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I like how he says he is not man.
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Officer Suspended After Skateboarder Rant Weigh In With Your Thoughts. Was Officer Rivieri Out of Line?
A video posted on You Tube shows Baltimore police officer Salvatore Rivieri shoving 14-year old Eric Bush to the ground. (ABC News)
A veteran Baltimore police officer was suspended after a video appeared on YouTube showing him manhandling a 14-year-old skateboarder.
The video, which was reportedly shot during the summer and just recently appeared on YouTube, begins with Officer Salvatore Rivieri approaching a group of teens on skateboards.
"You're not allowed to ride your skateboards here," Rivieri tells two teenage skateboarders.
"We were just rolling by. … I didn't hear him because I had my iPod on," said Eric Bush, the teen who bore the brunt of Rivieri's wrath.
Don't Say 'Dude'
On the video, Bush is seen referring to Rivieri as "dude," and the officer responds with force, shoving Bush to the ground.
"I was scared. I didn't know if he was going to punch me," said Bush.
He wasn't scared speechless though, as Bush continued to refer to Rivieri as "dude."
"I didn't do anything dude," Bush says again on the video, this time inciting a rant from Rivieri.
"Obviously your parents don't put your foot in your butt quite enough, because you don't understand the meaning of the word respect. You better learn how to speak. I'm not 'man,' I'm not 'dude.' I am Officer Rivieri!" he shouts.
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"I was very upset," Bush's mother, Peggy Miller, said of watching the video.
Although skateboarding in the area wasn't allowed, she says the officer was out of line. "If I were to go to my job and I were to get upset with someone who called me dude three times and tackled [them], I'd be terminated immediately."
The Baltimore Police Department partially agreed. Rivieri, who has no complaints on his record, was suspended with pay.
"We don't know what happened before the video clip. We don't know what happened after. But there are obviously some things to be concerned about there," said Sterling Clifford, a spokesman for the Baltimore police.
Was Rivieri's Complaint Fair?
ABC News showed the video to Harris Stratyner, a psychologist who deals with confrontation.
"You watch the video and you say, 'Gee that kid was disrespectful.' And then you see the police officer and you forget all about the kid calling him dude, because his actions were so outrageous," Stratyner said. As for his actions, Bush says this could have all been avoided. "I would have left if he had been nice to me, but he just kept on going and yelling at me."
It is not clear why the video has surfaced now, but it raises some important questions. Was Rivieri's response out of line? Was Bush wrong to speak that way to a police officer?
The Baltimore Police Department partially agreed. Rivieri, who has no complaints on his record, was suspended with pay.
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tryinmorning wrote:
The Baltimore Police Department partially agreed. Rivieri, who has no complaints on his record, was suspended with pay.
Anybody else would have been fired. Gotta love the police.
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You know if that kid would have flicked the cop off or told him to fuck his mama or something, I would handle the situation pretty authoritatively. But getting pissed over "dude" and "sorry I didnt hear you" is messed up.
Joined: Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:14 pm Posts: 15317 Location: Concord, NC Gender: Male
while kids can be pretty retarded, way too many cops have a hard on for being dickheads for no reason at all. ooh look at me i got a shiny badge i can treat people like shit. don't get me wrong, i realize that with true hardened criminals they go through a lot of shit but these were just some kids riding skateboards. they stopped doing it and were very cooperative and he just wanted to be a douche.
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The Copper's crapping on about 'respect' and behaves like that? Yeh, great way to earn respect. Great example to set too. What a total fucktard. I hope someone a lot bigger than him and who has a bigger badge gets in his face and pushes him to the ground and stands over the top of him, shouting.
That must have been terrifying for the kid.
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I'd say the cop has a chip on his shoulder because they make him wear shorts, black ankle socks, and shirt that's a size too small.
He's a little over the top, but I didn't think anything he did was worthy of suspension.
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