I have a background rooted in law enforcement. The culture soured and I left never looking back.
Mental illness is very much prevalent in our society -- but treated like a taboo -- which is sad. There is no real mechanisms in place in our police departments to continually evaluate mental health of their employees.
A high percentage of officers are ex-service members with many suffering from PTSD and other documented forms of mental illnesses.
A portion of officers are people who ARE bullies throughout their lives -- they can not treat people correct ever.
Another portion of officers are people who have been "pushed around" all of their lives -- harassed, bullied, etc.,-- looking for a power trip.
Stir this hot mental mess all together, add in a few young/dumb rookies into the ranks -- and you can not tell a good cop from a bad cop anymore -- and so many have a negative disposition that they are in the business of teaching people "lessons" -- which is not their job to do.
As this example shows: here are a few cops who seem to believe that they have unlimited power to investigate crimes. Additionally they believe they have unlimited power of search and seizure. Many cops have almost no knowledge of law and make some really off the wall decisions. Also, the officer eating that burger without too much regard to what was going on around him -- is a real life example of what a
psychopath looks like in action. ? LoL I am still shocked this episode/display was actually caught on tape. ??? LoL This is better that "body cam" footage. LoL ???
Plain and simple - the officers and the town are incorrect here. The gentleman getting caught up in all of this has had several of their civil rights disregarded.
There should be no question and I am dumbfounded that this seems to still be an ongoing problem for several months now. This is a fine example of corruption at multiple levels -- as everyone is playing along.
? I just hope the lawyer is not in on the scheme also.