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Sam Kerr allegedly called police officer a ‘stupid white bastard’, source says
(www.theguardian.com)
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lol fuck that. Police should be treated with respect once they start acting with respect as a collective.
But yeah, everything else you said was spot on. Honestly I feel like the fact that it's all correct is just more good evidence of how wrong that quoted bit is. An individual worthy of respect would not have pushed this complaint forward, and an institution worthy of respect would not have let it get to the point of actual charges in court.
Nah get fucked. Like even when cops are doing sort of reasonable things like a welfare check they've gotta understand they're working in a charged environment. Like ambos will see blood and guts, fireies might get heat exhaustion, and cops are gonna have to expect to hear a few hurtful things and people resisting being confined.
It's just human to, it's especially something people generally disempowered do. Like if you're a billionaire with an army of lawyers it's easy to be composed, but the only justice a homeless guy getting moved on for the crime of existing might get is calling the jackbooted thug doing it a fucking cunt.
Part of life everywhere is understanding that sometimes you see people at their worst and you're gonna have to be understanding, and that's without any of the privilege and power of the cops.
Sam Kerr is one of the highest paid female athletes in all of Europe. The idea that she refused to pay for her taxi is ridiculous.
She was also very drunk - drunk people say stupid shit all the time. Police know that, they experience it every day. It's part of the job and what she said does not even remotely justify a month in jail and losing her job/being deported (she's facing all of those if found guilty).
Ok so if cops can prosecute insults and whatever how do you see that playing out? When will a cop decide it's something to let slide vs press the issue? forsee any problem with cops winding people up to slap more charges on them?
It's just not a good approach, to protect what? What's the harm done? They're trained, prepared, backed up, and the instigators of confrontation. If their feelings are getting hurt then their training or psych profile is the issue,