Cop Pulls Gun On Motorcyclist
And doesn't identify himself
Motorcyclists encounter many threats while riding on the street. We’re accustomed to dodging inattentive car drivers, and we’ve seen several instances of road rage erupting into vehicular violence. However, we shouldn’t have to be afraid of a car driver pulling a gun on us.
Alex Randall, a resident of Washington state, was riding his Yamaha R1 on August 16 when he pulled to a stop at a traffic light. While waiting, his helmet camera recorded the scene as a plain-clothed police detective approached him on foot and pointed a pistol at him.
According to the video footage, the detective said Randall was riding dangerously, but he wouldn’t identify himself or show his badge. He also didn’t bother issuing a ticket, seemingly satisfied with himself for overtly threatening another human’s life.
Randall says he was able to identify the cop as a detective with the Kings County Sheriff’s department, and he has filed a formal complaint with the sheriff’s department and other agencies.
“That’s not the culture I want, that’s not the culture I will tolerate, and I will take swift action when I hear about it,” Sheriff John Urquhart told the KIRO 7 television station. “What I’m going to do with that video, is I’m going to show it to every single new recruit that comes into the sheriff’s office, and I have 70 or 80 a year. I want them to know specifically what they’re not allowed to do.”
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THE dude with a gun, imagine if he was a real man and could get through life without that crutch - perhaps with reason and a thought process; people with guns think they are tough, and when they have weaponry in their hands they can force people to do whatever they want - guess that can be described as toughness. But like this dude, they look like idiots - just 1/2 men who can't reason through life so they gotta have a bang bang. the man on the bike should start a kickstarter campaign - i would donate to get a piece of shit like the 1/2 cop off the road
Simply looks to me that the cop didn't have anything to prove the speed of the motorcycle. He may have observed from a side street and then took off after him, and by the time he got there, the motorcycle had slowed down to stop.
So the cop being a dick, thought this would be a good way to scare the guy into not driving so fast. A serious dick move, but this is the price we may be paying for motorcyclists stunting and speeding around and nobody including cops like it.
The fact of the matter, when you are a minority of any kind, racial, religious, vehicle or any other way, you're a representative of that minority to other people. If you're a white guy and go to a predominantly black or Asian country the way you behave as an individual makes people believe that all of that race or nation acts that way, good or bad. Same with religions.
If all people see is motorcyclists acting like jerks, loud noises, cutting in and out of traffic at high speeds etc, then they get of the mindset that all motorcyclists are jerks and a nuisance.
This cop probably just hates motorcyclists and since they are hard to nail down, he finally had a chance at a guy that stopped at the light after speeding. And the other problem is with helmets and dark shields they can't see what we look like. Are we a kid, or a gray bearded pirate or a dentist. Hence the gun.
Don't forget, the cop mantra is not serve and protect, it's get safely home at night.