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Racism and police brutality is alive and well. I always thought that the thin blue line between law enforcers and law breakers was extremely thin with cops skipping back n' forth over it at will.
Add how often does this happen without a news helicopter flying overhead.
Really. And good, decent officers get painted with the ugly stick as a result. It's lose/lose.
True. It's an impossible job in impossible situations. You'd have to be nuts, an adrenaline addict or a bully to want to do it.
Or maybe enjoy helping and protecting people. Maybe these cops don't like people shooting up the neighborhoods. Don't shoot up the place and you won't get your a$$ kicked!
Not really leading by example, is it?
Their behavior has not helped the image of police. Your comment seems to advocate a sense of guilty unless proven innocent.
When a police officer falls in the line of duty, it is a true tragedy. Fellow officers should respond to such tragedy with honor and pride, not resort to criminal behavior. It dishonors the fallen.
"Not really leading by example, is it?"
See where leading by example has got them up to now. No respect, losing the streets. Think it's time to try it the old way.
I'm not sure the Nazi Police State path has proven successful, but it is your right to have such an opinion. Isn't this what Saddam was doing in Iraq?
It certainly is not a conservative approach. The police, by this one episode, has become less effective and have created more problems. That is not an effective way to solve problems.
I never said anything about a Nazi police force, why go to extremes. When I was a kid you showed the police respect, if you didn't they would teach you and if your parents heard about it they would also remind you.
When I was a kid you showed the police respect,
Why is it whenever many want to comment on our current situation they begin with that - "when I was a kid" . whether they be 20 or 90 it's always "when"
Respect earns respect & the end of a nightstick or 50 bullets certainly don't
As you can see your way sure isn't working
Do you apply this logic to other things? I can think of dozens of government projects/programs/efforts that are going terribly and should be changed or stopped.
Somehow, I don't get the impression that you were suggesting instruction and teaching in your comment, unless that means strike first and ask questions later.
Police also need to respect the citizens that pay their salaries. Yes, it is a difficult job, but they chose to serve and protect. I see nothing about protection when you are kicking someone as the lay on the ground.
If someone pulls a weapon on a police officer, I have no problem with an officer shooting them dead right there. I see no evidence that warrants this type of behavior.
I have stopped giving individual cops the benefit of the doubt. They wouldn't keep their badge if they weren't willing to engage in this sort of thing when ordered. Really, do you think this is an isolated case that happened to be caught on tape? Don't be naive about where America has gone.... torture is legal now.
....and the PR guy was saying "don't jump to premature conclusions" about the video..... lol
No, there's more to it. There's lots of ways to help and protect people. There's something else at play in one's pschye to make them want to be cops.
Come on man, I'm willing to cut cops slack. I understand you're chasing some guy, the adrenaline is going, you tackle him, you may need to subdue him with force to cuff him and bring him in. I got that. I'm willing to give a mulligan for the first few.
I saw the video. The force used went way beyond what was necessary or excusable. It was a beat down.
"Racism and police brutality is alive and well."
Racism has nothing to do with it. ONe of the accused was wanted for murdering a Philadelphia police officer, and all three were suspects. This story is extremely thin and inaccurate. It was 13 cops, not 15.
Here is a better story ...
http://wcbstv.com/local/al.sharpton.police.2.71...
"Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said he does not believe the confrontation was racially motivated, but instead thinks that tensions in the wake of the weekend slaying of a fellow officer played a part.
"The beating occurred at the same time as police were conducting an intense manhunt for a suspect in the slaying of Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, 39, who was killed responding to a bank robbery Saturday. He was the second city officer killed on the job in seven months."
maybe the stress of dealing with people like this adds up
Blind Pony Tortured and Dragged to Death by ATV Riders
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=88903
and where is the video link in the story.......nothing links to it
OMG! What "people" won't stoop low to! What is this world coming to?
Thanx pc25.