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To: tejek who wrote (159072)	1/27/2003 7:42:05 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1579883

Having said that, I am the first to admit they have a tough, thankless job. You put yourself in these peoples' shoes -- every freaking time you make a traffic stop you're putting your life on the line. You don't know whether the creep you're walking up to is preparing to blow your brains out -- and damned near everyone they deal with is, at best, pissed off about it. It is no surprise that once in a blue moon some creep like Rodney King pushes the cops a little too far and it gets out of control. The King incident was not so bad, as he created the problem for himself -- while he may have gotten more than he deserved, he could have avoided the entire incident had he behaved in a reasonable manner. The Louima incident was sheer, unprovoked brutality and the cops should have been (and were) seriously punished for it. Still, I don't know whether EITHER incident was racially motivated.

To: tejek who wrote (159072)	1/27/2003 7:52:09 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579883

Being a cop is tough sometimes. It doesn't excuse going overboard though. We put a lot of trust in cops and its a sad and potentially scary thing when they abuse it. On the other hand there is a gray area as well and a cop can go that far without even realizing it, and then get in to a lot of trouble. They are human. They have fear and anger like anyone else and occasionally they face some very dangerous situations. One problem in LA was that they did not have good training on controlling unruly perps in non lethal ways. They had used chokeholds but there was a big protest against them so they switched to beating. That helped lead to the Rodney King situation. Its too bad that cops can't have something like a Star Trek phasor set to stun... Tim