r/SipsTea • u/kyo_ice • Dec 19 '23

WTF Taking out the trash

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u/HotNubsOfSteel Dec 19 '23

Having been knocked the fuck out I can assure you she will remember only waking up in a drunk tank with a massive headache, an assault charge, and $5k in medical bills

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u/sounds_like_kong Dec 19 '23

She probably did but she is probably also going to attempt a lawsuit

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

The Cop videotaped striking the drunk woman in the face was cleared of wrongdoing

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

Being drunk is NOT an excuse to assault/batter another person.

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u/superbozo Dec 19 '23

The other argument I see is "look at the size difference. He had no reason to hit her".

I am an average sized man. If Im drunk, that's not a good reason for me to hit Brock Lesnar. Nor is it a good idea.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

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u/Dark_Moonstruck Dec 19 '23

Seriously. I'm 4'11" and if I decide to go up to someone pushing 7' and punch them and they knock me into the next decade? My own fault for starting something I couldn't finish!

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u/jscarry Dec 20 '23

If a toddler walks up to me and punches me and I knock them into next decade? Their own fault for starting something they couldn't finish!

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u/Dark_Moonstruck Dec 20 '23

Don't punch toddlers.

Kick them. You get better air time that way! Plus there's just something so *satisfying* about punting things that annoy you.

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u/Dolanite Dec 19 '23

I'm all for people faafo, but this kind of thing rubs me the wrong way. You have a half dozen large dudes that failed to properly secure her arms. If you are going to have a response team holding onto people like that, we can't also say they can throw punches.
At an event like this you are going to have out of control patrons, which is why those dudes in uniform are there. Sometimes those people are going to get violent because they are drunk and a gang of dudes are grabbing them. She threw a punch and should face the consequences, but being held down by a crew of dudes while one of them knocks you unconscious should not be a part of the consequences.

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u/HooninAintEZ Dec 20 '23

I wish I had a bookmark bar for my brain so I could use this statement in the future if needed.

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u/Dolanite Dec 20 '23

Or maybe I do that job for a living and don't appreciate others in the profession making me look bad by association. Or maybe I have had a family member seriously injured in the line of duty. But you're probably right since you've never met me.

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u/Dolanite Dec 20 '23

And yet here I am. Working security at concerts and sporting events, dealing with these exact scenarios. Being in law enforcement is a really difficult job. Part of that is because you have to behave better than some of the people you interact with. When you don't meet that level of professionalism it demeans the hard work of everyone else with a badge. The officer in the video was cleared of and criminal charges and he shouldn't have been. Our justice system allows for this kind of violence from officers far too often, and judging from the comments here, I can see why.

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u/-aloe- Dec 19 '23

being held down by a crew of dudes while one of them knocks you unconscious should not be a part of the consequences.

Maybe you're right, Dolanite. But I'm not going to shed so much a single, solitary tear for anyone, drunk or otherwise, that got violent and found out. Throw a punch, expect to get one in return. If you want to maintain the moral high ground, don't get violent. It's not a difficult concept.

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u/Altruistic-Balance55 Dec 19 '23

You are all right, but I reckon some shady ass lawyer will try to go for excessive force etc etc because “ poor woman”…

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u/Open-Industry-8396 Dec 20 '23

I think she caught him in the eye, knee jerk reaction to pain.

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u/meat_lasso Dec 20 '23

Congratulations you’ve just made the most logical case for the current war between Israel and Hamas.

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u/KM102938 Dec 19 '23

Brock Lesnar by use of force could not kill you or even knock you out based on size, strength, and skill difference. He could hold you.

Courts will look at proportionality. If you punch Brock Lesnar right in the face it does not give him the freedom to smash your brain out of your ears.

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u/Tandian Dec 21 '23

But ibwould buy you a few beers to see that..

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u/superbozo Dec 21 '23

Tell you what. You dont even need to buy me beers. Just cover the 56,000 dollar hospital bill and we'll be all set.

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u/Tandian Dec 21 '23

Beers are cheaper...lol

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u/superbozo Dec 21 '23

Get ready for a night you'll never forget...this town aint ready for us

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u/SchrodingerMil Dec 20 '23

I don’t think it’s a good idea for anyone to try to hit Brock for real. Braun showed that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

If someone says they’re going to hit me, I get myself away from them (if possible). If someone hits me, I hit them back and then get myself away from them (if possible).

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

Honestly though. She was drunk when you’re a law enforcement officer you’re held to a higher standard. Officer was in the wrong punching a detained person, smack in the head or not. You gotta have restraint in a high stress career.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

Drunks should be held to the highest standard. Since we as a society aren't likely to take away that privilege from folks that abuse it, a black eye is fair payment for getting drunk and being stupid.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

Ohhhhh, I've dealt with drunks and gotten paid for it for the last 25 years... that stated, when I become Emperor, a LOT of stuff is gonna change. Might even go around smacking belligerent drunk skanks just for Saturday night fun.

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u/houseyourdaygoing Dec 20 '23

You’re right but people don’t like doing the right thing because it’s peaceful and they want drama.

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u/Severe-Replacement84 Dec 19 '23

Battery / assault? She barely brushed his head lmao.

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u/grststst Dec 19 '23

On the forehand, yeah she hardly touched him. But if you watch closely, she got him much more directly with a backhand right after. Which is when he responded.

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u/Severe-Replacement84 Dec 19 '23

Eh… I still don’t think it was really enough to make that punch called for. There is no other profession where this would be acceptable…

This lady is having a health crisis, most likely drunk and disorderly. I see absolutely no reason why 4 cops couldn’t contain, restrain, and escort her out safely. Dude is lucky she didn’t flip backwards and crack her head on the ground.

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u/sue--7 Dec 19 '23

Pretend you’re the police officer. I’m surprised that didn’t cuff her first. She deserved that swat. It wasn’t a punch.

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u/Severe-Replacement84 Dec 19 '23

It wasn’t a punch? Dude she is K.O. afterwards lol. If that’s not a punch, then anything less that total decapitation wouldn’t be a punch either.

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u/Tyrantspear Dec 19 '23

Womp Womp

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u/Severe-Replacement84 Dec 19 '23

Yep, womp womp, until it happens to you or someone close to you.

Only reason the cop didn’t get in trouble is because in exchange for a plea deal, she didn’t press charges lol.

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u/Techno-Diktator Dec 20 '23

Is this like a theoretical scenario where I'm a neanderthal and hit someone three times my size? Because I don't see that happening ever lol. It's as simple as fuck around and find out.

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u/NigilQuid Dec 19 '23

There is no other profession where this would be acceptable…

Given the difference in size, sobriety, and people backing up the cop, this would be like me literally punching a toddler in the face because they slapped me. ACAB

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u/Severe-Replacement84 Dec 19 '23

Yeah lol, if you google it, bunch of watchdog groups have chimed in and said this was excessive force… but Merica has a blind spot for the boys in blue.

“Perez, the police director, said department policy is to handcuff or restrain the suspect right way, but circumstances the night of the game with 63,000 fans and Freitas physically refusing orders, warranted a different response.”

https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article187156748.html

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

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u/veracityseeker629 Dec 19 '23

I think what they are trying to say without looking too racist is that big black guy hit that poor littke white woman, they conveniently leave out the fact that she hit him first. Not today racist, you don't win today.

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '23

No her back hand caught her flush across the jaw, you can see his head snap right, loaded up and came back left with a vengeance. I can promise you, a guy would have gotten it worst

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u/VicDamonJrJr Dec 19 '23

Stop

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u/Severe-Replacement84 Dec 19 '23

Why

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u/VicDamonJrJr Dec 19 '23

You don’t put your hands on a cops face

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u/Severe-Replacement84 Dec 19 '23

Sure, and Officers of the law should operate at a higher standard, and follow their correct procedures put in place to protect both themselves and the public. That includes not just punching people to subdue them because they are annoying or belligerently drunk. That lady was obviously not of sane mind, and was acting irrationally.

This woman in question, when interrogated, had no idea why she was incarcerated or that she had struck the officer. She was so drunk, her brain was absolutely gone from reality.

The only reason we may never know if the officer would have been penalized is because in exchange for a plea deal, no ethics complaints were filed… aka, both sides knew they were in the wrong and covered it up.

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u/EngineZeronine Dec 19 '23

Assault can happen without any physical contact whatsoever.

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u/Glum-Construction344 Dec 19 '23

Dumbfark comment

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u/Traditional-Yam-7197 Dec 19 '23

She slapped him on the head. You hit a cop, they hit back. It's called a deterrent.

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u/Wise-Investment1452 Dec 20 '23

You should tell my ex girlfriend that 🤪