Brickbat: Viewing Party

A student police officer in England's Thames Valley police said he was shunned by others in the department after he reported a fellow officer for watching bodycam video of a woman having a seizure and making crude remarks about her. The officer said he was later told he was not fit for police work and dismissed from the department. The woman had been arrested when officers believed she was the aggressor in an incident, though she was later found to be the victim. While she was being transported in the back of a police van, she had a seizure that left her breasts and groin exposed. The next day, four officers watched the video and made remarks about her. A Thames Valley Police spokesperson told the media those remarks were "unacceptable" and the department was grateful that the student officer had reported them. The spokesperson said the termination of the student officer's employment was an "entirely separate" issue.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

The spokesperson said the termination of the student officer's employment was an "entirely separate" issue.

Three was a whole other incident where the student reported police misconduct???

[mad.casual]

Yes. Welcome to Reason.

[Adans smith]

Who did this kid think they were? 'Civilians' ?

[Balloon maker]

Clearly unfit for police work. He’ll have to grow up and find one of the many careers that doesn’t condone jiggling titty jokes, which are most of them fortunately

[mad.casual]

Because if it was a man having a seizure the jokes would've been acceptable?

[Balloon maker]

What?

[mad.casual]

You're making a non-sexist issue into a sexist one needlessly. You may as well have asked for the most important thing while you were at it.

There are plenty of places where it's perfectly acceptable to be entertained by jiggling titties. Jiggling titties aren't inherently shameful or unfortunate... unlike seizures. The number of places that would tolerate you mocking a specific person for having a seizure are much, much fewer in comparison.

[mad.casual]

I like how far down the concern scale and around the libertarian bend this article is.

Did the woman die from a nickel ride? Was she wrongly detained because of an 'illegal weapon' that they saw from across the street in her pocket? Who cares! An officer-in-training completely unrelated to the incident didn't get hired!

[CE]

He ratted out the other officers for their unprofessional behavior.
Dirty cops don't appreciate rats.

[sarcasmic]

The spokesperson said the termination of the student officer's employment was an "entirely separate" issue.

Mmm hmm. Sure. Student simply lacked the depraved indifference required for the job.

[Jerry B.]

Due to the student's reporting, the video was taken down before the Chief could see it.

[sarcasmic]

Reminds me of the story not too long ago of a cop who wrenched an old lady’s arm out of the socket. Back at the station he played the video to his buddies over and over saying “Listen for the ‘pop’!” and they all laughed uproariously. Moral of that story is that anyone who doesn’t giggle when old ladies cry out in pain doesn’t deserve to be a police officer.

[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Assholes versus Karens. Sounds like another episode where I wish for everyone to lose.

[Vernon Depner]

And nothing else happened...

[AT]

FFS, how did he never learn the universal maxim: "Nobody likes a tattletale."

Well, whatever. I'm sure he'll find another career with the Woke Police. I just hope he's skilled in virtue signaling a messaging in latte foam and/or sharpie on the side of a cup.