Never said that I would actively engage in that behavior but I have cops treat me like shit every time I come into contact with them. They are rarely polite in the manner that they approach you and nothing is worse than having to sit through one of their sermons. My basic premise is that this guy should have his ass nailed to the wall hard for his actions as the boy did NOTHING illegal or even wrong. Yet here we have people here willing to defend the cop. Hell no. he has the position and authority and when that is abused there should be no slack in punishment. Cops tend to act the way they do specifically because they are able to get away with these type of actions. You thing that this is the FIRST time that he 'ruffed up' someone for not licking his ass. I highly doubt it. This just hits big because the kid was disables so he has zero recourse to explain it away.
All I was saying is what defense attorneys always tend to recommend. Don't give the cops any reasons, even if they're being authoritarian jerks, they may not get nailed the first couple of times but eventually it catches up with them, I've seen it happen.
Most cops don't act like this, most remember the fact they are here to serve and protect, unfortunately there are the others who start believing serve and protect is command and demand, most of those eventually get weeded out.
Now part of you statement begs the question, why do you have so much interaction with the police, especially from a seemingly negative standpoint?
I hope the officers in question receives a fair hearing and if found to be in willful violation of the law are punished to the fullest extent of the law.
That is all well and good but the OP is coming at this from the other side: AFTER the fact. You do have the right to act like an idiot. You may pay a price for being an idiot BUT that does not give the cop the right to abuse his power. We need to acknowledge that.
Where in any of my posts did I say any different?
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