[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Cybersprings

I watched the video, and it is clear that the officer was in the wrong.
But I have a couple of questions for lots of the commentors:
1. Why are we saying this cops illegal actions were racist or he was a racist? Is there info that I have not seen that indicates that he was a racist? criminal actions yes, but where is the racist part coming from?
2. NOT DEFENDING HIS ACTIONS IN ANY WAY, but having 19 complaints against you in 18 years in a profession where very few people are happy with having to deal with you does not make him a bad cop (his current actions do and he was fired immediately). Complaints are not always valid. They may have all been valid, but the ones that he was reportedly punished for had to do with condescending tone or words ( I think).

I just think it is important that we are rational in these situations and it seems to me that there is very little of that these days.

According to this article the number of complaints filed against Chauvrin "were a little higher than normal". Also at least two of the other cops involved had had complaints files against them. There is no question complaints, warranted or not, are filed against cops all the time.