When did violence become so acceptable in our society?
I mean, seriously, so first lets look right here in Atlanta. From reading various accounts of this story (most of which can be summed up here by the AJC) an off-duty Atlanta police officer was working a second job as security at the Buckhead IHOP. Okay, fine by that, wish we could pay them well enough that second jobs weren’t necessary, but such are things… so they often do that, but this one was wearing his APD uniform while doing so.
All the details aren’t out, but yeah, you go to the Buckhead IHOP late at night and tell me if you ever see someone who maybe had one too many or is having a good night, etc… so a woman tries to seperate this cop from her friend and the cop just hauls off and nails her.
Now, I don’t know where the officer is from, but my daddy taught me to never hit a woman. This guy, obviously not the case.
Then we turn to Maryland, where in a McDonald’s a trans gendered person was using the restroom. A couple of ladies took offense to this activity because well, there can be some confusion there, but instead of handling the situation like ladies, these two decide it’s the proper role to just beat the living daylights out of the trans gendered person who was simply trying to relieve themselves.
So… several things here we can debate… should off-duty officers be able to use their uniforms and police roles to make a personal profit… probably not… are there situations where people could feel weird by a trans gendered person using a restroom that may make some folks uncomfortable, sure…
But when did just beating the crap out of people become the answer?
Why did the second cop not calm down the situation at the Buckhead IHOP… and why did numerous people watching the trans gendered person just getting leveled in a very uneven fight do nothing? Seriously people, this is disturbing.
If I was ever uncomfortable with restroom arrangements, I’d just step outside and let the other person finish their business and have the room to myself. The option of kicking the crap out of someone isn’t on the list there.
And if I’m an Atlanta cop working a second job at a restaurant, I probably shouldn’t be using my uniform and position to make a personal profit, but should I have a disturbance I’d call for on-duty cops to come handle the situation. Especially when lives were not in danger.
But really, when did this happen?
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