Selective Enforcement
Posted by in Living at 5:06 p.m. on Nov. 08th, 20069 Comments 0 Pings
Friday night, while riding on the tram. It was well after midnight, and my sweetie and I were on the way home from a friend’s birthday party. While we were waiting for the train to get rolling, some drunk guy got on board and started harassing the driver for no obvious reason.
Apparently sensing danger, the driver called the police to have the man removed from the train. The cops arrived and, after some muss, fuss, and pepper-spray, wrestled said drunk guy to the ground.
Here you can see them giving him the German version of the Rodney King treatment.
What I don’t really get is this: See that guy with the blond hair looking at the camera? The one who’s got his knee stuck in the drunk guy’s kidneys? He wasn’t a cop. He was just some other drunk guy. I’m not sure why the cops would let some random drunk guy join in on the police brutality here, seeing as that’s sort of their job.
So, does that mean if I see someone getting arrested, I can run up and give him the elbow?
Apparently sensing danger, the driver called the police to have the man removed from the train. The cops arrived and, after some muss, fuss, and pepper-spray, wrestled said drunk guy to the ground.
Here you can see them giving him the German version of the Rodney King treatment.
What I don’t really get is this: See that guy with the blond hair looking at the camera? The one who’s got his knee stuck in the drunk guy’s kidneys? He wasn’t a cop. He was just some other drunk guy. I’m not sure why the cops would let some random drunk guy join in on the police brutality here, seeing as that’s sort of their job.
So, does that mean if I see someone getting arrested, I can run up and give him the elbow?
Eric
November 8, 2006 at 8:57 p.m.:... dude, you should have asked them if you could help!.... never pass up a free beatdown!...