Outrageous Police Action or Not?

[Dâriûsh]

I wonder what “show” he would have made other ethnicities do.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

I see where people are coming from on this, like that scene in Crash "hey let me feel up your wife a bit or I'll make a lot of trouble for you", but this isn't objectionable in the slightest. He knows he's on camera and doesn't want to look like a dick busting people for littering so he jokes around a bit and lets them off, if you watch the video they're having fun.

[macsen rufus]

Seems reasonable enough to me - saves paperwork, makes the point to the perps so they'll think twice, probably enhances relations with the force rather than giving more ground for grievance.

But it does give a new meaning to the phrase "beating the rap"

[Fragony]

The man has a sense of humor, very rare with cops. Seems like all three had a good laugh, I don't see anything wrong with that.

[Vladimir]

I wonder what “show” he would have made other ethnicities do.

A fireworks show?

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Palniy Funny,but Stupid..

[Spino]

A cop asks two litterbugs to sing their way out of a ticket and then proceeds discuss football with them?!? Oh the humanity!

Someone call the ACLU, these poor minority youths are being oppressed!

Hmm, I wonder how many people out there would love to be given the opportunity to sing and dance their way out of a ticket?

[GoreBag]

Well, they were men, after all. It's not like he could just make out with them or something.

[Goofball]

Well, they were men, after all. It's not like he could just make out with them or something.

Why couldn't he? What do you have against homosexuals? To hell with you and your judgement...

[GoreBag]

He was on camera, silly. Imagine the fuss if America discovered that a cop was gay.

[BDC]

So instead of fostering anger and suspicion, he had a laugh with them and earned some respect. How's that bad? Proper policing.