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cops... dont get to use emotion within their job... thats the point of being a cop and having a badge.
i do agree if the cameraman was a dickhead and being arrogant or snyde, that the officer could make him ship out... but lay a hand other than cuffs on him, no...
the cameraman was from a news station and he was ALSO there doing his job.
to me, if you analyze the footage that is there (who knows what happened before, does sound like the cameraman was getting lippy, but nothing extreme) it looks like the cop reacted on embarrassment and not adrenaline... notice how he dosnt know what to do at first... he comes at the cameraman, and as soon as the guy starts asking for the officers name and badge number he almost runs away, then gets the idea to make it all stop... there is his mistake... he then comes back to the camera guy, circles around as he notices hes getting filmed... why?? to hide himself .... why does a cop need to hide himself? maybe because hes about to attack that guy? he was trying to get off camera before ATTACKING him... he probably had it in his mind that if he did it off camera that it couldnt be proved in court that it was him... get a couple voices int here and you cant tell who...
in the end...
the cop is wrong.. should he be fired? doubt that... perhaps kicked down to parking lot duty for awhile...
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