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Originally Posted by epitome
I swear I can't go a week without reading an article about one or more Broward cops getting in trouble. Last week it was one arrested for witness tampering to protect another officer.
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It's that way in every town. The Supreme Court and the local govts have given them too much power.
If you put a gun and a badge on somebody and tell them they have absolute power over people...human nature will cause you to start abusing that power.
Yes, if they beat the shit out of you (or even kill you) and it goes to court they will be found to be in the wrong. But it doesn't help you if you are in the hospital or the morgue in the meantime.
And then...even if they DO kill you or hurt you badly...majority of the time they get a slap on the wrist. Suspended with pay. Or maybe even...~gasp~...lose their job!
If any of us pulled a person over, told them to shut up when they asked a question, ordered them about like children, detained them on the scene for several minutes, demanded they answer any question we asked, and then killed them...
We would be on death row.
Cops know that ain't gonna happen to them. The cops, the DA, and the Judges are all friends and work together every day on legitimate cases. When a cop beats the shit out of somebody (not on video) or shoots somebody...they close ranks to protect their own.
That's why they do NOT want citizens videotaping them. At that point it gets on the news and then the court is forced to take action against them.