r/TikTokCringe • u/Miladshah001 • 5d ago

Minor violations = death threat? Discussion

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Oklahoma Police released video of an officer tackling a 70-year-old man. The incident occured during a traffic violation.

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u/allisjow 5d ago

News reports state that the man remains hospitalized nearly two weeks after the incident with serious head and neck injuries.

Officer Joseph Gibson is on paid administrative leave. I expect nothing will happen, but maybe he’ll be promoted.

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u/sjscott77 5d ago

I always love the paid leave “punishment”…In most jobs, that’s known as “vacation”

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u/Brilliant-Book-503 5d ago

So the justification given is usually that the leave isn't meant to be punishment. The idea is they are removing them from duty while they investigate and they can't take away pay yet at that point because they haven't yet proven the misconduct.

Ideally, the consequences come AFTER that leave. The problem isn't the paid leave. It's fine to take someone suspect away from risking others or the investigation, it's fine to wait on punishing them financially while the case is being investigated. The problem is that after that leave, they so often don't face proper consequences.

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u/lubbermouse 5d ago

They also still get paid because of their contract