This is not a rarity. I believe Sandy Bland was a victim to covert agendas within police departments. Ferguson is another. Police do believe they are above the law and they make up their own rules. They can't handle the enormous power at their disposal they are prohibited from using at their will.
I have mentioned before police are not powerful people. They sincerely aren't when considering the rights citizens have. There are just bad police officers that take license with the power within their reach that isn't their's to use.
Judge and jury. Trial by police guns. I sincerely believe the need for stops of minor traffic infractions should be reviewed for abuse. There needs to be a moratorium on police stops regarding minor infractions of the law. There has to be an investigation into the use of police authority in the country.
That would be a major research project sponsored by the US Justice Department. It wouldn't happen overnight and innocent people are dying within the country.
4 August 2015
By Jon Swaine
A police officer in Alabama(click here) proposed murdering a black resident and creating bogus evidence to suggest the killing was in self-defence, the Guardian has learned.
Officer Troy Middlebrooks kept his job and continues to patrol Alexander City after authorities there paid the man $35,000 to avoid being publicly sued over the incident. Middlebrooks, a veteran of the US marines, said the man “needs a god damn bullet” and allegedly referred to him as “that nigger”, after becoming frustrated that the man was not punished more harshly over a prior run-in....
I have mentioned before police are not powerful people. They sincerely aren't when considering the rights citizens have. There are just bad police officers that take license with the power within their reach that isn't their's to use.
Judge and jury. Trial by police guns. I sincerely believe the need for stops of minor traffic infractions should be reviewed for abuse. There needs to be a moratorium on police stops regarding minor infractions of the law. There has to be an investigation into the use of police authority in the country.
That would be a major research project sponsored by the US Justice Department. It wouldn't happen overnight and innocent people are dying within the country.
4 August 2015By Jon Swaine
A police officer in Alabama(click here) proposed murdering a black resident and creating bogus evidence to suggest the killing was in self-defence, the Guardian has learned.
Officer Troy Middlebrooks kept his job and continues to patrol Alexander City after authorities there paid the man $35,000 to avoid being publicly sued over the incident. Middlebrooks, a veteran of the US marines, said the man “needs a god damn bullet” and allegedly referred to him as “that nigger”, after becoming frustrated that the man was not punished more harshly over a prior run-in....
