Cop loses it

but whos gonan protect you when those horrible blacks break in and try to steal your stuff?

some people werent raised in the south like us so most people dont address women and older men as Sir and Maam ;-\

Hes a little skater punk who prolly thinks hes cool by trying to do ollies in wal mart parking lot. He'll be hit by a car sooner or later

He looks like John Goodman (if John Goodman was ultra mean).

I would have crapmy pants if I were that kid. I'm not gunna lie.

And I would be the one suing

It is fine if he didn't hear him. That isn't the point. He kept calling him dude which showed him NO RESPECT what soever. YOu don't call a cop (or any adult) dude unless you know them personally even then it is pissing it. He is a 14 year old kid, ridding a Skate Board, where he CANT ride a skate board, & instead of going "Oh okay. I'm sorry I didn't know I can't skate here & It'll never happening agian" even if it was a flat lie he decided to get smart with him by egging him own. The cop is the reason he can walk outside his house without getting shot, mugged, raped, murdered etc. So, lets see.. cop, respect him kinda goes hand in hand no matter what the officer is doing. It all could have been prevented if he kid knew when to just shut up & not egg him on.

The cop is being sued for assaulting a teenager who didn't show/present a threat. The rule of engagement for police officers is "suspects level plus one"

for those who don't understand that concept example time:

Suspect throws a punch, cops are allowed to use detention techniques,cuffs, batons.

Suspect presents a weapon, cops are allowed to use deadly force or less than lethal force to subdue and control the suspect.

Now our scenario

Kid talks back...Police officer is allowed to choke and throw kid to ground?...um no.

Kid talks back; the proper response should have been ordering the youths to sit down (without touching them) on the steps with their skateboards on the ground in front of them with their hands on their heads while he decided to either berate them some more or ticket them/confiscate the boards and send them home.

physical assault is not the proper response in this case. So much so that Internal Affairs in his department agreed and had his reassigned to desk duty.

so again, F that cop.

EDIT: oh and I've been to the inner harbor where this looks like it took place. Its generally known that there is no skating in the harbor anywhere, HOWEVER there aren't signs posted everywhere. And I'll admit, I was a dumb teenager once, if I didn't see a sign posted, I would have assumed it was ok to skate. AND where these guys were it didn't look like they were hurting anyone or causing a problem.

that being said, the cop should have ordered the kids to stop (which he did) and told them to leave the area and made sure that they did.

The kid in the video was wearing headphones and admitted he did not hear the cop, although he didn't verbalize it in the best possible way. This is when the cop decided to go off on a rant.

wearing a badge does not earn you the pleasure of being called "sir". you can call a cop "dude" all you would like. theres no other way to look at it. the kid didnt do anything wrong. and when a lawsuit goes down, you will see that the law agrees with that.