Cops Videotaped Pulling Guns on Innocent UM Student on His First Day of Class

• Wow. I hate cops.

• Who said I hate cops??!! Apparently you arent a cop. For 1 simple reason. Cops have to go one what is dispatched to them, then have a split second to make a decision, Maybe you should go throught the police acadmey, become a cop and see how hard the job is. Oh yeah and then the media is always Monday morning quaterbacking the decision you have mere seconds to make. And if you hate cops so much, dont call!

• I'm not about to criticize the officers for stopping the student, especially since [long ago] I worked in law enforcement, both public and private, myself. That said, as a matter of routine the student should be told/shown how he matched the description of the suspect. And if he did indeed match it, then no harm done. Upsetting, to be sure. I would further say that if an arrest was recorded -- the story doesn't say -- it should be wiped clean, 100%, right now, not after some hullaballoo "procedures." Similarly, nothing negative should be recorded about the officers; in fact, if they acted in good faith (which I for one am willing to assume they did until and unless proven otherwise), then *nothing* should be recorded other than they made a field interrogation (or whatever Florida law enforcment folks call it when they stop someone on the streets for questioning). For those quick to critize law enforcement officers, I have a suggestion, and I don't make it sarcastically. See if your local police department or sheriff's office allows civilian riders (besides those under arrest in the back seat, I mean!). If they do, sign up for a shift or two. If the officer(s) with whom you ride get a "hot call," watch how they act, and how they react at the scene. If you feel he/she/they did something wrong later, think back and put yourself in his/her/their position. Had *you* been behind the badge and wearing the gun, based on what was known at the moment of action and rection, how would you have done it differently? When I was a security patrol officer, one of my best friends (as she remains to this day) was often critical of my performance when she would ask me what had happened when I was on-duty since I saw her last. Sometimes I had had, say, to wrestle a drunk to the floor and cuff him before calling the police. Sometimes I had to threaten to use my riot baton (though over the years, I actually had to follow through on the threat only once, which I managed to do without permanently maiming the guy, thank goodness). Though my friend was and is a dear one, I got kinda tired of her criticisms, so I invited her to ride with me a shift or two, and she accepted, if in a rather challenging way -- her expression clearly showed a "I'll-catch-you-in-the-act-of-something-like-abusing-a-prisoner" attitude. In the event, I indeed did get sent on a couple-three hot calls that involved me drawing my weapon at one point and, on a different call, grappling with a loud mouth drunk who kept trying to fight me. (Cuffed him and called for a paddy wagon.) After all was said and done, we went to her house, and her attitude had changed 100%. Instead of *criticizing* me for drawing my weapon or scuffling with Mr. Loud Mouth the Drunk, she expressed amazement that I was able to take control of the situations with such restraint. I'm not saying that's always the case. There are good cops (and security personnel) and bad ones (again, and security personnel). I myself didn't always make the best possible call, though I never was brought up on any charges, neither departmental nor in court. (I was put on desk duty one time while Internal Affairs from the local police department investigated a civil rights violation complaint against me, but they cleared me in the end, despite the two investigators having a rather crappy attitude not only towards private security, but even towards any cop not a member of their department.) Walk that mile before you tell someone how to walk it, please.

• Oh UMer, how ignorant you are. When the police receive a report of a stolen vehicle, they are by law required to treat any suspects as felons, and thus are required to secure the scene by a SHOW of force. Note, this student was not touched, harmed, or in any way mis-treated. This officer secured the scene by keeping a person identically matching the description of the felon at bay, and protecting the safety of this camera crew who magically appeared out of no where. This is a campus, NOT the mean streets of Miami, and student safety is paramount. I for one, as a 2007 graduate of UM, am PROUD of this officer, keeping the campus safe. Suppose this guy turned out to be a Virginia Tech style killer, all you liberals would be crying bloody murder!! Hypocrisy from the left, as usual.

• The cops just panicked, so what else is new? The days of "professional" law enforcement are long gone.

• This is what they do with students in Iran. What path are we heading down?

• The office was doing his job. He did not exhibit excessive force. The student matched the description of a suspect and the officer apprehended the suspect professionally; as trained. This article is one sided and is seemingly trying to attract negative attention to an office doing his job, and doing his job right. Shame on you for poor reporting.

• I'm glad the UM Police are out doing a good job. It's a good thing they stopped him. If they had let him pass by, and it ended up that he was the suspect... you hippies would be bitchin about that.

• Spammers are typically conservatives, not liberals. Hey, is that the fattest cop ever (in the white shirt) or what? UM needs to cut back on the donut rations!

• It's amazing how you liberals hate cops.

• Wow. I hate cops. <a href="http://www.electroniccigarettesinc.com">electronic cigarettes</a>

• Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and the info I've given you is just my opinion, what I'd do if I was in your shoes.

• Submit a FOIA request for all radio communication, memos and all details regarding this "suspect" that match your description, and regarding your arrest, that will put a place and a time for all alleged coincidences. Chances are that those coincidences happened "after" your rights were violated in such way. Then go after these POS, do not settle outside court. They'll be soon looking for a $7-8/Hr job (for which they will not qualify) and you will live comfortably for quite some time. It might pay your career, give it a try.

• Because most cops these days are scumbag brown shirts who are afraid of their own shadows. It's going to get worse for them as more and more Americans wake up to this fact. We need LE reform in the US!

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