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Well, if he had outstanding warrants, why wasn't he picked up before the incident? Particularly ones that are mandated "without bail?" It sounds like a case of "you turned us in, but we found some dirt that we can use to (hopefully) discredit you" if you ask me... though videotape doesn't lie, it can certainly present things a bit out of context.


Let me begin by saying I don't condone any of this type of activity in anyway. I believe the cops were in the wrong. However, with all the outstanding warrants that are out there in ever city all around the country, combined with their never ending duties, there is no way that warrants can be served for every infration. The fact of the matter is, the police have no choice but to wait until someone shows themselves, be it traffic infraction, domestic violence, or video taping of kid being brutalized. This isn't so much a case of you burn us, we'll burn you, as it is a case of you reared your head and now we know where you are. It just so happens that the guy that taped this atrocity is getting his 15 minutes of fame. If he were picked up in a routine traffic stop, noone would ever say a word about him being arrested for those outstanding warrants.

If in fact, this kid did grab the officer's crotch, there is an instinct to defend that. However, being a Marine with sufficient training in self-defense, I can also say that the instinct to defend MUST be trained, with reason and a thought process, in people that have positions of authority. Maybe we as a society need to evaluate the training we are supplying our police officers and other members of the civil peace keepering community. Maybe we need to realize that we are not teaching them how to control the power they are given. Then again, that would cost more money and to do that, we won't have the money to hear the gentlemen's case that wants to complteley restructure our government by taking the work God out of a couple documents. It's a long unending circle of reasons as to why problems will never get fixed. Maybe people just need to be a little more thick skinned and not so apt to criticize or canabalize someone else's actions. Especially when they don't have the gaul to be in their shoes. Everyone in this country always wants to complain about what's wrong with this country. Look around you, everyone, this is the best country in the world. Why not start to focus on the things that are right. The things that make us stand out in the world as the most advanced land of people in the world. Just food for though.