A three-minute viral video shows an irate Baltimore police officer berating a teenager because he ignored orders to stop skateboarding and called the officer “dude.”

“Obviously your parents don’t put a foot in your butt quite enough because you don’t understand the meaning of respect,” he shouted at the skateboarder, who remained relatively calm.

That 2007 interaction cost the officer his job. But as policing evolves, others are learning from his mistakes.

The Baltimore Police Department recently started requiring its members to complete a program on emotional regulation that uses video as a learning tool and teaches them the basics of brain science by examining the relationship between thoughts, feelings and actions. It’s a far cry from traditional police training.

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    1 year ago

    You should know up front that I don’t find being compared to a female to be an insult. I know it’s how you lower class males put each other down, but I don’t think of women as trash or dirt, so being compared to a “girl” is no insult at all to me in any way, shape, or form.

    If I am a narcissist it’s only because my horse has a right to be higher than the horse of someone who is ignorant and foolish. Think before you type next time.

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      1 year ago

      Girl, shut the fuck up and watch this video for context

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEVuZL1LZwU

      You thought you ate that but you didn’t.

      Edit: “lower class males” is such a fedora wonder bread phrase that it hurts. you need to do better, boo boo.