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And this is one of a couple of reasons why, despite my generally pleasant experiences with the US, it would take an extraordinarily good opportunity to get me t
by sgentle 13y ago
And this is one of a couple of reasons why, despite my generally pleasant experiences with the US, it would take an extraordinarily good opportunity to get me to live there. I am scared of your seemingly unaccountable quasi-military police.
The solution to the situation presented to the author of this article was, of course, simple: do whatever the people with guns say. Don't talk back. Don't make eye contact. Wait until it's over and hope it doesn't get worse.
But maybe sometimes I won't do that. And maybe then this will happen to me.
- jblok 13y agoI agree. The amount that law enforcement in the US seem to get away with is quite staggering. I can understand the night prison officers actions a bit better than the arresting officers, as from their perspective, everyone they have in the cells has already been deemed to be a menace of some sort and it's not their place to get into who is right and wrong. But from this account, it seems there's nothing this guy did to deserve any of the shit the arresting officers put him through. What happened to the cyclist? Did she get arrested for staining the street with her blood? Or causing a public nuisance?
- smsm42 13y agoThe saddest part is not that the bad cops have a free run. It's that nobody even thinks about it until it happens to them. Any measure designed to restrict this abuse would fail popular vote, because cops are the good guys. Any politician wishing to rein in the police unions would commit political suicide. There are millions of guys like the OP, and none of them would think to vote against promotion of something like POBAR - until POBAR-protected police stomps on their hands. Too late then.