I was reading a news story today about a disturbing situation in South Carolina; two videos surfaced that showed officers chasing suspects with their police cars and “bumping them” in two seperate incidents. What about safety?
The officers were white, the news report stated; and the suspects black. Now, personally, i don’t think that ANY police officer white or black should be “bumping” any suspect, white or black! Yes, i understand that the “suspects” are exactly that…”suspected criminals” .
However, when they are suspects…they haven’t yet, been convicted of anything…and also, i feel that it is dangerous for the suspects, the officers, as well as the general public to be chasing and “bumping” people.
Obviously, what happens if the suspect gets rolled under the vehicle and gets serious hurt or killed? Then, the suspect is not only injured or killed, but, the officer will have to go through an investigation; it will cause him or her, to possibly not only loose their job; but, also could send them to prison for manslaughter.
The situation could allow whatever community the officer represents to be rightfully sued, costing tax payers not only money; but, also fan the flames of another huge racial conflict. We need to work on identifying and healing racial divisions not creating new reasons to deepen the wounds in our communities.
No, i just think it is wrong to allow these types of situations to occur without challenging them legally. Yes, if someone is doing something illegal they deserve to, not only be arrested; but, also convicted.
The two officers who are on the video tapes have set an awful precedent by “bumping” their suspects. Not to mention, at least one other incident of another officer, in a different situation allegedly shouting out racial slurs about a suspect in South Carolina. This is definately something that should never be allowed.
Human beings are to be treated with respect by people we entrust to represent us in law enforcement. The federal investigation that could come out of this situation is needed; not only in one state, but in all 50 states and we need to set a standard in how things are to be handled.
I respect officers and most of them do a wonderful job; they have a passion and a commitment to uphold the law. They have very difficult jobs. We need to recognize the good officers and hold them up as an example to follow. Upright and honest citizens can help officers to do their jobs better by setting standards that weed out the officers that abuse their power.
Officers are out there every day risking their lives to uphold the law; and truthfully, often they see the worst our nation has to offer in regards to human behavior. It must be difficult to keep a positive view point of humanity when you constantly see the horrible things that people do to one another.
Lift up and encourage officers that you know in your neighborhood, your family, your churches, your schools, and even on the street corners. It is one of those jobs that gets very few thank yous. I am sure that they dis-like the bad officers as much as we do because it makes their jobs more difficult.
We need to teach our children once again to respect authority in the home, in our schools, and in our communities and in law enforcement. To accomplish this, we must act responcibly and respectfully even when dealing with the criminal elements in our society. We want our children to respect officers, not fear them.
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