I believe they should be charged with simple assault. They should not enjoy special protection. They go to jail and do the time like everybody else.
But mainly, I would like to see the way Police Officers are trained, empowered, funded and protected changed. They should lose their special protected status.
They should also not be protected from civil suits. Right now, the City will foot the bill if they lose a civil case. I would rather see the money come out of the officer retirement fund, and his kids college fund.
I think the most telling part of all the incidents like these, the ones that end up on video tape is that nearly all of them the charges brought by the officer against the people they assault are dropped by the DA’s like hot potatoes...
This is no longer about the fallacy of the “isolated incident” or the “bad apple” argument.
We’ve been blaming the “one bad apple” for decades now and the official bad apple count has far exceeded the acceptable bad apple to bushel basket ratio long years ago.
The argument no longer holds water when you begin to look at the sheer number and the magnitude of news stories in print and TV media today of misconduct and crimes committed by our police on a daily basis.
And these are just the incidents that are reported in the media. Incidents from departments that are large enough to warrant media scrutiny. Not every department issues a press release each time an officer is suspended or fired. An internal investigation is initiated or a complaint of criminal behavior is received.
its the union/civil service rules...its practically impossible to fire a cop or other "civil servant"...
we had a local cop, became addicted to coke while doing undercover work apparently and he sued for dissability and got it!
and then there's the local cop who filed for "stress" disability because his job was so tough.....he had been going to night school full time while working as a cop during the day, and as soon as he nearly had his law degree....shazzzammm....he was too "stressed" and received a disability...so now this poor guy has his law practice and his cop disability....