Another officer beating up a handcuffed minor

I just love our police here in Michigan ....................what patience and understanding...... NOT!!!


http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/08/video_shows_officer_punching_t.html


KALAMAZOO -- Video of an incident that led to a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety sergeant's unpaid suspension last week shows the officer punched a handcuffed 16-year-old three times after the youth spit in his face.

Sgt. Jeff VanderWiere, 37, was suspended last week for 10 work days after an Office of Professional Standards investigation into the April incident.

The Kalamazoo Police Supervisors Association has filed a grievance on the suspension.
The video and police documents related to the case and VanderWiere, a 12-year department veteran, were released by the city Tuesday after the Gazette filed a request under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.

No shit. I watched the video. Maybe the cop shouldn't have hit the kid, but the kid damned well earned it.

Threatened to shoot the cop and spit in his face.

had another officer take over and charge him with assault end of story.

punishment on the spot when this can only lead to more and bigger problems including escalation of danger at the scene of the incident. Cops must be professional and control their emotions.

but that ship has sailed...

loser. no wonder he needs to carry weapons on his job.

If a grown man threatens and spits on another grown man he gets what he gets.
A 16 year old threatens and spits on a cop,,,,,, nothing. Nothing from his parents either.

and he's an adult and supposedly professionally trained in the use of force (which turned out to be a waste of money).

I probably would have hit him too.

That officer needs anger management.

and that's why neither of us should be.

Because he let this kid get under his skin and lost control of his emotions, he's in a whole lot of trouble.

Unfortunately he did not act very professionally. He'll just have to deal with the consequences.

big difference.

after threatening to shoot you. I'm sure you would smile and buy him a beer. I don't know too many guys who let people spit in their face and threaten their life without responding.

rather than thinking. The kid was handcuffed. He should have just laughed at him. In different circumstances an emotional reaction like the officer exhibited could leave him vulnerable and even put him in moral danger. He's supposed to be above all that. Sorry. He fucked up.

There are ways for cops to deal with spitting people...like pulling the fronts of their shirts over their heads so any more spitting is futile...

I don't care who you are...you don't beat someone up who's handcuffed and totally incapacitated.

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