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The second guessing and breast beating about the excesses of Police work are just two of the reasons I and many of my fellow LEOs stopped proactive Police work. We are getting results also, Chicago had more murders than Baghdad last year. But, the bright side a lot less "rights" were violated and I haven't been sued federally in over 6 years.
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OK, Thanks for clearing that up. I
hope I am misunderstanding you, but this
sounds like a "Jack Nicholson" answer, the whole " You give me the dirty jobs to do and then question the way I do it" ? I expect this kind of response at some point, pardon me if this one comes as a surprise.
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Anyone notice the poor innocent motorist running down the cop who tried to spike the van at the first of the video?
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I saw the motorist who is
presumed innocent until proven guilty. And therein lies the rub, while anyone who saw the video
has no doubt that the motorist is likely to be convicted when his case
goes to court, until that happens he has specific rights that should be protected.
When even a scumbag gets the crap beat out of him under color of law it is still illegal. Lets assume that the video showed a soccer mom (your wife, girlfriend, daughter or mom) pulled over for a minor traffic infraction only to get beaten within inches of her life, would that make a difference? According to law, does the scumbag have less rights than the innocent soccer mom? The simple answer is no.
Sure, watching some guy try to clip a copper trying to stop him is inflammatory, but if it is OK to kick
his a$$ over it, why would it be less OK for the soccer mom to get pounded? They are still
both entitled to
equal protection under the law, so by that reasoning, also should get equal treatment ? No ?
Unless things like this are prosecuted, I fear that is the direction we are headed. If you have a subset of people who can operate above the law, they are going to do just that.