JimK-NY wrote:
My opinion is that it totally unacceptable to have these sorts of "problems". That would include the investigations, convictions, illegal quotas, and legal actions for excessive force. And as I said, sadly, it seems the JSO is one of the better police groups. Sadly. Yes, "weeding out" seems to be a major issue since it violates the brotherhood code of covering up. None of this should be even up for discussion. People walking around with authority and guns need to be held accountable for proper behavior.
IMHO, just because there is a investigation is not a problem. Depends on what the investigation finds. Without investigation, how can we know there is no problems? If problems are found, they need to be advertised so we know the are solved.
ford truck guy wrote:
^^^^And your idol is Colon Kapernick I guess...?
I would not say "idol", but I respect the man for standing for a issue that needs addressed. A very small percentage of Americans will even stand for their religion. But I don't think the problem is just one race, even tho harm comes to minorities much more often than their percentage of the population.
The Police have gotten a bad rap since the inception of mobile streaming devices... ALL eyes on them, makes making an important decision that much harder.
I have never seen a camera that would take a picture of something that was not there. And while the decision to do harm, say shoot or choke somebody
might be made under stress, but then to have pictures of several standing around, and doing nothing to try to save a life? This kind of inaction does a lot to convince me that the "few bad apples" might not be true.
We think people are innocent until proven guilty. And this might be true once the case gets to court. But, on the street, the cop knows he is the law, and the only innocent is the other officer.