As much as I despise Obama, I think this new wave of Cruelty Cops predates that “thing” in the White House. I suspect something in the trainning is what recalibrates these officers to the point of sadistic and gratuitous torturing.
This kind of Bad Cop behavior is going to bring us closer to some sort of push back from the public. Watch and see. The majority of the public will lose respect for their police. It will be almost the same contempt and disregard that most foreign leaders have for Obama.
Much like the situation in Mexico. I'll never go there again.