Cop-haters have no use for the police, or law and order, so they were quick to slander several police officers for doing their job at the Florida-Georgia football game Saturday.
The annual event is a legendary rivalry that heightens fan passions and there is also alcohol in play. It has long been called America’s “largest outdoor cocktail party.”
Police had to forcibly eject several unruly fans in two separate incidents and a small part of the action was recorded on cell phones.
As soon as the clips were shown on social media – and without waiting for all the information – libs went into a frenzy of fury at the officers.
However, in short order bodycam footage was shown and that left the critics with egg on their faces.
The irony is that it was libs who pushed for bodycams to be hung on police officers, who already carry many pounds of gear. It was assumed the cameras would catch police acting improperly.
Instead, it has shown them acting properly in almost all cases.
The footage of the football incidents clearly shows drunk and disorderly fans failing to comply with lawful orders.
Sheriff T. K. Waters said the incidents will be examined more thoroughly but do not appear to show any violation of policy.
If violations are found, Waters said he would discipline or fire any officers who acted improperly, as he has done before.
First impressions often are wrong. In the famous case of Rodney King, a criminal who was arrested in Los Angeles in 1991, video showed police beating him.
But a jury that went over the video and compared it with witness testimony found the four accused officers not guilty to any crime. King did win a civil suit, which has an entirely different definition of guilt. He was awarded $3.8 million but continued breaking the law. The federal government also filed a civil rights case against the officers and got a conviction on two of the four.
Liberals constantly seek to defund the police or hamper them with useless civilian review boards.
But it is not at all unusual for people to fight with the police to avoid arrest. In 2022, people resisted arrest 710 times. In 54 percent of the cases, police used physical force to end the resistance, mostly just takedowns. Overall, 482 suspects had or claimed injury. Eight had fatal injuries. Also, 286 officers were assaulted.
Of 125 allegations of unnecessary use of force, none were sustained, according to the sheriff’s office.
