I’m n out seeing anyone here saying cops are gun happy assassins. I do see people on Websleuths saying we have a problem with LE shooting Black people , or otherwise killing them, usually unarmed, and getting away with it, when there is no reason to do so.
I don’t understand how the guy kicking a woman in the head has anything to do with this. OF COURSE it’s not discussed a lot. It has nothing to do with the issue of government responsibility and accountability. Does that man have a gun he is authorized by the government to use? Is he LE? Does he have the power and responsibility of wearing a gun and a badge to protect and serve?
If not, he’s not part of the equation. That equation is that those government agents tasked with protecting society and upholding the law, who wield utmost power and authority and who have a grave responsibility, must be scrutinized as closely as possible when they are involved in a case of injury or death.
This is about the US Constitution. That thing our forebears fought and died to implement to protect themselves against government overreach and oppression.
If there’s an agenda to continue ensuring that members of our government who wield weaponry are scrutinized as closely as can be to protect the public from overreach and oppression? Count me in.
Law enforcement should not be measured against common people, especially common people committing crimes. Their responsibility to the public is huge. Their power is huge. So their behavior must be impeccable.
It confounds me that some do not understand that.
We darn well better be fixated on the killing of a teenager by LE. Armed or not. Black or not. But more so when the suspect killed is black as they are disproportionately victims of police killings.
I don’t see this is a case of police brutality or excessive force. I do see the necessity of scrutinizing this case as hard as possible.
