Incoming Complaint Call possible cause behind Police Brutality

As a former law enforcement official, I have become dismayed and dishearten by the recent events where my fellow badge totters have exercise a severe lack of proper judgment when it comes to responding to incidents.  One the one hand, I feel quite connected to them and truly want to see that they do no harm while on the other, I am quite aware that there is a small percentage of all workers in any industry that tends to put personal pride before professionalism and cause all those associated with that industry a “black eye”.  These are those who have been recently caught on tape performing in a way that is far contrary to the education received before graduation.  I have searched for a possible motive and I think I may have found it.

Take for example, this article titled “LA Cop Punches Special Needs Girl in the Face, Tries to Confiscate Video of Incident” brought to us by The Free Thought Project.com.  While most of it is becoming part of the norm, one part of the article stood out to me and proved me with proof of my search.  It states “We got a 911 call of a violent woman on a bus, [saying] she almost attacked an elderly man”. So let’s say, police dispatcher gets a call about a man with a gun, they then relay that to the responding officers, whose blood now begins to really start pumping.  The only thing playing in their heads is what was told to them and officers without proper training or guidance, do not convert from informed information to tangible so what is truly happening on the scene is not observed until much later after the situation is over.  Meaning, as an officer, I am going into a situation of a man with a gun so even though it is clearly a water pistol, which does not register not until after the man is dead and my aggressive level has dropped.  Now because those we are supposed to review my actions and hold me accountable remembers those times that they experienced making the wrong decision, they now respond as the Lakewood Sheriff’s Department responded in this article when they said “she has 4 previous arrests and convictions for assault on a police officer, She’s a large woman with some mental challenges, and she became aggressive toward our deputies.”  All this so that the deputies can escape accountability and therefore never learn anything or get the needed help that they will require once this incident begins to haunt them.

Remember the homeless camper who was killed by police in New Mexico?  Here is what they said to justify  that according to an article titled “Police Shoot Homeless Man During Camping Arrest “ written by Sebastian Murdock for the Huffington Post;  “Boyd, who police said may have been a paranoid schizophrenic, has a long criminal history. In the past, he allegedly attacked people with knives, box cutters, and his hands, and in 2010 broke a female officer's nose, according to KOAT.  During a news conference, Chief Eden said the shooting was justified because Boyd was a "direct threat".  I contend that they got a call that there was a dangerous man camping out in that area and if the dispatcher asked about the person being a danger to him or others, all the caller has to say is “yes”.

Now don’t get it twisted, this does not excuse anyone’s actions because we all will have to pay for the choices we make on judgment day while we stand in front of the throne of God even if man lets us slip off the hook, but it should give us another avenue of approach if we are seriously thinking about changing the climate involving police brutality.  Just my opinion, I could be wrong and if so ME CULPA.