[doc1019]

Are you a police officer? Do you have a background in law enforcement? I do. Until you put yourself in the shoes of the police ... judge not.

[dragnet2]

Powell was then beaten down in the street by police, leaving him bruised and battered from blows to the face.

Then he was NOT arrested and let go....

Ohhhhhhhh.....gezzzz

[Flyin' Hawaiian]

Until you put yourself in the shoes of the police ... judge not.

I'll put myself in the shoes of a free citizen, thank you very much. And as a free citizen, I judge the actions of all government officials based on the Constitution. If police officers cannot abide by those standards, then they should seek work elsewhere.

[Olog-hai]

Things are different in Obama’s America.

And with all due respect, you have offered zero insight as to how a policeman really ought to handle this situation, other than a blanket stereotype of the “blue wall of silence”. The trust between people and police must not break down, or else anarchy will ensue. (Look at Detroit, after all.)

Let’s start over, with you on the scene of this young Downs man, not able to articulate clearly, with a bulge in his pants that may or may not be a firearm—and you just implied that police training is not enough to differentiate between the two, somehow. What to do next? I’m listening.

[Valpal1]

You picked a real a winner to defend. Next time googling the officer’s name will save you a lot of embarrassment.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2011-12-29/news/miami-dade-cop-fernando-villa-had-problems-long-before-his-dui/full/

[An.American.Expatriate]

... judge not.

I'm think the employer of the public servant is more than justified in judging whether said public servant is serving the public's interest.

[dragnet2]

Hey doc, ya wanna bet the tax payers down their Florida, who are already beat down, pay big time dollars for this beat down of this Down Syndrome kid?

By the time this is over, the local government and their agents down there will be happy to settle with our money!

Bet the rent.

[Jeff Head]

Are you a police officer? Do you have a background in law enforcement? I do. Until you put yourself in the shoes of the police ... judge not.

Oh, Bravo Sierra, doc. It sounds an awful lot like the "Blue Wall," coming up there really fast to me.

What happened to this kid is simply indefensible. I do not need to be a cop to see that. As an American citizen, who has taken an oath to protect and defend the US Constitution and bear true faith and allegiance to the same, I am capable of using that standard...as it was intended.

This does not come close to that standard...nor does it pass the most simple of smell tests.

When you add to that this particular officer's own long record of accusations of abuse and wrong doing...well, this guy should be nowhere near a badge or any position of public trust.

And that is what it is. Remember...as a public "servant," they work for us...not the other way around. Too many are forgetting that and thinking some how that they are in some kind of class above the rest.

[dragnet2]

Are you a police officer? Do you have a background in law enforcement? I do

You do?

I know ya didn't write this to me doc, but considering you're defending this, that's the scariest statement I've heard lately...

Have ya notice the ever escalating widespread distrust of government and it's agents in law enforcement lately?

[arthurus]

I am glad I was not in your jurisdiction. Did you make FR ever? or did your service end before the folks on FR began to notice the SOP thuggery of modern cops?

[packrat35]

Judging by your posts, you are a nightmare to the community you work. I wouldn’t call you for assistance if I was being shot at.

You defend cops that terrorize and kill. You always defend cops and are a perfect example of the blue line that thinks they are better than us.

[NoCmpromiz]

... judge not.

Please explain your usage of this phrase and the meaning behind it.

If you are alluding to Matthew 7:1, you had best be sound in your exegesis lest it be revealed that you miss-handle the Word...

[R. Scott]

I do a slow burn when I read these stories. I taught riot control in the 70s (Army), it included using the baton. Instructions were clear ─ do not hit above the shoulders! Now it seems that clubbing people on the head is the norm. Is that the way it’s taught now?

[skepsel]

Ah, the argument from authority, well that’s it then, no need for free opinion or debate, The Oracle has spoken.

[lostboy61]

Thank G-D I am not a police officer as I have a I.Q over 100 and don't get my rocks off on hurting people. I don't lie at my job or beat the crap out of people that have done nothing wrong. I don't shoot dogs as my father told us that if we shoot it we should eat it. Most police in our nation now are afraid of there own shadow. My dad was a Deputy Sheriff in L.A. Co. for 35 years and most of my friends dads were LAPD. But that was back in the 50's and 60's when you had to be moral man to serve.