Police Brutality

Police brutality is an issue in law enforcement that always is an issue and as well is a problem.  To give a recent example There is a story form the WGN news station that reports on a recent incidence of police brutality.  A Skokie office pushed a woman so hard into her cell that she hit her face and cut her cheek and loosened her teeth. Now the woman was drunk making the policeman's job slightly more difficult but there was no reason to use such excessive force. Stories like this one give police officers a bad name and changes the public view of the police in a negative way that can cause less cooperation by the public. http://wgntv.com/2013/10/10/woman-sues-skokie-officer-alleging-brutality/

What I want to point out in this post is that yes, there are police officers who use excessive force but it doesn't mean that police brutality is rampant. News stations cover these stories and make them seem like police brutality is more of a common occurrence than it really is. The officers that brutalize these people are just a few people in comparison to the vast amount of good officers out there. Most officers are decent people and that is something that the public needs to remember.

Law enforcement is a field where you have to deal with people when they are at their worst. Police are never called to come over to a barbeque to have fun, the call would be "please come to this barbecue because a few people got to drunk and are being rowdy" and it is because of this strain that some officer explode and brutalize people. I am not defending these officers actions but merely expressing a reason why police officers might use excessive force.

Every job has its problems and stresses specific to that job and police are no different. So the next time you do something stupid and get pulled over or arrested just remember what law enforcement officers have to deal with on a day to day basis and then be as cooperative as you can to make the officers job easier. Chances are that most police officers will not beat you up but why take the chance of meeting a bad officer, don't be rude, and  quite so there is not that possibility of  getting beaten or something. So really just be considerate of what officers and the job they do.