Details are still emerging on an arrest that took place Tuesday night involving an officer of the California Highway Patrol and a Chula Vista firefighter. There was an alleged dispute over the location of a parked firetruck. A meeting is supposed to take place today between fire and police officials to determine what happened.
The unnamed firefighter was allegedly asked to move the firetruck which was presumably blocking traffic. Preliminary reports are that he did not refuse but responded by saying that he had to follow the chain of command and could not make that decision. The officer apparently told him that he would move the truck immediately or be arrested. When the firefighter refused he was cuffed and detained for about 30 minutes.
Now, let's go to this:
Eight Los Angeles police officers who mistakenly riddled a pickup truck with bullets during a manhunt for cop-turned-killer Christopher Dorner last year will be allowed to return to the field after they get additional training, Police Chief Charlie Beck said.Two women were delivering newspapers. They threw a plastic-wrapped paper out of their truck onto a driveway. Nervous and trigger-happy LAPD cops confused the sound of a newspaper hitting the cement with gunfire and riddled the newsladies' truck with bullets.
They get "additional training".
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you thought somebody was trying to kill you. Say you're on edge. You hear a "plop" and see a truck pull up.
If you were to pick up your gun and shoot up the truck, I confidently predict that, even in a "stand yer ground" state, you'd be wearing one of those flattering orange DOC jumpsuits for at least several years. Because what you did would not have passed the "reasonableness" test".
But if you're a cop on the LAPD, you apparently don't have to worry about whether or not your actions were reasonable. You can shoot up a couple of civilians, suffer through your slap-on-the-wrist, and go back to work.
4 comments:
Pretty sad... The firefighter was just doing his job, protecting his people...
Q. What's the difference between the LAPD and the Crips or Bloods?
A. One has heavier weapons.
This isn't the first time the CHP has done this kinda bullshit of playing petty dictator at an accident scene and interfering with the safety of firefighters and the victims at an accident scene. Apparently we need a law here in California that fire personnel if present are in charge of the accident scene until all victims have been transported, because common sense is not cutting it.
Hint: Fire departments are trained in rescue operations, the CHP is not. Putting the CHP in charge of a rescue operation is like putting a firefighter in charge of ending a hostage situation... in both cases they're operating out of their area of expertise and likely to do more harm than good. Common sense says that police should defer to firemen at accident scenes where there are victims requiring firefighters' services. But common sense, I guess, is not too common when you have Cartman clones in charge whose sole method of dealing with everybody is, "respect my authoritah!".
- Badtux the Peeved Penguin
Pretty sad... The firefighter was just doing his job, protecting his people...
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