onegoodmove

There are three things that scare the hell of me. 1) Heights. 2) Policemen. 3) women-out-of-love. This clip reminds me of 2. Since when do policemen take so much back-talk? When I was about 21 I got pulled over for speeding in MD (early 80s). I questioned the officer’s radar gun, which, at the time, if you did such a thing it was the officer’s obligation to show you the timed-speed. The officer became very angry at my question and asked that I get out of the car and “spread-em”. I did and continued questioning the officer as he frisked me. I refused to sign the speeding ticket until he proved to me that I was speeding. In hindsight this was pretty smart-ass stuff on my part – but I’m not finished. The officer complained about paper work and telling me that I was too young to be questioning his judgement and that if I didn’t sign the ticket he was going to arrest me (an insubordination charge, I think). It was an odd moment that followed but I thought he was finished frisking me and so I moved out of the “spread-em” position. The officer yelled that he hadn’t given me permission to move and subsequently hit me the left kidney with his nightstick. We were two white men and this was long before Rodney King and video and I pissed blood for three nights. Although the officer in this clip seems like a decent fellow I have never trusted the police in the US. Of course, that day I signed the ticket. Does this clip give me reason to not be afraid of them anymore? -tgs-

Why did Olberman spend so much time interviewing that cop? It was a funny video, and the driver was totally and amusingly incoherent, but why did they think we'd care about the background and legal proceedings?

Colin, that's my problem with KO. From what I have seen he always seems to have way too much hot air in his pants, just like O'Reilly but pandering to a different audience. I want my 5'18'' back.

Notice the "Support our troops" ribbon on his Jeep. Ahhhh hipocracy.

Tommi, just wait until more of the poor guys in Iraq filter back into law enforcement, then you can be afraid again.

Well, there's one question Olbermann didn't ask: Don't you get a ticket or something for abusing a cop?

Frites, if tickets were issued for yelling at police officers, you'd need to set up a whole new department in the bureaucracy just to handle the verbal abuse some of these cops tolerate.

Personally, I'd call it the Department of Bronx Communications. Because, as Lewis Black has told us, fuck isn't a verb in NYC ... it's a comma.

I grow up with cops... there is no doubt that we need to keep a close eye on them. This cop deserves an award and a reprimand, an award for keeping his cool and a reprimand for not suspecting the driver of DUI of road rage if not alcohol. Being a cop is a very tough job and we should not be surprised if they snap. Just like a construction worked that gets hit on the head with a 2x4 (by accident) might have a head injury an office involved in a hi-speed chase that over reacts and kicks the crap out of someone is suffering from the effects of the job. Society puts them in that position and we benefit for it. We should honor them and watch them. If you live in a high crime rate area (I do) you need to work with the cops accept the rule society puts them and like the kidney punch guy should have done a report the incident. That cop should not be exposed to the job any more… sounds like a job related illness.

PS Road rage should be a site able offence just like dunk driving.. I think it is. Some one like that driver should not be driving at least for 24 hours and a psychology test…. The jails would be 10x over crowded an there will never be enough physiologists

Police don't take that much grief unless a camera is on them.

The police force isn’t made of altruistic Samaritans. Most are control freak, violent assholes. Childhood bullies. That's why the job appealed to them in the first place.

That's what's wrong with the police force. It appeals to the exact same people you don't want carrying guns & clubs.

beowulfkg - your comments are correct, however, (after watching that interview) I get the feeling that he truly is a composed and relaxed police officer. And I am sure they exist - though I've never met one. But hey, now I've seen one on TV. LOL (-:

there are different kinds of people that become cops for different reasons. It is true that some were bullies who seek the power the position offers them. But there are also many who join because they really want to serve. Understanding that police are diverse is part of understanding that they deserve both praise and criticism.

A lot of the questions were superfluous, as the officer seemed to reiterate previous answers. But I guess that's the magic of interviews!

OK, I'm dialing it back a bit.

I respect & appreciate the police. I'm not an anarchist. It's a tough job & I'm glad there are people willing to do it.

To say most are assholes may be an exaggeration. I do know that many who start out good end up mean & cynical after a while on the job. Dealing with low-lifes all day has a strong effect on them.

Take another look at that guy though. He's acting nice & polite in the film & interview, but I doubt that's his true nature. I could of course be wrong.

If O'Reilly did something like this we'd all be busting his balls for doing something so irrelevant. It's ridiculous that Olbermann would spend five minutes of his show on this crap...or that onegoodmove would find it relevant. Onegoodmove is forgiven, Olbermann is not.

Two of the worst types of people and I'm not sure which is worse, a cop and an oreilly listener. If it was a younger guy that said those things, he would be in bookings with a bruised butthole.

I like some of Olberman's reporting, but this whole O'Reilly hate-fest is just immature. I can't believe this petty business is considered news. What was the point of interviewing that cop? I see this item as proof that the harcore lefties are just as petty and narcissitic as the rubes down at Fox News. "Itty-bitty Nixons, without the relevance or a hint or vision!"

As a Jeep owner, I know that when the top is down, the radio needs to be turned up loud to overcome the road and traffic noise. The Jeep driver in the video should realize that, and lower the volume, especially on surface streets. If he put oversized tires on his Jeep like I did, his speedometer will register incorrectly. He will be going faster than the speedometer says he is. Mine is off by about 10% due to larger tires. I compensate for that. I think the officer was correct in what he did. Shame on the Jeep driver for listening to O'Reilly. He should have gotten a ticket just for that. (Just kidding). He should be listening to The Al Franken Show like I do.