(July 16, 2015 at 5:21 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Oh, yeah.... typical cop behavior.
This is the most disturbing part to me:
Quote:Don’t take the attitude with cops, because we don’t play,” he says as she sobs. “When a cop shows up, you’re not the one in charge. I don’t care if this is your house. You understand me?
What happens if the daughter wasn't recording? The report indicates that the cop's body camera was missing video. I want to extend a special 'fuck you' to this Selvidge asshole. Sure, he later reported concerns about his partner's conduct, but it wasn't important enough to intervene. I suppose this is the conduct we can expect from 'good' cops.
Everyday, hundreds of thousands attend sporting events or other civic activities in the U.S. that traditionally require recitation of the national anthem. It's a fine poem that carries significant meaning, but its rote regurgitation cheapens its significance. People reflexively repeat the words without understanding, the same as millions that throw up The Lord's Prayer everyday because of habit devoid of understanding or sincerity.
The last two lines are: "O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave". Combine this with the oft repeated police mantra "to serve and protect" and most would consider us closer to Eden than Dystopia; however, the police serve and protect themselves whilst denying citizens their freedom. Inject a sympathetic court system and much of what they do could hardly be considered brave.
Cops are mostly overgrown stupid third-grade hall monitors. 'Good cops' do exist, but I think they are sequestered inside Yucca mountain with reasonable Christians (Unitarians), moderate Muslims, and compassionate conservatives. I have personal experiences with each, but nothing that would warrant the rest of the world acknowledging their existence rendering them mythical.