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Philadelphia's police union is holding a fundraiser for an officer who is being fired after being recorded on video punching a woman at a parade.
Earlier this month, the city's police commissioner announced Lt. Jonathan Josey was being suspended for 30 days with the intent to dismiss. Mayor Michael Nutter has apologized to the woman
Lose your temper, lose your career. Hell of a trade off for a bruise or a busted lip..whatever she ended up with.
It's a bad message for the Union to be quite so open without some equally open reasoning....but wow.
So... A cop could, in theory, work their whole lives in decent standing, given the ups and downs of one of the worst jobs society has to offer a person. Then...in a moment of stupidity..they can lose every shred of that life's career, pension and everything.....because they hit a person once in the face?
Okay....and the next time people wonder why only Bubba level thugs, bully boys and attitude problems generally become cops these days, look no further for why. Why the hell would anyone in their right mind enter a career where 10 or 15 years work can be lost for half a seconds stupid with NO SERIOUS injury or damage done as a result of it?
Ugh.... Yup.. makes perfect sense to me now why we don't have good cops. It's a fools game to even try.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Lose your temper, lose your career. Hell of a trade off for a bruise or a busted lip..whatever she ended up with.
It's a bad message for the Union to be quite so open without some equally open reasoning....but wow.
So... A cop could, in theory, work their whole lives in decent standing, given the ups and downs of one of the worst jobs society has to offer a person. Then...in a moment of stupidity..they can lose every shred of that life's career, pension and everything.....because they hit a person once in the face?
Okay....and the next time people wonder why only Bubba level thugs, bully boys and attitude problems generally become cops these days, look no further for why. Why the hell would anyone in their right mind enter a career where 10 or 15 years work can be lost for half a seconds stupid with NO SERIOUS injury or damage done as a result of it?
Ugh.... Yup.. makes perfect sense to me now why we don't have good cops. It's a fools game to even try.
Originally posted by xyankee
reply to post by Wrabbit2000
Tell that to the guy who got shot for answering his door at 1:30 am. by the sheriff's. those guys are still one the force and they murdered someone.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Personally, I'd have been happy to see the hothead take a 30-60 day suspension w/o pay or the equivalent his Department has for a problem child that needs correcting. He screwed up..Yes.
Personally, I'd have been happy to see the hothead take a 30-60 day suspension w/o pay or the equivalent his Department has for a problem child that needs correcting. He screwed up..Yes.. Did he screw up enough to lose everything for? For a physical blow without report of serious injury? You gotta be kidding..... This is overkill to an extreme.
Okay....and the next time people wonder why only Bubba level thugs, bully boys and attitude problems generally become cops these days, look no further for why.
They should send this clown
Originally posted by seeker1963
reply to post by denver22
roflmao! Hightower??? Never thought of that one!
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Lose your temper, lose your career. Hell of a trade off for a bruise or a busted lip..whatever she ended up with.
It's a bad message for the Union to be quite so open without some equally open reasoning....but wow.
So... A cop could, in theory, work their whole lives in decent standing, given the ups and downs of one of the worst jobs society has to offer a person. Then...in a moment of stupidity..they can lose every shred of that life's career, pension and everything.....because they hit a person once in the face?
Okay....and the next time people wonder why only Bubba level thugs, bully boys and attitude problems generally become cops these days, look no further for why. Why the hell would anyone in their right mind enter a career where 10 or 15 years work can be lost for half a seconds stupid with NO SERIOUS injury or damage done as a result of it?
Ugh.... Yup.. makes perfect sense to me now why we don't have good cops. It's a fools game to even try.