Let's not be stuck on stupid. A FEW cops DO NOT represent the hundreds of others that are doing their job. Prosecute those who are causing problems. Enough said. What if we judged a whole force by a couple of yahoos in each of our own cities? Geesh. Sometimes I wonder about the posters in here.
Im afraid that the NOPD has more than just a few.
Don't wonder about the posters on FR. Wonder, instead about why you missed the fact that another agency thug was abusing the witnesses.
Most LEO agencies have accepted the SWAT team mentality. The result is what is described in the article.
Look inward, Grasshopper, Look inward.
"Let's not be stuck on stupid. A FEW cops DO NOT represent the hundreds of others that are doing their job."
Don't start that old wheeze. Remember Serpico? Every other cop left him out there twisting in the breeze when he DID HIS DUTY with respect to the "few".
I have never seen or heard of a cop arresting another cop he SAW break the law. I have seen a "few" cops conducting themselves in a manner to bring disrespect upon the uniform (not to mention get them canned or arrested if a camera was present)while others just watched and did nothing. The "few" wold be no problem if cops treated them according to their oaths.
I guess you missed the stories about the NOPD. No freeper would think any other police force was as crooked. There have been numerous articles and film about NO cops looting and an article on FR about them stealing 200 cars. Plus the investigation into NO cops that never existed except on paper. The whole city is corrupt.
"A FEW cops DO NOT represent the hundreds of others that are doing their job."
You are right.
A few hundred New Orleans cops represent what is business as usual in the Big Easy.
A few hundred cops were AWOL during Katrina.
A few hundred cops broke the law during Katrina via looting, assault, stealing cars, graft, corruption, denying 2nd Amendment rights, unlawful search/seizure, asking flood victims to flash to be rescued, pointing guns at people/journalists trying to cross bridges out of the city, etc, etc, etc.
They should fire the entire lot of New Orleans police and start again under the control of some legitimate law enforcement officers.
Stuck on stupid? Let's see. By my count, there were 5-10 LEOs, from the NOPD, US Customs, FBI, & who knows what other organizations present during the Davis beating. Apparently, all of these fine LEOs either participated in the insueing brutality & excessive use of force ( how is punching an old man in the back of the head part of the cuffing process?), or stood by and watched. As of my reading this story, now 4 people were attacked by these thugs.
Given that not one of these LEOs protested or intervened to stop this attack, where were all the good cops you are talking about? Even though the LEOs were a diverse group, probably didn't all know each other, they all tacitly approved of this behavior by their lack of proper action.
At a minimum, they should ALL lose their badges.
Looked like Brown Shirts to me!
If it looks like a duck, & quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck.
You need to read a little history about the New Orleans Police department. It has been know for its corruption for generations.
It was so bad a century ago that the citizens had to form vigilante committees to establisher some order in the city. More recently, two NO cops earned their way on to Louisiana's death row. In one of those murders, the FBI knew of the plans from wire taps, but let the killing go forward because they were trying to gather evidence for a drug prosecution. They only intervened when the cop wanted to take out some Feds as well.
There are some good cops in this country, but probably not in New Orleans.
Few bad cops in NO???? You kiddin us???
"A FEW cops DO NOT represent the hundreds of others that are doing their job."
I personally think there is NO room for the slightest misstep by police in this country. Police should be held to the highest of standards, period. I can't imagine being in this person's shoes... you are absolutely powerless to do anything to help yourself when dealing with this type of corrupt power. Stand there and take it is the absolute best you can do -- there is no one else to call.
I hope you can tell by the responses that the police no longer get the respect they once had. It must be earned. I don't believe NO is an exception.
This is the exact behaviour I have personally witnessed of NO "cops" in the past.
I've spent maybe 15 days there total lifetime.
How much time have you spent in NO?
Don't defend these animals - and that is exactly what they are - the only intersting thing in any of this is the media's sudden interest in NO cops criminality - this is standard procedure in the French Quarter. STANDARD PROCEDURE. The only reason this is getting any attention is the video.
Who exactly do you think is going to do the prosecuting? Someone else from NO? Please describe exactly why you think they are under any sort of control down there.
I'm not stuck on stupid - I'm stuck on smart. Anyone defending NO cops is stuck on uneducated.
"Let's not be stuck on stupid. A FEW cops DO NOT represent the hundreds of others that are doing their job. "
More than a few. Just how many people have to get beat up for it to be a problem for you? a hundred, a thousand? Perhaps it would have to be someone in your family?
Do your views on this subject extend towards what is happening in Islam today? Does your disdain extend to posters in here who also condemn all Muslims for the actions of the minority of yahoos? I'm just curious because your statement reminded me of the startling parallel of the two situations.
Just as we call for "peaceful" Muslims to expurgate the radical element from their fold, so we should demand that the majority of good, hard working cops eliminate the bad element from their midst. It is incumbent upon them to do the right thing.
I agree, now if the "good cops" would just start turning in those that are breaking the law what a wonderful world it would be, but instead they turn their faces away, they must protect their own. Enough said.