When you hear the words police brutality what do you think of? I think of an officer using excessive force to detain an individual. Throughout the above blog posts I have discussed different stories that talk about the use of excessive force. This particular story about two officers who are charged with raping drunken women is out of the ordinary. You don’t hear much about this type of thing happening.
The officers, Kenneth Moreno, 41, and Franklin L. Mata, 27, were arraigned Tuesday on charges of rape, burglary and official misconduct in connection with the woman’s accusation that she was assaulted in her East Village apartment in December by officers who had helped her home while she was intoxicated. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/nyregion/29cops.html
People need to be able to trust the police. When incidents like this happen it can cause people not to trust law enforcement. If we cannot trust law enforcement when we are in vulnerable states then who can we trust? These officers have been stripped of the badges, guns, and have been suspended. Likely they will not be in law enforcement ever again.
As we know this type of activity is not as common as it seems. These are just two officers that made poor decisions, but that doesn’t mean that all officers who take advantage of situations like this in the future. I myself wanted to become a CHP officer, I cannot imagine acting out and brutalizing the public for no reason. I would sure hope that anything that is going to happen in the future will be justified.
No comments:
Post a Comment