Pensacola police officer Christopher Geraci was fired and arrested after a camera mounted in his car showed him slamming a hit-and-run suspect against her car multiple times.
Based on the video, it seems Bonds did not resist Geraci as she stood outside her damaged vehicle around 2 a.m. on Aug. 2.
Pensacola Police Officer Christopher Geraci has now been fired for 'Unreasonable Force' on Abbi Bonds, and arrested for battery.
Meanwhile, a woman in Houston was arrested and held in jail foe 12 hours for warning drivers about a speed trap ahead http://news.yahoo.com/video#video=29827295
anyone else recall the incredible cop (Maine state trooper Stephen Murray) that was ticketing some drunk who screamed and tore up the tickets and verbally went nuts on the cop? Way back in 1992, it was in my military police training as the example of grace under pressure, and how us Navy police were to behave in a bad situation. That is the way cops should be. Professional under pressure.
I disagree...she did not listen to the officer, who gave her a simple command several times. Maybe he over-reacted a little, but I do not think it was grounds for firing. Police deal with the worst of society, and they risk their lives every day. I think he should be cut a break.
ReplyDeleteThe police understood what they were signing up for when they sought out and accepted the job or they should have anyway. It's a huge responsibility that many apparently don't understand, when the man child officer abused the lady in the above video he let his fellow officers and the public that he signed up to serve down and absolutely should have been fired and prosecuted for the attack. Police officers are held to a higher standard and if they can't maintain the correct behavior at that standard then they should be fired and never allowed to serve as a officer again, anywhere. What if that was your daughter or wife that he slammed against the car because she didn't MIND him? Would you still think the poor pitiful little officer deserved a break because he deals with bad people every day? The police have been getting breaks long enough and praise God for the body and dash cameras that are finally putting some of these abusive goons behind bars. Many seek out corrections positions solely because they enjoy the feeling of superiority, I'm a cop and you have to do what I say when I say it and when someone dares to remind them that their badge doesn't automatically come with respect they act out like this child did. They are not superior because they deal with criminals every day , they don't deserve to be called heroes because they do the jobs they are paid for. They're working men and women just like everyone else and the idolization that some people smother them with leads to their feelings of superiority and then to actions like this. In my opinion police officer positions should be much harder to get and they should be subject to the most intense mental evaluations and background checks available considering the authority they are provided. It seems to me that just about any half wit that can fill out an application is suitable to serve as a police officer in the United States and maybe that has something to do with the constant allegations of abuse and outright murder at the hands of these "heroes" who deserve a break because they have to do the job they accepted. Jesus I don't understand how any adult with a functioning brain would think it was ok for an officer of the law to abuse a female the way this mouse of a man did in the above video. How dare her to not mind his commands right? Screw his commands and I hate what happened to this innocent lady but at least it got this piece of abusive garbage off the streets and possibly saved the next ladies life who didn't jump when the big man said to. To the lady in the video, I salute you and hope you are doing well and I hope the abusive baby man is suffering every day. I say God damn the man!!!
Deleteyou got it right. Thanks for the comment!
DeleteMy dad was a beat cop in Cleveland,OH for 30 years working in the worst of the neighborhoods throughout his career. Even as a retired cop he can't stand the younger generation of police officers as they are flat out rude and abusive to just everyone. Gone are the days of cops who worked the neighborhoods and interacted with the citizens gaining their respect by showing they really did care about the people who live there. Now adays most are glorified meter maids with a Tommy TuffNuts attitude.
ReplyDelete@Roadster2005- She may have disobeyed him but there was no reason to throw her up against the car the way he did. That was done out of pure anger/rage not out of preservation of his life or hers.