This guy joined the force after allegedly storming the Capitol

[MarcATL]

He was just arrested...

John Carl and other rioters surrounded police officers near a set of stairs leading to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a recent criminal complaint. When officers tried to move Carl back, he resisted and grabbed an officer’s baton, federal prosecutors said.

Carl breached the Capitol that afternoon and entered Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)’s office, the complaint said. He told a friend that police officers prevented further entry into the building, prosecutors said, so he exited the Capitol and later returned to his North Carolina home.

A few years later, Carl became a police officer himself in Pinetops, N.C., about 50 miles east of Raleigh.

However, Carl was suspended from his job after his arrest Thursday for his alleged actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection, Pinetops’s outside attorney, J. Brian Pridgen, said in a statement to The Washington Post. Carl, 41, was charged with a felony count of civil disorder and misdemeanors of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and parading, picketing and demonstrating in a Capitol building. If convicted of the felony, he could be sentenced to up to five years in prison.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/20/january-6-capitol-riot-police-arrest/

How many police officers are running around the country unhinged as this guy?

That's the problem we face, and it's a big problem.

 

[IM2]

“84% of police officers have stated in a recent survey that they have directly witnessed a fellow officer using more force than was necessary.” “52% of police officers report that it is not unusual for law enforcement officials to turn a blind eye to the improper conduct of other officers.” “61% of police officers state they do not always report serious abuse that has been directly observed by fellow officers.” 43% of police offers agree with this sentiment: “Always following the rules is not compatible with the need to get their job done.”

“From 2006 to 2012, there were approximately 51,000 emergency department visits per year for patients injured by law enforcement in the United States.”

“On average police kill 1,000 people annually, but less than 2 percent of the police doing the shooting are prosecuted for murder.”

Yes, there is a problem.