[quote=spdrun]Lost his cool at the pool. Honestly, I wonder if he wasn’t on coke or ‘roids — he was running around like he was on something interesting.[/quote]
Now that you mention, it’s highly possible that he was high on something.
He was very quick to resign; and usually when people resign, it’s because there are skeletons in the closet.
According to the news, prior two the incident, he was responding to two suicide calls, one which blew himself away…
I don’t know…Seems to me he just snapped. The fact the he admitted he was wrong and apologized and resigned instead of hiding under the covers of a police union probably is an indication that he recognizes what he did was wrong.
It’s mitigation, but I’m still glad that he resigned.
If he snapped and physically took it out on an innocent party, he doesn’t have the temperament to do his job well. It’s better for him and the public that he resigns.
[quote=spdrun]It’s mitigation, but I’m still glad that he resigned.
If he snapped and physically took it out on an innocent party, he doesn’t have the temperament to do his job well. It’s better for him and the public that he resigns.[/quote]
Well, everyone can be an asshole at some point in their life for different reasons, though I agree it’s no excuse… I’m sure everyone at some point can relate. I’m sure if everyone of us were held accountable for every asshole thing we said or did, we would have been fired a long time ago, and multiple times. Right?
Difference is that a cop can legally do a lot more physical mayhem than (say) a store clerk who snaps and curses someone out. With power comes more responsibility. The girl only got scared, maybe a bit bruised. If he did it to the wrong person or they fell in the wrong way, he could have killed them.
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