Brickbat: Cursing Ain't Allowed in School

Police officer Gerald Richardson has been charged with third-degree assault and battery for knocking down a 17-year-old high school student in Sumter, South Carolina. According to arrest warrants, Richardson confronted the student for cursing in a school hallway, and after he cursed again, Richardson shoved him to the ground, causing minor injuries to the student's head and arm. The incident was reported to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, which investigated due to the involvement of a police officer. Richardson was released on $1,000 bond, and the Sumter Police Department placed him on administrative leave without pay pending further investigation.

Comments

[Adans smith]

Well it's time these foul mouthed youngsters get what coming to them. Who's with me?

[Vernon Depner]

Me. I'm in favor of smacking down teenagers who continue to cuss at you after being warned.

[Mickey Rat]

The parental figures in his life who have not taught him basic manners and civility have certainly done him no favors.

[Rafjxael Pohss]

Shouldn't this be charged as second degree assault? It's not like the dickwad cop just threatened the child; he actually injured him. (Roughly speaking, third degree is threatening to hurt someone; second degree is actually hurting them; and first degree is seriously hurting them.) If a non-cop did that, we'd be talking second degree assault for sure. And in this particular case the cop had an additional duty of care.

[Vernon Depner]

If a non-cop did that, we'd be talking second degree assault for sure.

And that's one of the reasons that Western Civilization is coming to an end.

[SQRLSY]

More fights and less laws enforcement is the solution, then? Holding people responsible for their physical violence will lead to the end of Western Civilization?

One minute, the sore-in-the-cunt cuntsorevaturds call for more Lawn Odor and copsucking, then the next moment they bless personal violence! Hang Mike Pence! Execute General Milley! Go ahead and personally smack on the head, random strangers and teenagers who cuss!

The best I can do to explain this mess is that instinctual monkey-ape-man behavior blesses "My Tribe's violence GOOD; YOUR Tribe's violence BAD!"

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

Roughly speaking, in South Carolina, 3rd degree is used for small fights that don't result in moderate injury, not just threats. 2nd for assault w/ moderate injuries that aren't permanent. 1st for sexual assaults, when done in commission of another crime like robbery..., and severe permanent injuries.

[sarcasmic]

If a normal person had done this instead of a cop, you can bet that the prosecutor would have stacked several charges with the intention of forcing a plea.

Because it's was a cop, not a normal person, the prosecutor went with minimal charges with the intention of a lesser conviction or even dismissal.

If this goes the way most cases involving police officers, it will be quietly dismissed after people forget about it, and the cop will get his job back along with back-pay for all the time on unpaid administrative leave. Probably get a promotion and pay raise too.

[Speaking for normal people]

Granted that, the boy is still seriously to be punished.
You can't defend one side of lawfulness only

[Fist of Etiquette]

What is a police officer's authority backed with?

[Speaking for normal people]

Okay, I think the takeaway is , Don't disrespect authority. Wanna bet the school has been letting this little beast do whatever the hell he wants. 10 years of college teaching has vindicated the Broken Windows theory of crime for me. Let a guy have a filthy mouth then someday someone will confront him and that leads two ways : Either belatedly the boy realizes he is a foul-mouthed pig or said boy goes out and buys a gun --- then you run an article about how we are too strict and I have to correct you yet again.

[sarcasmic]

There's a difference between power and authority. A police officer's authority comes from their duty to enforce the law. When no laws are broken the officer has no authority. Just power. And when they use that power without authority, like the incident described in this article, that is abuse of power.
My takeaway from your comment is this: fuck off you boot-licking slaver.

[Speaking for normal people]

You are of course just like the boy you are defending , a sick adolescent who became a sick adult. No one on here doubts that if the boy had spoken back to you he would be dead.

[sarcasmic]

You're a fucking idiot.

[Longtobefree]

Details, details.
Skin color? Size?
(Some 17 year old "students" are waiting for an NFL draft call.)
Did "the student" say "Damn it, why are you hassling me?" or did he say something akin to "Have sexual relations with your mother"?
Details, details.

[MyPublicName]

If mothers were involved, the judge should drop every charge on the cop.

[jimc5499]

I'm pretty sure that the foul mouthed jerk's speech is protected by the First Amendment.