Yes this is a reply to a 76 day old reply. So what? This is important, and at face value I happen to believe FellowGrower and what he claims happened to him. Sure, maybe there are some facts involved that he did not mention in his posts, but just look at what he tells us! Fact is I recently seen a video in which a driver ran over a cop- yes it could of been mechanical failure, but it appeared the driver tried to kill the cop. Next thing the police run the van off the road and the driver's body falls out the window as the van is rolling over. His body hit the ground with NO MOVEMENT. The driver was already badly hurt and had all of the signs of being in a coma- this was all caught on the dashboard of a police officer's video cam. The driver appeared motionless on the ground and could of likely been in a coma before the first cop got to him. Then the beatings started, despite the fact their lives were clearly not in jeopardy. Likely, this was about revenge in which those cops did not care about the law, as they felt free to behave anyway they wanted.
In what seemed to been an episode of The Simpsons about 6 cops start beating the motionless driver to death, well almost. The last I heard 6 cops were fired for the beating of a man that doctors claimed was likely already in a coma, yet the cops acted just like a GANG and was seeking revenge for the police officer the driver appeared to of swerved and ran over. Last I heard on FoxNews (of all places!) the driver was still in ICU and had not woke up yet.
In the above true story which was all captured from a video cam on a police officer's dashboard we can see how police often act. This was all aired on TV News. Sometimes they can act like God and Jury. Yes maybe that driver was a cop hater and was trying to kill the cop he ran over (broke a leg is appeared). but the fact remains that when the rest of the police force caught up with the driver and next forced him off the road, that his motionless body layed on the ground as 6 cops beat the hell out of him! This is not how police are supposed to act!! They had no way of knowing if the van had a sudden mechanical failure and they certainly did not wait and look at the driver's body before they started beating him. The man might of well been dead when they started beating him in revenge. It sickens me that in America we still have bad cops. But the fact is, we still have bad cops all over this great country. All we can do is hope and pray that the cop we have to talk too is a good cop working on the right side of the law. Police should respect our rights, not act like God.
FellowGrower's story shows how easily police can abuse their power. we have a lot of stories like his too. Every work day on the local interstate I see police speeding 20 - 40 mph over the speed limit in an attempt to zapp their radar guns at other speeders by sneaking up on their backsides. Why is it OK for the police to travel 20mph over the posted speed limit, and higher on the freeway to catch speeders yet the police don't get a ticket for speeding??! This is not right and the police should be held to some standards.
FellowGrower's story shows us all how unfair the law and enforcement of really is. We have came a long ways, but still have so far to go.
I am very sorry to of hijacked this thread. I find the OP's information very interesting and look forward to reading future writings of his/hers.
Peace.
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