I’ve been reading this story on some other forums, and what’s sad is that there are still a minorirty of people, most if not all of them who identify themselves as law enforcement (whether they really are or not, I have no idea), who think ‘yeah, well the cops may have gone a little overboard but I still don’t think the lady was entirely innocent.’ What that tells me is that cops will defend their own brotherhood to amazing lenghts, even when all the facts of the case are obvious to everyone else.
Which is quite alarming. We don't need a corrupt police state. People will trust the police more if they admit to the problems within their ranks and deal harshly with it.
As long as they defend this, they lose credibility.