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Even engineers have liability insurance
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.

AND

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.) >

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. >

But you are only saying this so long as it’s not you.  That’s the problem.  If he violently attacked your child (allegedly with a knife) but during his arrest, he gets his ass utterly whipped by the police in a completely inappropriate way, I do not believe for a second you’d say “we’re all good here, let’s call it a wash.”  That’s only palatable when you or your loved ones were not the victim of the initial crime.
There simply has to be proportionality.  Our system cannot function on any level without proportionality. >

Yet another example of a crime that would not have been prosecuted were it not for video evidence, and another concrete example of why police want laws passed that prevent the recording of police.
They know what they’re doing is wrong and they don’t want it to get out.
That behavior is clear evidence of a guilty mind. Nobody tries to conceal something that’s above board.
They are a legal gang, nothing more, and until police take action to salvage their reputation, that’s exactly how they’re going to be viewed. >

Part and parcel why federal law should be enacted that any officer acting in a capacity of federal, state, or local law enforcement should be equipped with a camera and taking from Colorado that any time said camera or footage ia off/disabled/erased that it is considered malfeasance against the officer in pursuit of criminal charges or civil liability. Get Malpractice Insurance like medical professionals. Bet there would be a lot of shit thrown around about 'fascist Democrats' at that.
But...lobbyists and unions.