Just More Bad Cops

Whether they're slugging women on buses, shooting people while they sleep in their own bed, or stomping on a man in diabetic shock, you can bet police officers nation wide are putting their authority to use in an assortment of nasty ways each and every day.

Beating Blacks to Death

It seems to be a common occurrence that when police officers get together in a group and find a black person who has committed a crime, without saying a word they all know it's time for a good old fashion beat down.  Whether you have 3 cops, 6, or a dozen every single one of them wants to get their fair share of punches and kicks not to mention taser shots.  The suspect could be lying on the ground begging for their life and the cops won't stop until the begging stops and the suspect is completely silent.  Typically that silence comes from unconsciousness but if the person is dead, well at least they aren't talking back to an officer anymore.

The gang mentality of the police in this country is absolutely unforgivable.  They get together for what might as well be lynchings.  They are the perpetuators of modern day slavery.  Beat the black man down, for the most minor of crimes, then charge them with assaulting an officer if they even attempt to defend themselves.  Or if they're lucky they'll beat the suspect so badly that a few days later they die in a hospital.

Then being that the American system is completely corrupt the county coroner will say that the cause of death is undeterminable and fellow police will completely disregard any kind of public outcry for charges to be made against the officers in question.  So long story short, wearing a badge on your chest gives you the freedom to murder people.  Maybe the worst an officer faces is getting fired, but chances are no disciplinary action will be taken at all.  Cops can physically and verbally abuse people, they can beat people to death, threaten them with imprisonment for activities that aren't illegal, break in to your home, shoot your dog, pretty much whatever they want.

They can do all of this without any fear of repercussions, they're just following orders.  We all know of another group that was just following orders.  Yet every time I see a story about a cop killing someone who is wheel chair bound in "self defense", hospitalizing an innocent person, or even "accidentally" killing someone, they were just following procedure and were within their rights as an officer of the law.  Is there any limit to what police are allowed to do to citizens?  If a citizen accidentally runs someone over chances are they might still go to jail for manslaughter, chances are even higher that they are at least going to be brought to court for the offense.

When it comes to cops though, they aren't even brought to court to answer for their transgressions.  They are just allowed to go back to work, with an even higher sense of self worth and the knowledge that they can commit whatever crime they want because nothing will happen to them.  Ugh.

The specific story that made me start this rant today can be read in full over at the Huffignton Post.  You can also watch a Young Turks segment about the issue below.