Re:No Qualified Immunity for Cops Who Made Stuff Up to Justi...
by TomSwirly on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:29AM
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> Mistakes
The video makes it clear - it wasn't a mistake.
The cop deliberately broke the law because he wanted to.
> police officers need to be held accountable for their actions. Not sure how to implement that
Why is the idea of simply enforcing the existing laws out of the question? The video shows two people in a uniform assaulting another. The two people in uniform should be charged with criminal assault in exactly the same way it would be the other way around.
The point is that the United States is a lawless country, where "lawmakers" and "law enforcement" commit crimes at will, in public, and laugh about it.
The video makes it clear - it wasn't a mistake.
The cop deliberately broke the law because he wanted to.
> police officers need to be held accountable for their actions. Not sure how to implement that
Why is the idea of simply enforcing the existing laws out of the question? The video shows two people in a uniform assaulting another. The two people in uniform should be charged with criminal assault in exactly the same way it would be the other way around.
The point is that the United States is a lawless country, where "lawmakers" and "law enforcement" commit crimes at will, in public, and laugh about it.