In the UK, I've always found coppers to be taf. I assume American cops are just equally thick.

in english please,, whats a "taf"