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Well the law is supposed to punish those who break it. Receiving brain damage while doing absolutely nothing (at the time) to cause it is the punishment.
Does anyone have an actual mirror? Not available in my country >

It's a sad state when you read a headline about cops getting charged for violence and your reaction is:

Surprise that they're being charged
Not sure what incident of police violence it is until you read the article. >

Pulling a knife and tackling a cop does seem pretty reckless, but bashing is head in is definitely not the correct approach I'm glad they were fired and I hope they face jail time, "Protect and serve" my ass >

I'm also of the opinion if officers get charged for beating the ever loving shit out of you, that's your punishment for pushing an officer and the criminal charges should be dropped. You know what I'm saying? Not that he deserved it, but that any prison time gets cancelled out because of this unnecessary excessive force that definitely left this man with permanent brain damage. >

I have real reservations about that.  The cops need to be charged with felonies and do some time.  But… the crime that Worcester committed was not against Officer White.  It was against us, the collective.  Criminal cases are the state vs the defendant because the criminal act betrays us, not the victim.
We can say both things at once… we can simultaneously say:

the police officers are our representatives acting on our behalf, and it is not for you to decide whether we “deserve” our laws to be followed.  Fuck with us, and you will find out.

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as a police officer, you are our representatives, acting on our behalf, and it is not for you to decide whether we “deserve” for the police to follow our laws and behave in accordance with our expectations.  Fuck with us, and you will find out.

If we go down the road of one person’s bad act erasing another person’s bad act, it goes places we don’t want to go.  We can’t make the bad actions of the cops a jackpot.  There has to be some proportionality.  If you committed a petty misdemeanor and got your ass jacked, I’d agree.  But he appears to have committed a felonious act of aggravated battery and that simply can’t go unaddressed.  He should do the time (he owes me that) and then bask later in the proceeds from his lawsuit.  (He deserves that.)