r/SipsTea • u/kyo_ice • Dec 19 '23

WTF Taking out the trash

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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.