Kicking a door isn’t the same as ringing a doorbell and running away. Sounds, to me, a little like the neighborhood kids were aware it was this cop’s house and were antagonizing him.
That said, the cop is a power drunk criminal. The amount of arrogance necessary to defy your superiors, S.W.A.T. a kid, piss on the constitution, snatch an unrelated kid out of his home, and then savagely beat the actual kid while he’s in handcuffs is the stuff of nightmares. This guy is a lunatic. I would be willing to bet his character is the reason kids in his neighborhood hate him.
I hate living in a world where bullies can cripple or kill my kids and I have to allow the system that employed, empowered, and trained them to decide a fitting punishment for them. It’s disgusting. I don’t know if these boy’s fathers are around, but if they are, I empathize with them. I truly pray my children don’t end up interacting with runaway law enforcement.
Let me hop on my soapbox a minute-
I am not for defunding police. I am not for federalizing police. I don’t exactly share Wade’s opinions about the joys of anarchy. I am committed to limited government and a republic with local LE. I truly appreciate the good men that do that job, some are close friends. In my home, police are respected and appreciated.
However, I am disgusted by the amount of criminal conduct I see done under the color of law. I am disgusted by the abuse of power I see in local law enforcement. I am disgusted by the irreverence I see for the laws of God and man in policing. It seems that as governance spirals out of control, law enforcement has taken it upon themselves to get more violent, which begs the question where it ends. Is this the new normal? If not, how are we going to change? I understand the points of Doc and others. I am not absolving criminals and citizens of wrong, because I am asking police to reform. But we are talking about the end of polite society, and none of the solutions offered really seem to address the problem with that weight in mind.