# Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread #2 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531 "2020-06-23T20:29:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 154
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3068 "2022-12-17T02:26:18Z")
Some closure for a family. [Texas officer convicted in killing of Atatiana Jefferson](https://apnews.com/article/texas-b9b084e154c07237c9bc3c46da4de202) A former Texas police officer was convicted of manslaughter Thursday for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019, a rare conviction of an officer for killing someone who was also armed with a gun. … Dean, 38, faces up to 20 years in prison, with the sentencing phase of his trial set to begin Friday. He had faced up to life in prison if convicted of murder. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3069 "2022-12-17T17:58:05Z")
Maybe only tangentially right for this thread, but it disgusted me enough that I had to share: > **[A Texas police officer who once gave a homeless man a feces sandwich has been...](https://news.yahoo.com/texas-police-officer-once-gave-161959797.html)** > > Matthew Luckhurst was fired by the police department in Floresville, Texas, after an outpouring of anger that he had been hired, the mayor said. > A Texas police officer, who first lost his job in 2016 after giving a homeless man a feces sandwich, has been fired by a second Texan police department, reports said. > He was later given a second indefinite suspension following an investigation into a separate incident in which he allegedly failed to flush feces down a toilet in the women’s restroom at the downtown bike patrol office and spread a “brown tapioca-like substance” on the seat. Lovely. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3070 "2022-12-19T01:25:49Z")
He seems to have a bit of a fetish with feces. Or the color brown. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3071 "2022-12-22T15:47:14Z")
Don’t do as we do, do as we SAY!! > **[Los Angeles PD Warns Cops Not To Drink And Drive Following Officers' DUI Arrests](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/los-angeles-pd-warns-cops-not-to-drink-and-drive-following-officers-dui-arrests/ar-AA15yQ4Z?ocid=EMMX&cvid=9d4636e7330a417f903ea396f93d6365)** > > “The consequences can be devastating. Do not risk your life or your career," said the email to Los Angeles police officers. ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3072 "2022-12-23T16:47:55Z")
[Man having heart attack at Dollar General arrested and put in county jail later died, says lawsuit](https://www.al.com/news/2022/12/man-having-heart-attack-at-dollar-general-arrested-and-put-in-county-jail-later-died-says-lawsuit.html) > [@](#): > > Jeremy Lee Thompson, 34, sat in his Honda Accord outside a Dollar General in south Alabama on a Sunday evening last May, clutching his chest and mouthing that he needed help. When police arrived, Thompson told them he was having a stroke, according to a federal lawsuit filed last month. > > Instead of taking him to the hospital, police booked him in the Geneva County jail, dropped him in a restraint for an hour and a half and gave him Ketamine, costing him his life, the suit alleges. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3073 "2022-12-29T03:19:41Z")
> **[A dying US cancer patient used cannabis to ease pain. His hospital called the...](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/28/police-cannabis-citation-dying-cancer-patient-kansas)** > > ‘You’d think they would have shown compassion’: patient’s son decries Kansas police who issued citation as father suffered ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3074 "2022-12-29T18:57:35Z")
Funny thing, I have never noticed weed having an analgesic effect. If anything, it does the opposite for me. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3075 "2023-01-03T15:50:34Z")
> Sources told the news outlet that Cauthron’s vehicle was going about 86 miles per hour during the chase of suspect Tyquel Zanders, who is accused of stealing a family member’s car. Sources also told the news station the police officer did not apply the brakes before hitting the car the girls were in. > **[Louisiana cop charged for crash that left two high school cheerleaders dead](https://nypost.com/2023/01/03/louisiana-cop-david-cauthron-charged-for-crash-that-left-two-high-school-cheerleaders-dead/)** > > “That cop has a lot of questions to answer pertaining to his speed and sheer negligence.” ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3076 "2023-01-03T17:27:27Z")
It doesn’t so anything about the pain for me, it just makes it so I don’t care that I’m in agony. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3077 "2023-01-03T17:39:47Z")
If he dies, do any fines go against his estate? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3078 "2023-01-03T19:10:36Z")
Indiana cops have dropped all charges against a guy they’ve been trying to prosecute for two years after they went into his house without a warrant and he pulled a gun. The individual cops also sued the guy’s wife for posts she made on social media. > **[Prosecutors drop all charges against man at heart of controversial Eaton...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/prosecutors-drop-charges-against-man-100640163.html)** > > A criminal case that riled a small Delaware County town and raised red flags among legal experts has taken a major turn. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3079 "2023-01-03T19:59:58Z")
> **[She signed her son up for a tennis program where officers volunteer. He was...](https://www.wtvr.com/problem-solvers/jackson-richmond-police-december-29-2022)** > > Shelia Jackson wanted her son who has autism to feel comfortable around police. But when she went to pick him up from a tennis program, he was on the ground in handcuffs being held by officers. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3080 "2023-01-03T20:32:51Z")
From that article: > Shelia Jackson wanted her son who has autism to feel comfortable around police officers. > Her uncle was an officer and she has a lot of respect for what they do. > “I wanted him to have a positive view of police officers and not all the negativity he sees on TV,” Jackson said. I wonder how that’s working out. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3081 "2023-01-03T20:42:55Z")
At least he didn’t see it on TV, he got to see it up close and personal. I feel bad for the mother. She really thought that she was doing something good for both her child and her community. The cops chose to turn that into a traumatic experience for the whole family. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3082 "2023-01-03T21:20:54Z")
But, he walked away when she was talking to him! Don’t you see?? ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3083 "2023-01-04T00:13:13Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > “I wanted him to have a positive view of police officers and not all the negativity he sees on TV,” Jackson said. Pretty rare to see such an EXACT example of irony. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3084 "2023-01-04T01:23:40Z")
Yeah, seriously. Alanis Morissette! Pay attention! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3085 "2023-01-04T02:31:45Z")
Do Not Fail to Respect My Authoritah! ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3086 "2023-01-04T11:06:19Z")
Maybe all tennis instructors should be trained in take down and restraining techniques, and issued a taser and cuffs. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531/3087 "2023-01-04T12:46:46Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Pretty rare to see such an EXACT example of irony. OTOH, the son has been granted a very clear view of police officers, and how he should choose to interact with them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531.md?page=153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread-2/912531.md?page=155)