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Unchecked aggression and poor judgement will continue to plague the system until actual punishment occurs that delivers real consequences for actions such as this. There are a few people on the board here who seem to always to make excuses favoring law enforcement in cases like this. It will be interesting to see what they have to say and even more fascinating that they will believe the excuses they will provide.
Out of the large group of friends I grew up with and I am only one of two out of the group that did not become a police officer. They all have said that the system is structured poorly in regards to punishing their own and in most cases stuff is swept under the rug whenever possible by any officer from top to bottom for the most part. One of these friends has a brother that joined the force a few years ago and immediately began doing dirty/shady things and drew the attention of IA. He should have gone to jail for a long time but he was instead fired, and the matter was hushed out the door of the department he worked for. His brother who is still a police officer (good one) to this day has not spoken to his crooked cop brother since he was fired- No one talks to him anymore, he has been cast out of our tight group of friends. I have also been made aware that for as many stories like this that make it to the news there are many many more that didn't.
Funny how society has strangely accepted this dirty aggressive cop behavior. By not getting more involved as a community and pressuring the Police departments with oversight groups and audits that have more teeth. Because of this we are all guilty of allowing it to continue. It's truly disgusting to hear about a story like this and then remember how many preceded it and how many are going to follow it.
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