With all the recent stories of police brutality in the United States lately, especially since the deaths of Michael Brown, Ezell Ford, Eric Garner, Kristiana Coignard and others at the hands of police, it can be all too easy to forget there are officers who go against apparent trends, and even against their co-workers.
In 2011, Copblock.org uploaded a video of two unidentified New York Police Department officers in a sometimes-physical altercation. The video footage shows a handcuffed man on the ground, shouting for assistance, complaining about pain in his hand. One of the officers shoves the other away from the screaming man. The officer who was shoved away by his colleague returns to the handcuffed man, and proceeds to yank him bodily up off the ground by the very arms the man had just said were hurting. He drags him down a length of sidewalk until his colleague stops him again. This unnamed “good cop” repeatedly stops the other officer from interacting with the screaming man by putting his hand against his chest until he desists. Then the gentle cop guides the handcuffed man into a seated position on the curb, appears to inspect the man’s arms, and gently pats him on the back, offering comfort. The handcuffed man repeatedly shouts, “I have a bad hand, look!” and “I didn’t do anything wrong.” Then the man filming shouts out, “Tu hablas Español?” and the officers tell him to stop filming.
Another case of an officer acting according to his conscience, no matter his colleagues’ opinions, comes from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the new chief of police was photographed holding a sign that reads: “I resolve to challenge racism @ work. #EndWhiteSilence.”
Chief Cameron Mclay’s predecessor was sentenced to federal prison for various corruption charges, and in 2012, Pittsburgh police shot a 20 year-old African-American man during a routine traffic stop, paralyzing him from the waist down. So from the outside, Mclay’s attitude seems like a welcome breath of fresh air.
But his brothers-in-arms see Mclay’s bold statement as a betrayal.
“Our current Chief insinuating that we are now racist, merely by the color of our skin and the nature of our profession, I say enough is enough!” said the President of the Fraternal Order of Police, Pittsburgh’s police union. “This has angered a lot of officers.”
Mclay, in response, pointed out he was brought on in order to restore the good name of the Pittsburgh Police Department, and further, he is not advocating for anything but good old common sense and cooperation.
“To me, the term ‘white silence’ simply means that we must be willing to speak up to address issues of racial injustice, poverty, etc. In my heart, I believe we all must come together as community to address real world problems; and I am willing to be a voice to bring community together,” Chief Mclay told MSNBC. “Their (End White Silence) message is not anti-anybody. It is simply a call for awareness. The photo was a great, spontaneous moment in time. Please join dialogue for community healing.”
Sources:
http://theantimedia.org/a-tale-of-two-police-chiefs/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/5/cameron-mclay-pittsburgh-police-chief-draws-ire-fo/
http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/01/good-cop-physically-stops-bad-cop/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S6DNTsOfzg
Not a very lengthy list of good cops. One stopped another cop from committing a crime and the other sent a tweet. That’s the list?
If we had more cops like that there would be allot less crime.
I worked as a cameraman for ABC News at two different affiliates. Police are human beings too, and they don’t like to be pegged or ridiculed. Ridicule is Saul’s most effective tool and is being used widely against anybody that doesn’t think or behave like Progressives feel they should.
After working with local, state, and federal authorities, I’ve come to the conclusion that local LEO are much more responsive to people in a civil way than state or federal. I was considered by most to be pro-police, but at the time I was doing this work, news really meant something and was mostly credible.
My breakdown from experience:
80% are people just like you and me that really want to make a positive difference.
10% don’t give a damn…it’s a paycheck.
10% we called badge swingers, who had an obsession to overexert their authority no matter the situation.
These 10% give them all a bad name because they get the most attention.
“Nearly 100 People Killed By Police in First Month of 2015- Zero Officers Killed By Suspects”
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/100-people-killed-police-month-2015-officers-killed-suspects/#EyeyvQ11msG5RReE.99
“Cops Beat Their Wives & Girlfriends At Nearly Double The National Rate”
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/cops-beat-wives-girlfriends-double-national-rate-receive-promotions/
“FBI Report: Americans Less Violent than Ever, Except for Police”
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/prison-statistics/
“As An American, You Are 29 Times More Likely To Be Killed By A Police Officer, Than A Terrorist”
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/americans-killed-cops-outnumber-americans-killed-iraq-war/
“CATO Institute: Sexual Misconduct Is The Second Highest of All Complaints Nationwide Against Police Officers”
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/isolated-incidents-40-cops-30-days-racked-dozens-charges-child-rape-sexual-abuse/
My dad is a cop. He provides for my family, and tries to help others at all costs. I agree with butterbean. There are a certain cops that are total shuck faces and they are the ones that give cops a bad name.
The whole ‘good cop bad cop” question can be disposed of more decisively … Only the following 3 points need to be considered:
1) A cops job is to enforce all laws/Policy. >>> All of them! That is why they are called “police” … Polic-e enforce “Polic-y”!
2) Many of the laws/Policies that they are charged with enforcing everyday are unjust and unconstitutional!
3) Therefore, every cop has agreed to act as an enforcer for the laws/Policies that are unjust and unconstitutional!
… now please, show me and the rest of the class where all of these good cops that you speak of, are located???
– Are the good ones Violating the 1st Amendment by enFORCEing “Free Speech” zones???
– Are the good ones EnFORCEing “laws” that infringe on the 2nd Amendment???
– Are they the ones having sex with Prostitutes, then arresting them afterwards??? (search it)
– Are they the ones that Violate the 4th Amendment at illegal check points, etc and not arresting NON “law” enFORCEment personnel for violating the 4th Amendment thousands of times daily for the last 13 years (TSA)???
– Are they the ones Violating the 5th Amendment by forcing a citizen to blow in to a tube or by forcefully taking their blood, etc (DUI)???
– Are they the ones that “Legally” Steal from citizens via Asset Forfeiture that has resulted in BILLIONS of Dollars stolen from American citizens who have never been arrested, charged with a crime, jailed or given a court date??? (search it)
– Are they one’s giving citizens DUI’s for sleeping in their vehicle, because the key is in the ignition???
– Are they the ones that participated in arresting more than 1,200 men for legitimately meeting women on line … only to find out that the cops LIED about the ages of the women which resulted in the INNOCENT men being arrested, have their cars stolen (because they were used during a “crime”), and basically ruined their lives??? (search it)
It’s way more than 10% …
“As An American, You Are 29 Times More Likely To Be Killed By A Police Officer, Than A Terrorist” (search it)
“Cops Beat Their Wives & Girlfriends At Nearly Double The National Rate” (search it)
“FBI Report: Americans Less Violent than Ever, Except for Police” (search it)
“CATO Institute: Sexual Misconduct Is The Second Highest of All Complaints Nationwide Against Police Officers” (search it)
“Most Adulterous Professions” >>> Cops #2 On The List – Ashley Madison. dot com (search it)
“What jobs are most attractive to Psychopaths? Here’s the list, originally published online @ Forbes.com by Eric Barker after surveying a panel of leading Psychologist” >>> Cops #7 – Forbes dot com (search it)
“Nearly 100 People Killed By Police in First Month of 2015- Zero Officers Killed By Suspects” (search it)
What Movie is in that picture, would like to know seems interesting.
I used to work with this guy named Rob. He came into work and told me that he was pulled over on his way to work and when the cop asked him for his license and registration, the cop punched him in the face while he sat in his car. He did t know what to do. The year was 1994. Staten Island. I’ll never forget that.
Of course there are still ‘good’ cops out there in the world–they can’t be all shit. Even during WWII you could find kindhearted and heroic German people who were in title and in appearance of a nazi. Heck even some KKK members turn their life around after they realize their crimes and ignorant hate. It just looks like there aren’t any good cops left because there are so many bad stories going around and the media focuses more on the most juiciest and trendiest stories. Would it catch a lot of viewers if they spoke about good cop stories/bad-civilians-against-good-cops stories right now in the midst of a bad-cop-against-good-citizen spree? No it wouldn’t. If anything, it would just add more fuel to the fire against all cops because people are angry at them.
I think that most people who join the police force do so because they want meaning in their life. The want to do good. Some get corrupted, some turn evil but in general I think that those who actually do evil in line of work do so because of stress and other influences rather than wanting to be evil. I’ve been arrested once for drunk and disorderly and they let me go after I told the two police officers (that were younger than me) than I belived they were doing their best to be the good guy. Use it if you can and need to.
Right. We the free civilians dislike cops, but who are we going to call if we get robbed or raped? Our friends, a motorcycle club or the cops? Not all of us are so well connected that we can call friends and hope for them to come to our aid, calling on MC might just backfire and frequently does when they come back later and say we owe them more for service rendered so that leaves the cops, that we do not have to pay because that is supposedly included in the tax we all (should) pay.
I have personal experience of a family member being kidnapped and held to ransom by a (unnamed) MC. I’ll call the cops any day untill I know of a better alternative.
Politicians destroy good cops. Armed tax collectors and brown shirts is all the 1% want controlling the masses.