White Cop vs Black Scholar

[tstew]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

You know if two persons, a husband and wife, are arguing loudly in their house so the neighbors can hear, the cops can arrest them for domestic violence? Read the report, he was not merely irate. He was arrested on the porch. The cop asked the man to go outside and provide ID. If there is a possibility of a break in, a lone cop is not going to mingle around and ask for ID because there could be others in the house. He asked the man to step outside and the man was not cooperative it seems. Sorry but yes that can get you into trouble.


It depends on the situations. Every situation is different. This cop was initially alone. The man was uncooperative and yelling. The cop asked him to step outside and to calm down. The man continued to yell and there was a crowd growing. Under those situations I have seen cops take the person into custody and place them in the squad car and either deal with the crowd or get out of there.

Again you make it seem like the cops were doing what they did with the knowledge of a man merely coming home to his house. No. They did not know that.

Cops arrest people all the time if they have reasonable cause and later on the charges are dropped. It's the nature of law enforcement.

From what I have quoted so far I do see reasonable cause. Just because some cops on video are a lot more patient does not mean it is still not an arrestable offense. In fact I have seen cops on video where they COULD have arrested someone but did not. Just because they did not does not mean the behavior is not an arrestable offense

Prax, I'll read more info as it is released. I know we can go around in circles. I'm just saying that at some point before he was arrested, he did in fact provide satisfacory ID. The two sides will undoubtedly present their sides differently, but he did at some point before his arrest identify himself as the homeowner and someone innocent of any wrong doing. At that point, the officer was operating "with the knowledge of a man merely coming home to his house". At that point even if he is irate, you apologize for the mistake and leave in my opinion. I have not seen anything that would suggest that he would have been a danger to anyone at that point.

I guess I'm just not sure who was being "Protected and Served" by his arrest.