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When police brutality cannot be covered up or dismissed by blaming the victim, the next official line is often the “bad apple” defense. The popular phrase “one bad apple can spoil the bunch” generally means that one person’s behavior can negatively r

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Comment by David Jackson
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   What's new?

   I know nobody cares that this crap is happening, simply because iot continues to happen. I'll say it again - 'til I'm blue-in-the-face, one more time - this is the "new standard". Most of the systematic abuse began when afirmative action became the "law of the land". At that instant, people who had no real interest in the concept of "protect and serve" began getting on the cops, primarily as "quota hires". their only motivations were good pay, good medical benefits, and good retirement. They are what I call "careerists". they will never be "professionals". (Professionals take the job seriously and spend many hours advancing their knowledge law enforcement and developing their skillsets beyond academy level; they are "pros" or, at least, they try to be.

   Sadly, most of the truly good cops have aged-out of the system; they are retired or not on the streets. They are never coming back.

    At no time in history have so many misfits had so much power over the lives and property of U.S. citizens, with little to no functional oversight or accountability. We are living in a police state that would be a joke if it wasn't that it is so pervasive, distructive, and dangerous.

    In my humble opinion, this is not an unfortunate turn of events. It is a plan. And, to the detriment of our entire way of life (the heart of our culture), we are all at severe risk of injury, incarceration, or death, at the hands of the New American Gestapo!

     Generally, any time the response to a non-violent event is violence, what is happening is a more or less visceral response to fear, lack of skill, cowardice, or flat-out psychosis. No good cop would ever even think of shooting an unarmed citizen. No good cop would ever beat a cuffed or otherwise controlled citizen. No good cop would ever allow his fellow offocers to brutalize a non-resisting, unarmed citizen. Except in situations that permit no response other than "total violence" - striking a person in the head or using a firearm - no good cop would resort to lethal force. (Good cops are capable of self-control and professional physical control of unarmed violence and rage: this is because they've been taught their job or have sought out the necessary skills.)

   

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