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Old 07-20-2012, 08:22 AM
 
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The loud cell phone talker had a blood alcohol content of 0.189 and can be seen wrestling with his brother shortly before the incident. It seems possible that the drunk could be considered threatening in some way. I don't know if that's what happened, but we also don't know if the guy charged was out of control. That he was a Minneapolis cop is interesting but irrelevant to the charges.
Can I just point out that this is a *classic* Minneapolis response?

We need to stop defending our jerk cops when they do bad things, people.
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Twin Cities
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fail, have you watched the video of the brothers "struggling"? simple brief horsing around and happened before the goon cop even showed up on the scene so that lame justification has zero merit. why does he run away if he was acting in self-defense?
Fail. I did watch the video and believe you have reached a conclusion that is in no way supported by what's there. The video does not show the state of mind of the brothers at the time. In fact, you can't completely see what's going on because it's obscured by an umbrella. I have no idea why he ran away. I'm just saying that the whole thing may be more complicated than the lynch mob here wants to believe.
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:37 AM
 
Location: Northern MN
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I agree.

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fail, have you watched the video of the brothers "struggling"? simple brief horsing around and happened before the goon cop even showed up on the scene so that lame justification has zero merit. why does he run away if he was acting in self-defense?
The cop was off duty, he should have called the police.
The cop suffers from john Wayne syndrome.

The cop was not justified in punching him and he knew it, thus the attempt to flee. why would a cop flee? because he was effecting an arrest?

The guy was sitting down this can hardly be seen as a hostile stance.

Being drunk and loud is not a justifiable reason to punch him.
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:38 AM
 
Location: Twin Cities
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Doesn't matter what the victim was in the mood for. Only matters what was in the officer's mind at the time and whether that was reasonable. If the Officer, at the time he threw the punch, wasn't aware of the victim's prior conduct, said prior conduct probably isn't even relevant/admissible.
Not sure what the legal arguments are, but you don't know what was in the officer's mind at the time.
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Twin Cities
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Can I just point out that this is a *classic* Minneapolis response?

We need to stop defending our jerk cops when they do bad things, people.
You have no idea how I would respond if he were a St. Paul fireman or a truck driver. If you're here regularly, you know that I often like to play devil's advocate. Especially when people may unsupported assumptions.
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:44 AM
 
Location: Twin Cities
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The guy was sitting down this can hardly be seen as a hostile stance.
Look at the video again. The cop bends over and talks to the guy while he is seated, then the guy gets up, then he gets punched. He is standing when the punch is thrown.
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:44 AM
 
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That's sad. In my view, likely (but I only have a low-medium quality video with no sound to go by) an unreasonable belief that self-defense was necessary at that point in time, but it is possible that it was reasonable because the dude did stand up to confront him. It's hard with the benefit of hindsight, but you have to believe that the cop didn't intend to put the guy in a coma (I think), so if the situation merited a response in self-defense, it is possible that the response was appropriate--despite tragic, unforeseen consequences. Personally, I'd probably give him some criminal punishment, but probably not anywhere close to 20 years.
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:55 AM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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Fail. I did watch the video and believe you have reached a conclusion that is in no way supported by what's there. The video does not show the state of mind of the brothers at the time. In fact, you can't completely see what's going on because it's obscured by an umbrella. I have no idea why he ran away. I'm just saying that the whole thing may be more complicated than the lynch mob here wants to believe.
double fail. you maintain (your words): "The struggle with his brother could be evidence that the drunk was in the mood for fighting, and imdicate that the cop was threatened" when the cop was not even there at that time to witness it. I suppose the victim doing the jumping jacks earlier in the parking lot also constituted a hostile act in your mind?

and the cop even coming over to confront the guy sitting down while he stood over him was in fact an act of aggression and clearly was meant to try and intimidate the victim. more like some "a-whole" had a bad day at the office and decided to take it out on someoone else. AWhole is clearly standing back with his fist cocked itching to deliver the sucker punch.
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Old 07-20-2012, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Northern MN
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Look at the video again. The cop bends over and talks to the guy while he is seated, then the guy gets up, then he gets punched. He is standing when the punch is thrown.
He is barely out of the chair still trying to stand and defend himself from the overly aggressive off duty cop.

He had yet to take a aggressive stance, the off duyt cop had already taken one by walking over and standing over him.
I wonder what the cop was saying?
I bet the cop was the aggressor.


You don't get to hit someone just because you don't like what they are saying or if they are drunk or trying to stand up.
If someone comes over to you and confronts you like the off duty cop did you too would take actions to protect yourself.
It makes no difference if he was a cop or not as I'm sure he didn't show the guy his badge and id first to identify him self as a cop, so as far as you know he is just some aggressive thug at this point.

The off duty cop has no place antagonizing him.
The cop is in the wrong.
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Old 07-20-2012, 10:16 AM
 
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You don't get to hit someone just because you don't like what they are saying [or if they are drunk or trying to stand up].
If someone [comes over] [stands up] to you and confronts you [like the off duty cop did] you too would take actions to protect yourself.
True. This is the cop's argument. The cop isn't an aggressor just by virtue of walking over to the guy and saying something to him.
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