” One hundred million is enough of a start for that police department to seriously start looking at what it does and what kind of goons it hires.”
Police brutality and misconduct is increasing every year.
They are hiring highly unqualified people. I wonder if they hire cops that were fired elsewhere, because they can get them cheap?
I can’t prove this but it would not surprise me at all that many, many police departments do far, far less in the way of investigating a potential new hire than they do for a simple DUI stop. There are accounts of police officers being fired or let go without prejudice (allowed to resign) to prevent legal problems. All they had to do was to go to the next county, state, etc. and voila, back in the intimidation business.
“According to the complaint, when State Trooper Davon Parker arrived and tapped on the window, and Johnson managed to lower the window, Parker pepper sprayed him in the face. Johnson then got out of his car and Parker clubbed him at least once in the knee. Defendant Officer Loss (fnu) then arrived and whacked Johnson at least twice with his club, the complaint states.”
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“Your honor, since no peace officer would attack a law-abiding citizen, I was forced to conclude that robbery, rape or murder was his motivation for assaulting my person——”