In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much By John W. Whitehead
https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/in_a_cop_culture_the_bill_of_rights_doesnt_amount_to_much
In a democratic society, observed Oakland police chief Sean Whent, people have a say in how they are policed.
Unfortunately, if you can be kicked, punched, tasered, shot, intimidated, harassed, stripped, searched, brutalized, terrorized, wrongfully arrested, and even killed by a police officer, and that officer is never held accountable for violating your rights and his oath of office to serve and protect, never forced to make amends, never told that what he did was wrong, and never made to change his modus operandi, then you dont live in a constitutional republic.
You live in a police state.
It doesnt even matter that crime is at historic lows and most cities are safer than they have been in generations, for residents and officers alike, as the New York Times reports.
What matters is whether youre going to make it through a police confrontation alive and with your health and freedoms intact. For a growing number of Americans, those confrontations do not end well....
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