Police Chief Twitter feed: LOL teeny mix up. Recruitment sent all the guys that failed psych evaluation

I believe I owe you an apology Lawdeedaw.
From previous comments I took you for a knee-jerk law enforcement apologist.
I see now that I was wrong. Sometimes people rush to judgement of police officers; I know I have because of previous, personal encounters with bad cops. I've been beaten and have personally witnessed--twice--cops take the oath and lie on the stand in court.
Just goes to show the maxim, "Innocent until proven guilty" should be adhered to in all cases.
But, the apparent inability of our justice system to hold cops accountable to the law just sets us up for total mistrust of police officers--some of whom are good hard working people (NOT these guys). If the cover-ups would stop, and cops were held to a higher standard, that would just go away.

We just had a Teen tasered to death to Charlotte NC, again.

Last week was a rough one for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD). They were deemed out of control by a federal jury who awarded the family of a taser-killing with a $10 million settlement. Then they went ahead and did it again. This time CMPD officer Michael Forbes pumped 50,000 volts of electricity into the frail body of 21-year old La'Reko Williams -- killing him.


These things are over used and leathel.

*controversy

Adding video to channels (Controversy) - requested by MrFisk.

http://www.fullertonsfuture.org/2011/warning-graphic-photo-of-fpd-beating-victim/

Here's a picture of the man. He lingered in a hospital in a coma for a week until he succumbed to his injuries. Admittedly, it doesn't take much to bring me to tears, but this is so frightening to me.

Thank you for the apology Boise_Lib--it's more than I could ask from most. It shows a high level of maturity; one of the highest in fact.

Many think I am an apologist because I take a centered perspective. I too have had a bad experience with a dick, I mean, a cop... He doesn't deserve to be a cop.

I was surrounded by a mob of angry people and he knew I would be--so he left before they arrived... He was pissed at where I worked, apparently. Point is, I could have been killed.

My wife called the main station and told them nicely that she would "sue their ever-lovin fucking asses off." Suffice to say, like hornets, four cruisers pulled up in two minutes and without violence broke everything up.

I was also drawn upon with a gun for a misunderstanding. By the end--I talked him down, made him laugh, and got out of a ticket for nearly slamming into his cruiser It's all in the words we use with the individuals we use them on. If I had talked to him like he was my enemy, I would have wound up in jail.

But despite the bad experience with the fuck-tard cop, I cannot hate--even if I wish too. It's not in me. I leave that for the Christians, Muslims, gay-bashers, and racists (Naming a few.) I don't imply that you have hatred that rivals their's Boise, that is not true at all. I do note that hatred spreads through society like a cancer. It causes the Us versus Them mentality. That is why the Left and Right hate each other. Why one Nation hates another Nation. Why a Skin Color hates a different Skin color. One may be more responsible than the other, but both sides are not helping the matter.

Again, I am glad for the apology.

>> ^Boise_Lib:
I believe I owe you an apology Lawdeedaw.
From previous comments I took you for a knee-jerk law enforcement apologist.
I see now that I was wrong. Sometimes people rush to judgement of police officers; I know I have because of previous, personal encounters with bad cops. I've been beaten and have personally witnessed--twice--cops take the oath and lie on the stand in court.
Just goes to show the maxim, "Innocent until proven guilty" should be adhered to in all cases.
But, the apparent inability of our justice system to hold cops accountable to the law just sets us up for total mistrust of police officers--some of whom are good hard working people (NOT these guys). If the cover-ups would stop, and cops were held to a higher standard, that would just go away.

I'm starting to feel like we need a new 911 to call when bad cops attack.

9111: What is your emergency?

Terrified citizen: Twelve cops have been bludgeoning a face down homeless man for 10 minutes.

9111: Okay, stay on the line. We're sending help.

119 might work better.