http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lYb-on9LG0
"Fox says the troopers had been following him around, and tension mounted when he turned his cell phone camera on them." Trooper Brian Osman walks over to the camera, then assaults the photographer for "getting in his face".
They were both acting like children, but when you give one a gun and privileges you expect them to not act like children.
Quote from: patric on January 07, 2012, 11:36:15 AM
He walks over to the camera, then assaults the photographer for "getting in his face".
Because these guys weren't provoking the troopers at all, right? I personally think these cops showed an amazing amount of restraint dealing with these asshats. Yes, there are a lot of cops out there that get way over zealous when it comes to showing they are in charge, but that doesn't excuse people like this baiting them and doing everything they can to get them to react.
Quote from: custosnox on January 07, 2012, 01:40:04 PM
Because these guys weren't provoking the troopers at all, right? I personally think these cops showed an amazing amount of restraint dealing with these asshats. Yes, there are a lot of cops out there that get way over zealous when it comes to showing they are in charge, but that doesn't excuse people like this baiting them and doing everything they can to get them to react.
The chubby one did exercise a lot of restraint, and was even "playing along" by taking his own pictures.
But it appears Trooper Brian Osman may have had different plans when he walked right up to the photographer.
The protester would have been the only one coming across as an asshat, had Osman not over-reacted.
As it is, it's just a contest between two immature children.