Two NYC cops - both caught on film - have blatantly assaulted citizens.
Are we to be shocked?
Not at all.
It has become common-place. They will keep their jobs, their "pay-grade", their status in life that says "you are above the law".
Video here
The New York Police Department is embroiled in controversy after a video has surfaced showing an officer brutally beating a man with a metal baton while he lays on the ground. This is the second time this week that an NYPD officer has been caught on camera in an act of seeming police brutality.
And from The New York Times, a story of a cop that attacked a guy on a bike.
A New York City police officer was stripped of his gun and badge on Monday after an amateur video surfaced on the Internet showing him pushing a bicyclist to the ground in Times Square during a group ride on Friday evening.
The cyclist, identified in court papers as Christopher Long, 29, was taking part in a monthly ride, called Critical Mass, that often draws hundreds of riders. In a criminal complaint against Mr. Long, the officer, identified in the court documents as Patrick Pogan of the Midtown South precinct, says that the cyclist rode straight into him. But the video, posted on YouTube and on the blog Gothamist.com, shows the officer lunging toward Mr. Long.
Believe it or not, the court papers read that the man "used a weapon to run down the officer".
I know that being a police officer is a dangerous job. I even know that there are "good cops". But why is it so difficult for any cop that viloates to law to be completely removed from his job?
Are police officers are "trained" to see everyone as a "potential threat", a target? Whom are they protecting and whom are they serviing?
No, not everyone can be Serpico, but the fact that so many cops get away with beatings ( and worse ) is beyond sad.
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