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In reply to the discussion: If the cops performed vigilante justice on Dorner, so what? He had it coming. [View all]pennylane100
(3,425 posts)We have a right to expect that the police are held to the same standards as the people they are paid to protect. The idea that it is understandable that they would act otherwise because the victims were police officers is wrong should not be tolerated.
There has been a dramatic rise in the documented cases of police brutality, thanks to the use of cell phone cameras. We know that there have been several instances in southern California where innocent people have been beaten to death by the police for the crime of being homeless and mentally ill, so it is not such a stretch to imagine that there might be some cops who think that they have the right to act as judge and jury in this case. Anyone who has been the victim of police misconduct would certainly think that these issues are very real for them.