Well, looks like time to write up some complaints about officer wingate. This probably isn't going to help his career.
Police brutality doesn't suprise me anymore, I can't stand the fact that some of these younger cops abuse their power so much its not even funny. I went to highschool with this kid, he ended up becoming a cop in his hometown. He's been a cop for a few years now and he is already being charged with excessive force, along with racial profiling http://badcopnews.com/2007/03/24/ch...joe-carlson-named-in-excessive-force-lawsuit/
Wow. that sucks. But walking away from a pissed-off cop, regardless of how in the wrong they may be, is not such a great idea. 'I'm going to wish you both a good evening, and hope the rest of it goes better than this has gone.' I then got on my bike and began to leave.
Yes and no. I don't know that we're getting the full story on this one. However, the thing that really tipped this was him trying to leave. It doesn't work like that, whether he likes it or not. Once he decided that he was above the situation and went to leave, he turned what might've been an annoyance into a serious situation. None of us were there and we didn't get the officers side of it. The guy had a couple of different opportunities to get out of the situation without escalating anything but instead he wanted to play verbal ping pong with the officer. Neither side was right in this, but I'd be curious to get the officers side to it as well.
So is this guy related to the artist formally known as Prince (seeing that his name is comprised of all symbols)?
I also believe the truth likely lies somewhere in between that gentleman's version and the "official" version of events.
Nope, office richard is a different guy. He is a alder white guy. The guy Dream had was a younger non-white guy. Russ
I say that it is an officers job to handle all situations in a professional matter. He is a trained professional for this. No matter how stupid, cocky, arogant, etc. the person on the bike is, the cop should never lose his cool. I am skeptical of most cops... What kind of people want to be cops? Do people become cops because they want to improve safety in the neighborhood? ... I don't think a lot do. It is my guess that if you are going to be a cop you have to find enjoyment in enforcing the law. Basically enjoy being a little bit of a hard a**. Don't get me wrong, all cops are not bad people and a good friend of mine is a cop now. But, I have had plenty of run-ins with cops riding bike downtown and on the U of M campus. Because I have been stopped by multiple different officials for the same offense, you get a chance to compare the different styles. A lot of the cops just come across like they are trying to show you how tough they are. I always just do what they say, say sorry, and leave. I have tons of stories but this one is decent... I was riding with a bunch of people downtown one weekend and my bike broke so I was pushing it around with everyone. I killed my rear shock and it was leaking fluid. Well, we were at the federal reserve bank and the security came out. Boom, everyone besides me and my buddy take off on there bikes. I walk over to where my buddy was getting talked to by the security guards...(too long of story).... cooperate with them completely, giving ID and what not. Ask politely if I can move my bike of there nice sidewalk because it was dripping the shock fluid. The guy tells me, "NO, you keep your bike right there and if that fluid does stain our sidewalk, you'll have to come back and clean it up!" Come on now... In the end, they called the minneapolis police department, we wait about 30 min, cop shows up in squad car, ask us what happened, tells us to leave. This was supposed to be a short reply...dang
