So again I ask, why are you lying about the number of officers that showed up? Why don't you have the integrity to tell the truth?
It's people like you that cherrry pick information about incidents then try to make them something they are not. Yes, the cops did use abusive language and that should not and is not being tolerated. Other than that you are making an awful lot of assumptions as to who these people who the cops were dealing with are. I'll leave it up to those who actually do the job rather than those who sit on the side line and critique to determine what is the best way to do their job. In this case, their job was to lock this woman up! Mission accomplished.
Perhaps it wasn't "20" officers, but maybe 10, or 5. Looking out front, it appears that theres definately more than 2 or 3 there. Seems like overkill for a middle aged woman wanted on failing to pay a civil fine. You are clearly a skilled artist when it comes to using people's words to try and discredit them to make them seem like liars to make your argument seem more intelligent.
"People like me" cherry pick information. Are you referring to the general public or "common citizens." Perhaps you view "people like me" as "subjects" as if I am some sort of loyal subject to the crown. Your absolutely correct, people like me pick out information. Its my right, not to believe reports, clips and news articles that are put out, and to conduct a thorough investigation on my own to determine "what really happened." People like me more than often watch shows like "Cops" and "The first 48." I like watching "20/20" and "60 minutes" to watch shows that investigative reporters have put together to determine what the truth really is.
Perhaps you will "leave it up to them" and "not critique incidents." The one thing that I have learned from cops over the years is more than often they do not like to critique incidents. Nobody wants to admit they are wrong, to come clean and say "yeah we screwed up." Instead they like getting told by federal judge's in federal courts only after citizens file civil action to make them pay for their mistakes. You might hate this. You might hate the fact that citizens critique situations that us "common" citizens know nothing about. Well the reality is this. As a citizen, I have a right to know. I have the right to critique how police do their jobs. I have the right to vote for politicians that will appoint police leaders who will ensure the community is policed and handled in a certain way. I have a right to know how much is being paid out, how citizens are treated by those with law enforcement powers, a right to know what cops are doing, thats going to cost me as a taxpayer. I demand the right to know how many rogue idiots my jurisdiction has hired running wild with badges and guns, with lack of supervision, that is going to cost that jurisdiction dearly in federal court for their misbehavior. In this case, I like how the Sgt made sure his stripes were shown through the window on camera, it made him that much easier to identify for lawsuit purposes.
If someone came and treated my mother like that, i'd sue them back to the stone age. If they handcuffed and detained my brothers like that I would name everyone from the governor on down in the lawsuit. Can't find a lawyer? Thats ok, im sure the ACLU will pick up this one, it seems pretty tasty. I guess thats the problem with "people like me" is that we are always quick to sue. Well considering the fact thats the only thing that people understand nowadays is to hit them in their pocket book, even if it means that those cops won't get new cruisers or new hats next year.
You may not like "people like me" but sadly its "taxpayers like me" who do question how things are being run to ensure accountability. Its taxpayers like me who try to find out why my jurisdiction is paying out lawsuit settlements to victims of police misconduct instead of paying to hire and train better more civilized professional officers who respect the constitutional rights of "people like me."
You may not like the fact that I "monday morning quarterback" such incidents but the reality is that its people like me that ensure "people like you" have a job. Without people like me, its likely that the power would go straight to some individuals skulls and they would go wild on power trips "caning" people and handcuffing them for hours only to release them without being arrested. Its people like me that encourages the county commissioners or the governor to hire more cops, pay cops better salaries and encourage politiicans to get better equipment for those who do have to enforce the law. But its also people like me that seek to cut the funding for agencies that have gone rogue, that abuse their power, that perform shoddy police work and ignore crime. Its people like me that encourage the destruction of agency budgets that no longer operate as effective law enforcement agencies and encourage politicians to replace those individuals with some other sort of law enforcement entity.
