It’s the small things, too.
Below is a video of an old vet, legally blind and a bit grumpy. He’s walking down a public sidewalk with a folding cane in his back pocket. A cop stops him because she thinks the folding cane is a gun.
The old guy dispels her suspicions. That should be the end of it. But the cop then demands the old guy’s ID. He refuses, as is his right under the 4A. He did absolutely nothing wrong. And I can’t blame him. Who wants to be entered into a police database for no reason?
The cop’s sergeant shows up. Together these two monsters arrest the old guy, cuff him, and haul him off to jail.
He’s now suing the police department. Once again, the taxpayers will take the hit.
https://youtu.be/SMmiMbJeJjw?si=qs71rSPAg60HZpCx
Is such terrible police behavior common? No. But it’s happening way too often. And it’s destroying our confidence in the police.
Nothing worse than a P/O Lezzi with a gun and a badge.
It’s the age old problem of a few bad apples spoil the barrel. Damn shame but it’s a fact of perception. Problem almost invariably starts with leadership at the top and in city departments sadly it’s politics and not merit that fills these positions.