To me this screams “Morale Problems”.
When soldiers have bad morale, they tend to commit war crimes.
When police have bad morale, they tend to abuse the public.
If they checked their internal reports, I would hazard to guess that the number of police divorces have jumped, and there may even be reports of spousal and child abuse. There may also be greater than typical numbers of suicides.
In any event, it all reflects back on the police leadership. Even if the civilian government is crappy, the judges are worthless, and the police departments suffers from cutbacks, if the police leadership is good, morale will still be good.
“To me this screams “Morale Problems”.”
I would hazard that it has a lot more to do with a lack of critical accountability, and selection processes that actively recruit thugs.
http://www.theagitator.com/2012/07/05/two-videos-two-cities-two-attitudes/
What type of person will be drawn to the ‘other’ PD? It was intense enough to get Navy SEALs hard. Morale problems do exist, but so does moral problems, where cops get a tin god attitude and their boss shares it.
Good points. Thank you.