PureX
Well-known member
There is nothing this woman could have said or done to warrant this kind of violent attack.
And I am seeing these kinds of videos almost every day, now, on Facebook, Youtube, and elsewhere. Clearly, this sort of thing has been going on for a long time, but is now being captured by the recent proliferation of video cameras. And the thing I find most disturbing, is that these violent officer's overseers defend them in almost every instance, against the citizens they were sworn to serve and protect.
It's extremely important that we do not allow our police forces to become populated by paid thugs, such as these. Once the police become the criminals, our society will collapse into violence and chaos.
Nearly every one of these videos I've seen involve the officer over-reacting to a perceived lack of IMMEDIATE AND TOTAL compliance. In this case, the officer just slammed the woman into the chair, presumably because she would not sit voluntarily. This is in itself an unnecessary escalation of violent force. Then when the woman reacts to this aggression with her foot (because she is hand-cuffed), the officer over-reacts, again, and slams her to the floor, knocking out her teeth.
I understand that she was drunk, and uncooperative, but drunks are very often slow to understand, and deliberately uncooperative. This officer was NEVER in any danger. And had no legitimate reason to respond so violently to her insolence. Any officer that cannot keep his cool in such a situation should be sent back for more training and testing, or should be put off the job.
And as a social emergency, we need to address this insane police practice of demanding immediate and total compliance. It's irrational, and dangerously unrealistic, and it is clearly the cause many unnecessary deaths and beatings of civilians.
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