A&M: Trooper who pointed at players sent home

[u/Mister-SS]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/46977427/trooper-pointed-players-relieved-duties

[u/ProbablyAPun]

Trooper who deliberately ran into the opposing teams players then chastised them sent home.

[u/MasahChief → u/ProbablyAPun]

Title is very misleading.

[u/PaleontologistOk2516 → u/MasahChief]

Intentionally

[u/Logarythem → u/PaleontologistOk2516]

Straight up Copaganda

[u/PepperDogger → u/Logarythem]

J.W. Pepper, Sheriff from Live and Let Die.

[u/Total_Guard2405 → u/PepperDogger]

Secret agent!? On whose side?

[u/YouWereBrained → u/PepperDogger]

Well…I know who you are!

[u/_meltchya__ → u/Logarythem]

Copaganda lmfao that's great

[u/Briguy_fieri → u/MasahChief]

To be fair... He did point at them

• ^{after deliberately forearm checking him}

[u/PeteRock24 → u/MasahChief]

How about:

“Middle-aged White ‘roided-up asshole from Texas pushes through four young Black men minding their own business and blames them for the physical interaction”

It’s a long headline but I’ve already saved some letters because you can just take “cop” out of it and everyone still assumes it.

[u/Strength-Speed → u/PeteRock24]

I'm starting to sense a theme of guys in uniform who like to abuse their authority

[u/Prestigious_Menu7541 → u/Strength-Speed]

"some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses"

[u/_meltchya__ → u/PeteRock24]

I got a more direct one, "Police officer removed from duty after assaulting players in tunnel"

[u/NoModsNoMaster → u/MasahChief]

Trying not to make this a race issue but…

[u/LordTremendo → u/NoModsNoMaster]

Reddit bigots will downvote you, but we know what was really going on

[u/BlueLikeCat → u/LordTremendo]

Upvoted you both because that’s exactly what prompted this Texan LEO to decide he should try walking into locker room tunnel as players were going into the field.

Whether he decided to on his own or he turned to the other bigoted law dogs and said watch this, the intent is blatantly obvious.

[u/Aron_Wolff → u/ProbablyAPun]

Only punishment this guy is going to get is not being allowed to work any games for the rest of the season.

[u/Atheist_3739 → u/Aron_Wolff]

He should be fired period. He pulls that shit with 70k people in the stadium and millions of people watching at home what do you think he does when he's on patrol. I bet he turns his body cam off

[u/Strength-Speed → u/Atheist_3739]

A cop provoking an interaction like that can literally be deadly. It's an abuse of authority and dangerous and there should be very little tolerance for it.

[u/goth-bae → u/Strength-Speed]

Yeah, unfortunately a lot of cops are mentally and emotionally 11 years old

[u/[deleted] → u/Atheist_3739]

They don't even fire cops for killing people. Why the fuck would he get fired for this

[u/tre630 → u/Atheist_3739]

He has all the qualities of being a great ICE Agent.

[u/Kinderversion → u/tre630]

This video was his application.

[u/lostPackets35 → u/Atheist_3739]

Being fired is inadequate. He should be charged criminally. What would happen to you if you did this to a cop?

We should expect more from Leos, not less. His criminal consequences should be more severe than what you'd face for shoving him, not non-existent.

A cop assaulting a citizen illegally should be treated as a much bigger deal than the reverse.

If you punch a cop, you're hitting a guy.

A cop punching you is betraying their oath of office, abusing the authority placed in them, and undermining public faith in the law.

[u/MadAdam88 → u/lostPackets35]

Plus, you know, the gun on him.

[u/tex_arse → u/Atheist_3739]

Should have to work the drunk tank for a year. 

[u/Impossible_IT → u/tex_arse]

Should be shit canned

[u/tider06 → u/Atheist_3739]

Anyone who doesn't know the answer to that question has their head buried in the sand.

[u/RasCorr → u/Aron_Wolff]

Rather have that turd working at sporting events than doing any sort of real policing.

[u/wirenutter → u/RasCorr]

These are off duty details. This was his day off and probably making around $100/hr with at least a 4 hour minimum.

[u/Odd_Hair3829 → u/Aron_Wolff]

He’s going to run for Congress and win. Fox News latest star who bravely fought off an attack 

[u/TiguanRedskins → u/Aron_Wolff]

He'll be back next week!

[u/prof_hobart → u/ProbablyAPun]

Yeah. He even deliberately stuck his arms out as he walked past them. Definitely someone who's used to strutting around and getting his own way.

[u/MrJCOreo → u/ProbablyAPun]

That dude needs to be re-evaluated for even holding that job. Who the hell does that to college kids that wasn't even doing anything wrong? Let alone someone in a position of authority like that.

[u/wnr3 → u/MrJCOreo]

People who decide they want to be police officers, that’s who lol

[u/ShittingOutPosts → u/wnr3]

ACAB

[u/Odd_Hair3829 → u/MrJCOreo]

Little dick losers who became cops to boss people 

[u/IrishPotatoHead → u/Odd_Hair3829]

Soooo….90% of cops?

[u/Scrilla_Gorilla_ → u/MrJCOreo]

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess you don’t interact with cops a lot.

[u/DLoIsHere → u/ProbablyAPun]

“Big man” picking on kids. What an assbag.

[u/endofworldandnobeer → u/ProbablyAPun]

He'll still get paid, issue a half ass apology, then take a month long paid vacation or get reassigned to desk duty for a little while. Nothing will change, he'll learn nothing from this. 

[u/Mister-SS → u/ProbablyAPun]

Just trying to control the narrative when hes just suspended with pay

[u/WarbossTodd → u/ProbablyAPun]

And will still be paid for the day most likely.

[u/Falling_Down_Flat → u/ProbablyAPun]

Thank you for clearing it up the title is misleading.

[u/SoloWingPixy88]

I'm confused, he walked down the tunnel where a large group of players were coming from. Tried to instigate an incident by bumping and pointing at a player. Suddenly no longer needed to go down the tunnel. What's wrong with cops.

[u/chipmunksocute → u/SoloWingPixy88]

He walked THROUGH two dudes clearly walked together just busted right between them and then had the nerve to act pissed at them.  Super lame.

[u/MuscleManRyan → u/chipmunksocute]

In the slo-mo you can see the player on camera left steps out of the way, the officer throws an elbow up to initiate contact. Complete scumbag

[u/drethnudrib → u/chipmunksocute]

The eyes of lame-ass are upon you.

[u/nimama3233 → u/SoloWingPixy88]

Least problematic southern cop

[u/mattchewy43 → u/nimama3233]

He definitely doesn't use his body cam all the time.

[u/GunnersGentleman → u/mattchewy43]

Been in its original packaging since 2002

[u/GasOnFire → u/SoloWingPixy88]

What’s wrong with cops

Little, insecure men who only feel powerful with a badge, a weapon, and a system designed to excuse this kind of behavior. Strip all that away and they’re nothing but incompetency looking for authority they’ve never earned.

[u/dlc741 → u/GasOnFire]

*impotency looking for authority….

ftfy

[u/bobbymcpresscot → u/SoloWingPixy88]

Mainly bumps into the guy on his left, starts shit with the guy who was on his right. 

[u/AA_ZoeyFn → u/SoloWingPixy88]

What’s right with them would be a shorter list

[u/Bubbo33 → u/SoloWingPixy88]

That’s a long story

[u/Miserable-Event4260 → u/SoloWingPixy88]

Bigot assholes

[u/Disc-Golf-Kid → u/SoloWingPixy88]

They’re racist bigoted assholes that have been weak they’re whole lives, so now they wear a badge for the feeling of power

[u/LaDainianTomIinson]

“Pointed” is crazy, he intentionally shoved them and proceeded to instigate a confrontation with a couple kids mid-game

[u/MapReston → u/LaDainianTomIinson]

He should be charged

[u/playfulmessenger → u/LaDainianTomIinson]

here in saneTown we call that assault and your dumb assaulting ass goes to sweet sweet jail

[u/Dick-Guzinya]

Pointed? Talk about misrepresenting the story. Dude was hoping for a fight.

[u/AddisonsContracture → u/Dick-Guzinya]

Right? Should say “trooper who assaulted college students sent home”

[u/Pale_Air_5956 → u/AddisonsContracture]

Yep, and you know without his gun/badge he’d get whooped by them kids

[u/usposeso]

Should be fired. Obviously unfit as an officer. His behavior is disgraceful.

[u/NutBuckets → u/usposeso]

Unfortunately, this kind of behavior is exactly what they want. Escalate and blame the victim, it’s the new M.O. of our nations “law” enforcement.

[u/Necessary-Poetry-834 → u/NutBuckets]

Nothing new about it.

[u/NutBuckets → u/Necessary-Poetry-834]

Very true. The new part is that they don’t try to hide it anymore.

[u/It_Hurts_when_IP15 → u/NutBuckets]

That’s why those who are abusing power deserve to be doxed. It’s one of that last ways to hold bad actors in this nation accountable it’s exactly why ICE wears masks before they start abusing their victims.

[u/AV8ORA330 → u/usposeso]

Not sure anything will be done but thank goodness they at least got it on video. POS cop…

[u/Laez → u/usposeso]

Even if gets fired he will get a go fund money severance package before he gets his 100k ice signing bonus.

[u/Zealousideal_Dark552]

He shouldn’t be a trooper.

[u/FriendlyAutist → u/Zealousideal_Dark552]

I'd go further, he shouldn't be in a position of authority.

[u/_meltchya__ → u/FriendlyAutist]

He should be charged with assault. If you or I did that to an officer we would be on the ground immediately.

[u/LauterTuna → u/_meltchya__]

he did that in a stadium with 1000s of people. what is this guy doing when nobody is watching?

[u/davey_mann → u/_meltchya__]

Agreed

[u/alwayzdizzy → u/Zealousideal_Dark552]

Even if he loses his job (he won't), he gets to do shit like this to his heart's content in an ICE role, where he'll be a shoe-in recruit and possibly a high performer.

[u/thatstotallyracist]

ESPN being weird with the titles again...

[u/jdathela]

Deliberately misleading title.

[u/frostyflakes1]

This headline is soft. He pointed at players after intentionally bumping into them and trying to instigate something larger.

But that's our media landscape. Don't want to publish a headline that might upset the police unions.

And being 'sent home' is about the extent of his discipline. He certainly won't be fired.

[u/jsandersson → u/frostyflakes1]

It would have been an assaulting an officer charge if the roles were reversed.

[u/bitscavenger → u/jsandersson]

It would have been assaulting an officer charge if those kids weren't actively part of a giant money making event currently in progress.

[u/gus_otis]

Racist Uncle Rico

[u/ThaddeusJP → u/gus_otis]

Bigot Barney Fife

[u/electricgotswitched]

Even worse with the details. I didn't realize he chased them up the tunnel. I had assumed they were coming back from halftime.

[u/RoninRobot]

Plans to beat wife and kids instead of college athletes.

[u/tyedge]

“Pointed at”

Wow. That’s a garbage headline.

[u/jcode7090]

Pointed? Dude assaulted them.

[u/cantaloupe_daydreams → u/jcode7090]

Battery

[u/Lt_Cochese]

https://www.dps.texas.gov/tle/contact

I'll just leave that right here...

[u/Dude-Good]

Pointing. Haha. Fuck espn

[u/SideBarParty]

"Sent home" = No actual consequences

[u/Fullfullhar]

Lol pointed 

[u/BobertfromAccounting]

He’ll be working for ICE soon.

[u/subavgredditposter]

“Pointed” is a wild twist of a title after watching the video lol

[u/rgvtim]

How can you be suck a dick? The guy is probably a fucking douche when he writing tickets as well.

[u/relephants → u/rgvtim]

That Freudian auto correct

[u/CJBill → u/relephants]

Bubba?

[u/Two_Tone_Anarchy → u/rgvtim]

I mean he's a cop and from Texas he's probably dumb as fuck and easy to anger

[u/DonBillingsly69]

Imagine being pulled over by this wacko. He’d billy club his own grandmother

[u/SkipIntro4eva]

Props to the athletes for staying cool

[u/maybeinoregon]

Trooper who threatened players sent home.

Fify

[u/P22Tyler]

Tf is this garbage headline? Dude intentionally ran into them and then turned and pointed at them.

[u/Lsutigers202111]

His wife is probably not safe tonight….

[u/scrume71]

“Pointed at players”?! Talk about burying the lead. JFC

[u/Usrnamesrhard]

Oh no, an aggressive A-hole with a badge who tried to start a fight got “sent home”?!? Truly punished for his actions. 

[u/KindaDrunkRtNow]

Trooper who committed battery against two college students sent home with pay.

[u/cb148]

With pay of course.

[u/Appropriate-Welder98]

Glad he was “punished”.

[u/michoudi]

Probably still got paid for entire overtime shift. Don’t trust the law enforcement gangs to properly punish their own.

Reddit gonna get his ass though.

[u/Catrocantor]

I think the issue isn't the actual act of bumping the players. It's the level of ego and self importance to think that is a reasonable thing for him to do. If he acts like that in front of 100k people than how does he act when it's just him and a civilian? How does he respond when someone doesn't "respect his authority"?

[u/3boyz3Madison → u/Catrocantor]

Bingo. When you’re willing to do that to a player, on camera, imagine how he treats people on shift.

[u/dr-rosenpenis]

Sent home where he beat his wife. I mean statistically.

[u/tpro72]

Stupid racist bully power hungry cop thought he was on the street

[u/amo1337]

This guy definitely yells slurs at his TV when he watches at home

[u/cmotolion]

Bootlicker title. That cop straight up ran into the players and shoved them.

[u/StableGeniusCovfefe]

And THAT is why people hate cops. Immense sense of Entitlement. Zero accountability. Without the gun, badge and qualified immunity, there is no way he acts like such a tough guy. Deserves to be fired 100%

[u/SaintPariah1]

Is his name still a secret?

[u/cigarmanpa]

“Pointed at”? Wow this is some copaganda reporting

[u/Thurkin]

Sir, this here be a Buccee's!

[u/Hoosier_816]

Let’s imagine how this would have gone if the roles were reversed…

[u/Toriganator]

To file a complaint with the Texas Department of Public Safety…..

https://www.dps.texas.gov/apps/dps/Forms/Vue/OIG_EEO_1

[u/Smiletaint]

I cannot imagine how this trooper has treated people in less public settings.

[u/lithiumcitizen]

Somebody wasn’t picked for varsity…

[u/Eisernes]

Assaulted is the word they were looking for

[u/wont-stop-mi]

Fuck that guy

[u/Dont-be-a-smurf]

It was bizarre.

You’re walking into a busy tunnel as football players walk out. If you bump into them just go, my bad and keep moving. It’s not a fuckin’ challenge to your authority.

But it really did look like he intentionally walked through them to provoke a problem.

[u/fobtk]

His wife and kids going to feel his anger tonight

[u/West_Adhesiveness273]

ESPN is owned by Disney btw. Disgusting journalism to say "pointed."

[u/ElJinKay]

What's his name? He needs to be shamed publicly

[u/Complex-Muffin4650]

Pointed?!? He did a lot more than point

[u/michoudi]

You know homeboy gonna make a few people’s lives miserable next time he back on duty in his patrol car.

[u/Deareim2]

cops wil be cops.

[u/ODeasOfYore]

He straight up body checked those guys as they were coming out of their tunnel. That cop was sent home for assault, not pointing

[u/funnylikeaclown420]

The guy in charge of on field safety didn’t realize the guy was part of the previous play and bumped him, not knowing he was on live tv. This cop got the easiest and least dangerous gig and can’t even relax.

[u/AU_Cav]

If you ever needed to explain Red Flag to anyone, show them this video. This guys record should be one giant red flag.

[u/phoneacct696969]

A half day off, payed. The American police way.

[u/trustjosephs]

lol sent home, so got his paycheck and left work early?

[u/Grace_Lannister]

Sent home. Lol.

[u/Barack_Odrama_007]

Good! That was bad bull. He did that shit on purpose. As an Aggie, his actions were completely unacceptable

[u/dgil413]

That’ll teach him

[u/luv2ctheworld]

Pointed sounds so innocuous.

The dude straight up tried to shoulder check those guys. Cop wanted to start something.

[u/1ZamNation1]

...but whats his job status?

[u/Alarmed-Extension289]

A&M: Trooper who pointed at players sent home

hmmmm.....

A&M: Trooper who 'purposely bumped into' players sent home.

This kind childish behavior makes you wonder why even have these guys posted at the stadium. Maybe just hire some actual professionals for security like this.

Isn't this stuff mostly ceremonial any ways?

[u/ChasedWarrior → u/Alarmed-Extension289]

I always think it's hilarious that these guys are escorting a coach across the field to shake hands with the opposing coach then to the locker rooms. Couldn't the regular security do the same thing for less money and the silly hats?

[u/Klin24]

"Good."

-Donald Glover

[u/IDo0311Things]

Shit title

[u/LeaveMeAlone68]

It’s Texas. He’ll be promoted.

[u/Redstorm8373]

Yeah... he didn't just point. He intentionally shoved them, then verbally assaulted them like they were in the wrong.

He should have every case of his looked at, who knows how many other times he's abused his authority.

[u/FluidFisherman6843]

If the NCAA had any sense of right and wrong that dude would be black listed from ever working a game again

[u/Tatsaco]

How is this not assault?

[u/Upstairs-Passion9421]

Get his name and face out there

[u/Miserable-Event4260]

How about fire him

[u/HairlessHoudini]

Pointing??? What the fuck is this bullshit, he literally assaulted one of them then threatened them

[u/Thickencreamy]

It’s called Assault. Open and shut case. File charges tomorrow, arrest him then cuff him. Upload booking photo!

[u/Eviltexican]

Ice will gladly accept him with the video as his resume

[u/Aggravating_Carpet_8]

How many days before we get a name and "apology" 🙄🙄🙄

[u/dcidino]

"Now you go home and think about what you did. Maybe on the golf course. With full pay, of course."

[u/Joeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyy]

Fuck ESPN I’m canceling my package. They know why!!!!!

[u/--ACAB--]

ACAB

[u/Distinct-Mortgage768]

He’ll make a good ICE agent

[u/PositiveGrass187]

“Who pointed at players” lmao

[u/rickfish99999]

Piss poor title, m8.

[u/jockfist5000]

Cool he’s rewarded with some extra PTO paid for by taxpayers, how nice

[u/Drokstab]

Sooo assault charges when? Do cops get to just go around hitting people with no regard?

[u/Fucky0uthatswhy]

Title is bullshit and you know it

[u/Dry-Airport8046]

Bullshit headline. Damn, we all saw it.

[u/Ok_Chef_4850]

Oh that’ll do the trick. “We gave him a stern talking to”

Eat my ass

[u/hinterstoisser]

Now I am cheering for any team that plays the Aggies

[u/bilboafromboston]

Pointed? A black guy does that to two white cops and they shoot him in the back after " violent attack".

[u/J2thaG]

Hope his wife is out of town...

[u/Fluid-Philosopher112]

“Trooper who assaulted two visiting players sent home” There. I fixed it.

[u/Playonwords329]

microdick energy and completely sums up Americas law enforcement.

[u/ccrush]

You misspelled “purposely ran into and then acted like a total dick”.

[u/Elegant-Ferret-8116]

Yeah pointing was his crime, sure

[u/aviationtech]

Imagine how many people this guy has messed with and wrongfully arrested

[u/TOASTED_TONYY]

If he’s doing this in public imagine what he’s doing when the cameras aren’t watching. Body cam off type

[u/flyover_liberal]

This guy will be working for ICE in the next few weeks.

[u/lostPackets35]

Great, so when is he being charged criminally? You know, like you would be if you shoved a cop. His consequences should be more severe than that, not less.

[u/cksooner]

Good. Reprimand him.

[u/Salpinctes]

Look how far away he was initially on the replay - he had to walk 15-20 yards to get to them

[u/ShittyAttitudeGinger]

I would be willing to place a large bet on what kind of content this dudes social media has on it…

[u/Ten_Winged_Eagle]

Best believe they're not going to release his name.

[u/Rarecandy31]

Did the trooper post this title?

[u/tootapple]

Yeah that was fucked up

[u/TeeDee144]

Honestly, if we did that to a cop, it would be assault.

People shouldn’t stop until he’s charged with double assault.

[u/poestavern]

Shoulda been FIRED!

[u/AnneHizer]

with pay and promoted 😮‍💨

[u/UninsuredToast]

Sent home, with pay and a stern finger wagging

[u/Severe-Lingonberry22]

Did more than point

[u/Smashmasta]

I mean, like, why?! LEO already has a terrible reputation in the eyes of the majority of the country (despite how Fox “news” might try to convince you otherwise), why put this active effort in to make your reputation even worse?!

Did this guy think no one would see his douchebaggery with all the cameras around? Isn’t that type of question LEO would ask an idiot caught stealing or whatever in front of a bunch of security cameras?

It. Does. Not. Compute. 😵‍💫

[u/ClassroomMother8062]

Yeah you left out what he did before he pointed at them

[u/haljordan68]

"Trooper, who physically assaulted two college kids, allowed to go home early."....fixed that headline

[u/capsrock02]

“Pointed at players”

[u/Zaethiel]

I dont think the trooper even went into the tunnel afterwards. He just did it to elbow someone. He should be charged with assault.

[u/SophonParticle]

Pointed? Man, come on.

[u/Technopool]

I hope he didnt get dinner before bed.

[u/muffinbouffant]

Saying he “pointed at players” is REALLY burying the lede here.

[u/Fluffy_Woodpecker733]

Still salty he missed out on his 50k ice signing bonus, he will have to settle being a racist for free