5 Ala. officers fired for beating caught on tape

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Missin21

Alright. I understand what you are saying & how you see it & even how he may have seen it. I did actually did slow down a little. That is to say that I took my foot off the pedal as I was getting ready to pass him & as I passed him & was prepared to make adjustments. Like I said, I was on my way to work, so I was awake & alert. There really was little I could do, IMHO.

I worked at UPS for over 3 years & every single night, I was saw drunks on the road. They were always out there. Especially coming off of 495 onto 66...that exit can be murder at 3 in the am because people are drunk & not paying attention to other cars on the road. So, when I say there was little I could do IMHO, I didn't really know what else I could do. I didn't want the person behind me, who may have been drunk, not to notice my taillights or brake lights & slam into me. I didn't want to speed up, because I was already doing the speed limit & speeding up, I assumed, would give him a reason to pull me. Also, if something did happen, speeding up left less wiggle room for errors on my part. And, as you mentioned, it was 3am & dark. There are areas of 50 along there that are not lit up. I don't have the greatest eyesight at night & wasn't sure if he was in a lane or on a shoulder where this never would have come up.

So, tho I understand that he could have felt like I was just zooming by without any regard for his life, let me ask you this. What about the lives that HE endangered by jumping in & out of the 3 other cars to pull me when we were all going the same speed? I realize that I was in front, but it seems to me that he allowed his emotions to take over & not realize that I did not have reasonable room to do anything other then what I was doing. He did ask me how fast I was going, so I can see your point. I just ask you to see mine as well.

The other thing is, I could tell that he was a prick because of all the cases that were called before me. The girl right before me gave him "The Eye" while the judge was trying to figure out what exactly was going on with her case. That look told me that he had been a prick to her too. The woman before her barely spoke English, but there was definitely a sense of the same thing with her too. Body language & the way she didn't understand (not THAT she didn't understand, but the WAY she didn't understand) told me that this particular cop has an attitude problem & maybe he shouldn't be behind a badge or for that matter, carrying a gun.

Sounds like he could be on a bit of a power trip, I do get your point.

I urge you to read the secret, or at least watch the video. It suggests that what you think / say you attract. I tend to believe this, so if you think / say you have had all these encounters with the police and your general demeanor is negative towards them, then you will attract those officers instead of the good ones. Next time, I hope you get a pleasant officer that will let you off with a warning and wish you well!