Comments on: Police Brutality is “OK” to Mike Gallagher

By: Law Enforcement Officer

Law Enforcement Officer — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:30:18 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:27:16 +0000

Well, in response to the tazer idea: I have epilepsy and a tazer could kill me, more painfully than a bullet would. in all honesty after having had both happen, i would rather be shot. i had a buddy get arrested a while back and he was completely co-operative, the 4 police officers continued to beat and kick him while he was on the ground with his hands behind his back. i see it almost every day where i live. here there is no such thing as a peacekeeper. And any person who makes a living out of screwing with people just because they can, should just go kill themselves. that includes police officers. way too many officers think they can write a ticket and get sexual favors for ripping a ticket that was issued for an offense that wasn’t commited. Every inxtance is different but violent police officers are everywhere and there is nothing you can do about it. approximately 32,000 UNARMED people are beaten to death by police officers every year. and that’s all i have to say.

By: JB

JB — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 10:02:24 +0000

Wow. Disturbing video. Made me pretty upset. I agree with Brujo. Of course, if someone’s threatening my life, I’m probably going to a call a pig, errr… I mean a cop. argh! The irony of contradictions.

Of course, police brutality in the West usually comes about because of the need to protect the private property of the “haves” from the “have-nots.” And, to squash protests over U.S. imperialism. If we lived in a society (or world) with greater equality in distribution of wealth, we wouldn’t have the need for such a large or violent police force. In Cuba, I hear, people don’t need to lock their doors…

By: Swoosh

Swoosh — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:54:52 +0000

one example does not make a good case.
show me the norm, and then we can talk.
otherwise stop generalizing isolated incidents.
Brujo – I dount you are speaking from experience of being at an academy or taking the oath, or any other experience someone in law enforcement may have, so your assumptions are without merit.
Hash, this is an interesting video, but you have fallen prey to the sensationalist culture of our times, rafiki.
Of the thousands of taser-equiped officers, how many have actually saved lives, or diffused legit situations without bloodshed?
There is always another side to you argument.
This particular video cannot be argued with, obviously. And Gallagher’s talk is fairly extreme; basing your argument on this extremity though is fairly baseless.

By: Brujo

Brujo — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 23:28:27 +0000

Law Enforcement is a branch of the government that has widest breadth of power. They are at the same time the most resistant to social reform. WHY? Because they maintain Law. In case you havenâ€t noticed, law is the second most resistant thing to social reform. A policemen acts without any restraint outside of the menial education they are given at an "Academy". I personally despise policemen. It takes a special breed of bigot to make sure every one is playing by the state's set of ideals. As an officer of the law you thereby agree that all aspects of the law are perfect and are with out defect, that all crime is immoral and that the criminal must be punished/apprehended, and lastly that his/her own judgment (as a police officer) is an extension of the law. The officer by virtue of his job can not understand that the law is unjust.

By: Russell

Russell — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:56:05 +0000

I agree with Hash completely. I had a pwersonal encounter recently with this sort of brutality. While my hands were still on the hood of a squad car I was tazored in the back of my left leg with burn marks to prove it. I am not sure what to do about it. Where to file a complaint?

By: Aly

Aly — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:45:36 +0000

Steam actually jetted out of my ears when I watched this.

By: HASH

HASH — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:03:39 +0000

Francis, thank you for your opinion. Of course we disagree, but that’s okay.

You say that each situation is unique, I agree. Doesn’t that mean that the police’s reaction to that situation should be different too?

Yes, a police officer’s job is difficult. Yes, people shouldn’t provoke the police. I’m in aggreement with you 100% on that. Their job however is to deal with that stress. As a community, we give them the authority to act on our behalf to keep the peace. This doesn’t give them carte blanche to use “whatever means necessary” to do their job though.

It’s true, I could be oversimplifying this, but I just can’t get past the fact that overkill is overkill in any line of work. Just because someone is a police officer doesn’t preclude them from making mistakes, bad decisions or mean that their behavior can’t be considered abusive.

By: francis

francis — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 18:00:52 +0000

i think thats a bit idealistic and simplistic. I think each situation is unique and people need to stop playing with police becasue they have a hard job to do and face all sorts of stresses every day. Dont provoke them uneccesarily and when they begin to arrest you resitance is unnecessary. Be law abiding people. Im not justifying police brutality but most of them are doing a good job.