Quote from: wunkbone on November 04, 2014, 07:19:12 AM

Quote from: hamza171 on November 03, 2014, 03:49:39 AM

Quote from: wunkbone on November 03, 2014, 02:28:08 AM

Quote from: TECSHARE on November 02, 2014, 11:19:25 PM

Lack of accountability is the issue. Police always fall back on trying to say their job is so dangerous, and civilians wouldn't understand, but this is just a guilt trip tactic to distract you from persisting with holding police accountable for their negligence or active criminal activity. They have it made right now. In some states you can't even sue the police! They have total immunity. In any line of work, no accountability means there will be problems. When peoples lives are on the line this lack of accountability is unacceptable. Furthermore this lack of accountability has been turned into a for profit industry as police run roughshod over the generally law abiding population to fatten their pension funds, or so they can drive dodge chargers with camouflage vinyls and American flags on it...

I agree 100% with this. I think the police need to be held accountable for their actions and their decisions. I think they should be given the benefit of the doubt when they are forced to make split second decisions, however their decisions need to be documented as well as the information they used to make such decisions. The only way to really document this is for the police to wear body camera (see your previous post in this thread)

This is the truth, every major incident usually ends with paid leave and "we found no misconduct".

If police officers were held more accountable for their actions like the average civilian that they go after, then things amy be a bit different.

I punch someone I got to jail, they beat the shit out of a guy and get to go on vacation.

I think it all boils down to the amount of evidence between each case. If there is an allegation that a police officer punches someone, then they will likely receive paid leave while internal affairs investigates, however the police officer cannot be charged for this or fired for this if there is not sufficient evidence against him (the same is true for a normal citizen who punches someone).

This only strengthens the argument for police officers to always needing to wear a body camera so their actions can be documented while they are working

This is not the case when someone alledgely punches a cop, then you WILL go to jail if the pig says so....