YouTube is now providing video proof of stories we’ve been hearing from people throughout the years. Police using force for no reason, breaking people’s right, temporarily detaining people for no legal reason.
Last month an El Paso news reporter was arrested for covering an accident scene where off-duty military personnel rescued a man from a tipped over semi-truck. Even after agreeing to leave the scene the cop still had to lose control of the situation.
A couple of weeks ago a pastor driving through New Mexico was tazered, dragged from his car and beaten up simply because he would not consent to have his car searched on the freeway. Border Patrol and Highway Police perform these searches of vehicles to catch illegal aliens and drug trafficking. Their justification for their actions was that the pastor was considered suspicious because he wouldn’t let them search him without a warrant.
Now a man in a Seattle theater was mistaken for a suspect in a stabbing incident that happened in a nearby convenience store. The policeman came after the man who tried to get away from him and the cop body checked him against a wall head first. The innocent victim in the case is in a coma.
King County Police did a preliminary investigation and their findings are that the policeman used force within their policies and did not commit any crime. Their report questions why the man was trying to get away from the policeman in the first place…
…I don’t know…maybe because the cop could use life threatening force against an innocent person without any fear of going to jail or even losing his career…maybe that had something to do with it.
The clown who put the man in the hospital while he clings to life is on paid administrative duty where he gets to do his important law enforcement from a desk.
I know some will argue that there are good police out there but I’m going to have to ask the question that begs to be asked:
Where are they when this stuff happens? Why aren’t they speaking out against rogue cops. For every 100 videos out there of police doing stupid things like this a good cop could get killed because the public becomes more fearful of these clowns with a badge on their state-approved costume.
Enjoy the video below of what the King County Police calls a “Tragic accident”. Don’t feel bad for the victim though…after all…no law was broken.
2 comments:
this makes me sick to my stomach. six degrees of separation, this is my friend's friend's husband. it is absolutely horrible.
there is often a fine line between doing their job, and abusing their authority.
i've been roughed up enough times in my youth just for the crime of being nearby.
at the same time, when a cop says 'come here', i think you should, unless you are who he is looking for.
they've got to police, i understand that.
but i dont know how or where to draw that line. i only know, from experience, they cross it too often.
i've generally let it go, but there were a few times where, 25yrs later even, i cannot let it go.
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