Female Deputy Dumps Quadriplegic Man From Wheelchair

Wasn't that the argument years ago in terms of letting women become police? I am not saying that women categorically should not be allowed to become cops. There are plenty of good female police out there busting arse and doing what has to be done. In fact I think it only fair if half a police force is female (though I don't think it should get that way using so-called 'affirmative action', but by women on the whole stepping up and committing to become as qualified as male candidates and be willing, ready, and able take on stressful jobs, such as police work, more). The point here is that that particular argument made years ago and still made today by some is utter horse-hockey and stories like this only point it up.

Anecdote time: Recently I drove past a roadside motel, you know the kind. Anyway, this caught my eye: in hotel parking lot, three police officers on the scene, suspect (a man) in handcuffs on the ground lying on his side. Two of the officers were women. The male officer was at the back of a cruiser putting on rubber gloves, possibly to collect evidence or do a more thorough search of the suspect. The two female officers were standing over the man -- looking down at him, with one prodding at him around his head and neck with her booted foot.

Now when passing by such a scene, as anyone in law enforcement can tell you, there is always a story leading up to such a thing. What did that guy in cuffs say recently to the police? Something threatening? I am not saying that the man didn't deserve to be under arrest for whatever he was being arrested for. What I am saying is that I can't imagine why it would be within the realm of 'professional' behavior on a cop's part to do what she was doing to him; just what would he have hanging around his neck that would require palpation by booted foot to discover?

I wish I had seen the whole scenario unfold and had a microphone/camera on it.

mcc99 - a word to this victim might help his lawyer get some justice for him and let everyone know that she abuses handcuffed males.

you may have to move to another town tho.

It was five days ago I saw this, and the kind of things I mentioned in my O.P. would nix even any investigation.

From the standpoint of actual case law, the police were not doing anything they could get into too much trouble for-- at least not based on what I saw. Any marks or injuries created by getting toe-touched with a boot? Not that I saw. And I am sure she could find some way to explain what she was doing or simply say I mis-interpreted what she was doing-- maybe she was just wiping something off the toe of her boot and it only looked like she was taunting (or whatever) the suspect from my angle? In police abuse-of-physical-power cases, the evidence has to be very strong, witnesses have to be present (and usually in abundance), and better yet, an unimpugnable video-record of whatever happened often needs to be available. Persistent, serious injuries usually have to be there as well. And even with all that, we know sometimes police abuse cases are not addressed adequately.

Not surprisingly, and like any other system, "The System" is skewed heavily in favor of protecting itself and its agents. Always has been, always will be. The point of my O.P. was simply to show that having female police in the world does not immediately and necessarily entail a "kinder, gentler" police force. It might if the officer is a "kinder, gentler" cop, but those come in both sexes. Try telling this to a feminist, though.

Then again, maybe not. The only way that the argument that female officers of the law are kinder and gentler would make any sense is if there was a dominant gene on the X chromosome for kindness and gentleness. If this was the case, women would be liklier to be kind and gentle (3 out of 4 chance, instead of 1 out of 2). But we all know that these things have to do with a person's personality, which has little, if anything to do with genetics. It's environmental.

Quite frankly I'm surprised there aren't more female officers, seeing that they would get to use tasers. It seems more and more women are growing fond of tasers, and using them at the drop of a hat. Borrowing from Scottie; you go girl!

Evan AKA X-TRNL
Real Men Don't Take Abuse!