I shouldn't post, it will get me in trouble.
But.. Fuck that kid.
Sorry, but that's how I feel. This wasn't some innocent youngster walking along minding his own business then WHAMF some cops swooped down and snatched him up.
Not excusing the cops behaviour, they should be punished. But I refuse to shed tears over some little gangsta type I've spent most of my younger life having to live in fear of when all I wanted to do was be left the fuck alone. Sorry, I wasn't looking over my shoulder for cops when I was trying to get home after dark.
The fact is, a lot of those little idiots need to have the fear of god put into them, so they knock the shit off. The "catch and release" bullshit of the current system just doesn't work. I'm all for reform. *on both ends*
So.. Yeah, fire the cops for what they did. But damned if I'm going to really care too much if the streets are minus one little thug who fucks with people for the hell of it. Note who actually pulled the trigger. Other fine upstanding law-abiding gangster kiddies. But of course, just ignore that fact since it suits your political needs.
-Phil