Re:What I learned from an unfortunate incident with the NYPD
by kevinskii on Monday March 03, 2014 @01:44AM
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A sizeable minority of officers are indeed bullies. But while I can't speak for other police agencies, even the bullies are pretty well reined in by the policies in Los Angeles. I can elaborate if you like.
Re:What I learned from an unfortunate incident with the NYPD
by enraged_camel on Monday March 03, 2014 @02:49PM
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If by "pretty well reined in" you mean "given 30-day paid vacations when they misbehave" then I suppose you are right.
What you won't see (or will see very, very rarely) is a cop losing his job and standing trial for assault if they wrongfully use physical force on a civilian. They can always get away with "well, I thought he was carrying a weapon" or other such flimsy excuses. Combined with the fact that cops always look after their own, it becomes very difficult to successfully and meaningfully persecute a cop for abusing their authority.
The sad fact of the matter is that a very large number of police officers are simply bullies in uniform. Asserting your rights to them, or acting "uppity," will only get you in trouble.