Lawlight said:
Soundwave said:
What exactly does a police officer have to do to get fired?
Seems to me like they are able to kill civilians and just get a slap on the wrist of "paid leave" and don't even get fired for that.
Let alone it's the *public* that pays their salaries (last time I checked that includes black people). They are not some private defence force that gets to operate on their own rules above the public interest since it's the public that pays their freaking salaries. They work for the citizens, not the other way around.
Cops are able to do all types of shit that would get you fired 10 times over in virtually every other job. It's a shame that good cops get thrown in with the bad ones, but the problem is the police rarely get rid of the "bad ones" unless they do something absolutely heinous like get caught planting evidence, and even then sometimes who knows. So they are complicit in the image they create ... this cop included. Any officer should know better than making a careless, stupid comment like this.
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Looks like he will be fired so you have your wish.
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He should be fired. You would get fired at a McDonalds or Wal-Mart for saying something like this on camera, so why should a cop have free reign to be saying stupid things? Beyond that as a public servant he has a greater responsibility to be a positive force in his community.
All this does is inflame a situation and make it harder for legitimate good cops ... when bad cops are allowed to stick around it creates mistrust and tarnishes the uniform. Police departments need to realize that and have a zero tolerance policy. If you can't operate at a higher moral standard, then you are not fit for the job. Plain and simple.
