Comment on Sam Kerr allegedly called police officer a ‘stupid white bastard’, source says
Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 months agoI feel that yes, everyone should respect the position of a police officer
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.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to charge someone for calling you a “stupid bastard” when you’re just doing your job. However, I’d argue that before coming to any conclusions we would need to know what caused Sam to insult the officer. Claiming that it was racially motivated is a tough sell however
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
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.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 6 months ago
As I said it depends on the circumstances. I would like to know more about why Kerr employed such language with the officer and why there was a dispute over the taxi fare before jumping to a conclusion. Perhaps it was justified, perhaps not. It’s not a one size fits all cases approach. A successful and well known athlete getting worked up over a taxi fare is very different from a homeless person being kicked out of wherever they were staying.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sam Kerr is one of the highest paid female athletes in the world. The idea that she refused to pay for her taxi is ridiculous.
She was also very drunk at the time - drunk enough she vomited in the taxi - and drunk people say stupid shit all the time. Police know that, they experience it every day.
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
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,