NYPD Officer Who Abused Uber Driver Has Been Demoted

Unfortunately this is a huge issue with police. A lot of children say they want to be cops when they grow up, but by the time they are entering the work force, they do not think the average pay is worth the stressful and dangerous work - and they’re right. The only people who still want to be cops are generally weak, emotionally fragile, men or women with unhealthy power obsessions, and will do anything to feel like a big, dominant, person. Even those who are healthy, decent people that still want to get into law enforcement end up becoming detectives in better divisions or work in the technological, administrative, or scientific fields alongside law enforcement which gives them better pay, and the same benefits as police, except for the gun and authority. Those who want to be street cops, field fbi, etc., are those who crave power and the authority and gun to back it up. Most cops - not a small percentage - are losers and weak people like this. That’s why they often use too much force, often escalate situations in the hopes of justifying force, and regularly abuse their power and act like goofs. Most people who act like the typical cop would have their ass kicked back down to earth, but their authority and gun prevents this natural sociological calibration to take place. This guy in the video would have been choked out and slapped after waking up, then made to apologize if he did this to anyone with half the balls I have - and I’m no tough guy - if he wasn’t police. Anyone with a bit of muscle and some courage would do it - and that isn’t that rare. Unfortunately, no one really brings this issue up, and the pop-culture mainstream view on police is that they are racist and should be defunded. This is product of poor education and logical reasoning skills present in teachers and young people. In reality, racism is not an issue, and the statistics show this. The call to defund the police also comes from the most ignorant people in the world, as this is the exact opposite of what is needed. Police need higher pay and higher requirement thresholds. Police are often uneducated, cowards, and mentally fragile. They only need to pass an awfully simple written test and a harder physical test to become cops. If employment required routine psychological examinations / therapy, demonstrated courage, intelligence and knowledge, and superior interpersonal skills we would instantly have better police. The difference would be enormous, and they would become welcome pillars of society instead of public nuisances like rats. Of course, these strict requirements would mean most police would not make the cut, and we would have an overwhelming shortage. If their pay was increased significantly, in addition to great benefits, this may attract positive members of society. The issue with policing is not overfunding, it’s underfunding, funds going to the wrong places, and piss-poor job requirements. Of course, the biggest media giants, news stations, and social media platforms are run by AND for the privileged, inner city, irrational, aimless, pampered, and outrageously ignorant loud minority with little regular life experience or knowledge in any fundamental area of life. This prevents real discussion of these issues as Twitter and Reddit users, who get their information from Salon, Buzzfeed, MSNBC, celebrities, and other users cannot understand nuance, and need to distill subjects down to black and white or good vs evil, to make it more simple. These platforms are often created for the common user but bought out by the elite who share the similar privilege, lack of life experiences, and below average intelligence, since most elites are not self made but trust fund babies with a long history of family wealth. They are then molded to support and promote the same immature views and theories, and drive away the average and above average majority. One of the only social media platforms that isn’t overwhelmingly idiots is YouTube, as it offers more than just immature opinions as content and real entertainment. Even on YouTube, after being bought by Google they have banned anything they consider “hate” or “harmful conspiracy” which is vague enough to remove any meaningful discussion if they need to. General intelligent discussion can find loopholes so long as it doesn’t become too popular and still exist on the platform. This is why the average YouTube user eclipses Twitter or Reddit users in logic and reason even with the massive over-representation of children. This is why news and media channels encourage discussion on Reddit or Twitter but often disable commenting on YouTube. Recently, they just increased the censorship of opinion of YouTube by disabling the down-vote button, as it would reveal the majority of people disagree with something if it was 95% downvotes and 5% up, even if the comments are disabled. All of this goes to show you, even on a platform for video entertainment, the limited social interaction is a threat to those who want to keep discussion basic, ignorant, and immature. They push platforms that they have managed to completely change and filled with useful idiots that have the same immature and out of touch views. Until we can have an intelligent discussion revolving around policing, things will never change, and likely get worse. We need to reinvest in police and overhaul the requirements for the gun and badge. There are plenty of people who will watch this video and need to dumb the narrative down to “angry racist white cop berates poor brown man”, and those people don’t deserve to have their opinion taken seriously. There is a serious problem with policing and it comes down to the type of people drawn to such a job, and the ease in which it can be obtained. The answer isn’t less police, and less pay will make the issue 100x worse. The answer is more emotionally healthy and strong police.

I went to high school with Patrick cherry and our 35th reunion is coming up. I was wondering what happened to that kid because he was unhinged and mean in high school. Sure enough he didn’t disappoint. Karma caught up to him

Not to interrupt your stay paradise but have you seen the video with the weak apology from the "Bad Cop /Uber" http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/New-York-NYC-NYPD-Taxi-Driver-Uber-Cop-Video-Tirade-NYC-Detective-298585531.html

I doubt the douchebag gets demoted, and above poster was probably right, may have only SAID they did. It's sad it takes NATIONAL attention to have anything happen..and even then the unions know after a "cooling off period" where nobody is looking they'll "correct the situation" i.e. reinstate his former rank and pay, etc...totally bullsh!t. Plus, there are TWELVE other complaints....THAT WE KNOW ABOUT. How many people were too scared to come forward for fear of repercussions from a crazed d-bag of a cop?? An Uber or Lyft, etc driver can LOSE THEIR JOB b/c of the power b.s. this a**clown seems to routinely use/abuse. HE, on the other hand, has his union and a LOOOOOONG history of the Blue Wall protecting him and letting him go about his business. @Mike(Mtn out of molehill) is most likely an officer or similar. That blue wall is VERY high. It just goes to show, even other cops think that's fine, at how bad our police is for people to speak up like it's no big thing. Anger management is the least Cherry should be subjected to.

The Uber driver should have reported the incident and then when they questioned Cherry about it and he lied and said nothing happened, then present the video evidence and maybe he gets fired for lying.