Rogue? Nah. Good cop. Which is why despite all the evidence that he is a thug, they haven’t prosecuted or even fired him. Now of course that it is in the news they’ll throw him to the wolves claiming they are disgusted by his behavior.
I classify unnecessarily pulling a guy's shorts down and tasing his balls as being rather demented, not as the characteristic of a good cop. I don't understand those not repulsed by such behavior.
I think we need a sarcasm tag. Anyway. The truth is that the police obviously approve of his actions. Oh they wrote down on paper, bad boy, and did nothing to stop the continuing cycle of abuse and brutality. That was what I meant when I wrote that he was a good cop, the department, and other cops, took no issue with him and his behavior.
Now, the difference between those incidents, and this one, is the video, and national attention. After a few weeks or months, or perhaps even years, of investigation of this latest incident, the cop will be at least fired, or possibly charged with some minor crime. That is what I meant by thrown to the wolves.
You see, the cops do this to give the illusion to the masses that the vast majority are good honest cops who would never dream of doing this sort of thing. Why they find it even more distasteful than you do. It shames them to know that this guy was a cop and they hope that by firing or firing/charging him the people know that the rest of the police believe in holding other cops accountable and all that sort of thing.
The truth is they don’t believe it. Obviously they do not believe it, or this guy would have been fired long before he got the Taser out to abuse this fellow. He would have been a Truck Driver, or a salesman, or perhaps a Private Detective before now. Instead, he was still a cop, and would probably retire as a cop if this incident had not gotten public attention. But the rest of the cops, are willing to sacrifice one to the alter of media attention, in an effort to expand the illusion of police accountability.
I hope that clears up the misunderstanding.