I can't account for the links and what type of material they contain but I do know that police really do abuse innocent people - I don't have to get the information from any site. It happened to me when my car slid on the snow on the way to work. I am disabled and they mistook my disabilities for impairment. They altered the videotape and cut out the part where I was desperately trying to tell them of my disabilities and they stood there snickering at me. They forced me to perform a walk I am incapable of doing. They were bullies without common sense or compassion. Who drives to work impaired? It was beyond all common sense or logical reasoning. I have a perfect driving record and the lawyer came out shell-shocked and said "the prosecutor refused to drop the charges even though they know you're innocent, because he said it would make police look bad and open them up to a lawsuit." That was the most overt corruption I had ever encountered in my life. They were willing to hurt me and my reputation to protect the police. My handicapped placard was visible in my car but still they accused me of being impaired and kept me going to court for a year. It almost killed me during a time of heavy medical problems and cost us a lot of money we needed. I knew it was another spiritual attack because of the lies but I still don't know the full reason why God let me go through that. I saw how corrupt the system is and it scares me now. No one will hold them accountable and they do what they want. I usually don't like to share it - it was the worst, most humiliating, and frightening experience in my life. Others have had worse. The secretary at a local law office told me police ripped a man's throat out and he was looking for someone to represent him. Lawyers don't usually get involved. If you research it you'll learn some things. It's really a corrupt system.
Cops beat the daylights out of my brother and stole his money out of his wallet and threatened to charge him with more things if he protested. They shot my neighbor's unarmed grandson and she told me they refused to release the body to the family for burial. The lawyer told them they were doctoring the body to protect themselves. I spoke with a state trooper in another state who was fighting in court over troopers who beat this man to a bloody pulp. I talked with a man whose son was shot and killed by police and never held accountable. So I don't have to read anything on a site and determine it's credibility - I saw it and I know victims. It frightens me to know that people lacking common sense and dignity for others and the truth are wielding power and will bury you rather than take responsibility for their mistakes - because they can, and still keep their jobs and aren't held accountable. I since learned that the disabled are killed by police who don't understand or aren't trained to recognize disabilities.
I know that there are good and bad in every field and I have been helped by police several times who went out of their way to be kind. For them we were thankful. My brother-in-law was a cop but now long-retired. I read that some of the retired police are alarmed at what's taking place with the younger ones now. There aren't any checks in place for the cops who abuse their power. I think it's a shame because the bad ones are changing public perception.
I hope that you realize that while there may have been some outrageous complaints about the cops in your city, there were likely some that were legitimate.
I don't usually share this because it was a very painful time in my life. Maybe I'm meant to sound the alarm to others to what's going on. There are people across the country who have had horrible experiences and who know the truth of what's really going on. I hope that more people awaken to try to implement change before they lose a loved one. I know that you can't believe that all the stories online are all made up. The videos - those that they don't get a chance to alter - tell the truth more than anyone else can. It doesn't matter if a leftist site posts them - that's evil being committed. If a criminal does something you call the police, but who do you call when the police are the criminals? No one holds them accountable. Our pastor told me they charged his blind friend with molesting teens and he was innocent but pushed to accept a plea ruining his life. I did some volunteer work for the wrongfully accused - just sent them emails of encouragement. There are people imprisoned for 30+ years after being railroaded by a corrupt system. And they have all the money in the world to fight you with. How much do you have?
I was in the hospital when the Freddy Gray story was on and hospital personnel were watching it. I got to talking to a young black man who said "what you see there is nothing. I could tell you worse stories than that about what cops did to my friends and me." Worse than having your spine severed?
We have to look at the cops who truly are good people and find ways to thank them because it is a difficult job; yet something serious needs to change because the roads have become dangerous because of these things. Don't think it can't happen to you. I urge everyone to speak up about this. The good police should want changes too - they probably don't like watching people harmed by their fellow officers who are cruel. When I had my horrible ordeal it was weird - the people all walked around like automatons - as if they were possessed - it was one of the strangest experiences I ever had. I said: "Don't any of your mothers have health problems?" They all walked in lockstep - except for one. He knew what they were doing was corrupt and he couldn't look at me. Yet he never spoke up and let them do it. It showed me groupthink. Many people don't realize what's going on until it touches your life, but when it does it's frightening because there is no one to turn to. I prayed and my pastor prayed and went to court but they try to keep you from suing so lean on you heavily and try to pressure you. It was the worst of human behavior I've seen. I wouldn't wish that experience on anyone but to those who so easily dismiss the pain that another human endures at the hands of the system, maybe that's the only way they'll wake up. Naysayers have to realize that this really is going on all across the country. Serpico spoke about it not too long ago.
I don't like talking about it because it was so painful. I would have really been hopeless if I hadn't known good police in our city who were really decent people. They were friends with my children and were nice people. But something needs to be done. All it takes is one encounter with the wrong one. I think we have to face the truth that evil can be in someone who tries to rob you, but it can also be lurking in a man with a badge.
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