TWELVE YEAR OLD's VIDEO GOES VIRAL

TWELVE YEAR OLD's VIDEO GOES VIRAL

This is a Cranky Saturday Opinion post

Opposing opinions are welcome, but please, no name calling…that goes for you, you big stupid head!

 

A video of a 12 year old boy questioning a Las Vegas police officer for illegal parking has gone viral.  This young man spotted a police motorcycle parked on the sidewalk and waited video-phone on hand to confront the officer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELbTa8tGV5Y

The young man is polite enough, so is the officer.  The officer does not answer the boy’s accusation, nor does he confront him.   He pretty much ignores him and you can tell he is a bit miffed as the boy demands to see his badge number.

Did this video go viral because people enjoy seeing a cop getting his comeuppance from a 12 year old, or because they are disturbed by the boy’s lack of respect?  I suspect it is the former.  Personally I am bothered by this boy’s lack of respect for a police officer. 

I would liked to have seen the officer just fess up and tell the boy,

“I guess you are right, I am parked illegally, however as a public servant who has the right to a coffee or soda break, I had a choice to make.  I could have driven around the block and looked for a legal space to park, and then maybe walk several hundred yards back and forth to get my soda, or I could park here on the sidewalk for two minutes.  I chose to not waste tax payer money driving around and walking.  I felt it would be best for me to get my refreshment quickly.  What would people think if there was a police action, and I had to run several hundred yards to my motorcycle while a perpetrator escaped?  That is why I made the decision to park illegally even though there was no emergency.  In my job I have to always be prepared for an emergency.”

If the young man still wanted to see his badge number, he should have shown it to him and then politely left. The officer did none of this.  I think being blindsided by a 12 year old, he wasn’t prepared, but he also didn’t overreact, and he did use restraint in the face of a precocious, obnoxious, annoying little brat.

Way to go you little brat and kudos also to your parents who have guided you into your precocious, little brat, holier than thou persona.  If you had been really lucky, you might have caught this officer having a bad day and maybe you could have provoked him into behavior which on video and the internet could have gotten him fired.  Wouldn’t that be great!  Because he probably doesn’t have any children or a wife who worry every day that he might not come home. 

Yeah kid, that happens.  Cops get shot and die.  Cops get in accidents chasing criminals and they die.  Cops don't always come home.  They accept that, their family accepts that, it is the nature of the job.  But that doesn't mean they should get any special respect does it?  If they block the sidewalk, report them, cause you're better than a cop aren't you kid? 

I am guessing from the way this lad spoke he comes from an upper class family.  How does your dad make his money little dude?  Is he a banker?  Is he a salesman?  Is he a politician?  Is anyone videoing him while he screws people out of their hard earned money so he can take his precocious little brat son on vacation to Vegas?

I know I’ll sleep a lot better knowing that some poor cop, while trying to earn a living risking his life for me and others, got told off for a minor offense by a 12 year old brat.

The video I’d really like to see go viral would be this kid's dad grabbing him by the scruff of the neck and telling him to shut his pie hole, apologize to the officer, and then take away his $500 i-phone.

So I’ll just say it. 

“Shut your pie hole you little shit and show some respect!”

 

The preceding has been the opinion of a cranky old man, and not necessarily that of management…Mrs. Cranky.