rikigrl
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Joined: 5/14/2009 Status: offline
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I would think that a security video should be readily available to confirm the out of control officer's actions. If it shows him with weapon drawn, no paid leave, lock him up just like every other citizen would be locked up. Police are in no way superior to others despite the myth of "the thin blue line", they come from the same population that produces rapists, murders, and theives. They are not conscripted, they apply for their job just like all other job seekers and most take full advantage of the perks of the job, i.e. running stop signs, speeding, or just bullying the populace because they can hide behind the badge. Altruism is a trait lost within a very short time because they have to deal with so many low-lifes. On a local level most of the police around here were bullies in school, one even blew his hand off while making a bomb (this was in the "boys will be boys" days so no arrest, just sympathy for loss of limb). I was witness to the one handed boy beating another senseless, clubbing the other over the head with his hooked stump...in the middle of the high school lobby during school hours. Just because someone wears a badge it does not relegate them to sainthood nor grant them them immunity from the law imho.
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