there4eyeM
unlicensed metaphysician
- Jul 5, 2012
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It is a principle of US justice that all citizens be treated with respect by their law enforcement agents. Further, everyone is considered innocent until proven guilty.
This cop did not even attempt to arrest this girl in a respectful, peaceful fashion. If there was a risk involved, the benefit of the doubt goes to the innocent party, not the servant of the people. Police may represent authority, but they are not THE authority.
My attitude toward the police is largely formed by seeing my father work through over twenty years as a police officer and, again, I insist he would have been outraged at this character.
This cop did not even attempt to arrest this girl in a respectful, peaceful fashion. If there was a risk involved, the benefit of the doubt goes to the innocent party, not the servant of the people. Police may represent authority, but they are not THE authority.
My attitude toward the police is largely formed by seeing my father work through over twenty years as a police officer and, again, I insist he would have been outraged at this character.