Freedom Matters
Cop kicks man in face and breaks his jaw
REVIEW OF INCIDENT:
Cops responding to a call that there was a fight in the area. They see some guy in the area walking. Cops tell him to stop. Victim stops. They tell the victim to get on the ground and he does. Then the cop kicks the victim in the face breaking his jaw and knocking him out.
ANALYSIS OF VICTIMS ACTIONS:
Did the victim harm, steal, or threaten the police? No
ANALYSIS OF THE POLICE ACTIONS:
Did the police harm, steal, or threaten the victim? Yes
Police behavior is criminal.
OUTCOME
This incident occurred in 2013 and they marked the police video confidential. They finally released the video in 2015 and at that point after people saw the video they charged the cop with assault.
SUMMARY:
It would be nice to read the police report that the two officers handed in when this happened. They most likely had to justify why the victim was assaulted by the officer who broke his jaw and knocked him out. Did they say the guy was resisting arrest? They had to say something to justify it. If the cop admitted he assaulted the guy and broke his jaw for no reason as the victim followed his orders. I would expect that the cop would have been fired years ago and charged him with assault and found guilty. No one is suppose to be above the law.
The other cop has a duty to arrest people who break the law, so should he have arrested the officer who did the assault on the victim? Did he report what really happened in the police report he filled out? Why was the officer only charged with assault two years later after the video came out? If the video never came out, do you think the officer would have been charged with assault?
QUESTIONS:
If something is wrong for a individual to do, should it also be wrong for the government to do?
If something is a crime for a individual to do, should it also be a crime for the government to do?
Does anyone have the right to harm you, steal from you, threaten you, or violate your individual rights?
Can anyone in government have a right that I do not have?
Is it fair to say, that if people do not defend there rights, we may end up losing them?
Is it fair to say, if it becomes normal for people to violate your rights, then in a way you have already lost your rights?
Do you have the right to defend yourself and your rights?
Do you have an obligation to obey anyone when they violate your rights?
Do we have an obligation to obey criminals?
Do we have an obligation to obey a criminal organization?
Should government create laws that violate our rights?
Should government violate our rights?
Should government be allowed to take away our rights?
Would it be true to say that wrong is wrong, no matter who does it?
Does having the right to vote, mean that you are free?
If you get to vote between two people who are going to rob you, does that mean your free?
Is government the biggest violator of our individual rights?
Is the biggest threat to our freedom government?
Would it be fair to say that some laws actually violate peoples rights?
Has government killed or imprisoned millions of people for victim-less crimes?
If a person is harming you, stealing from you, threatening you, or violating your rights, is he a criminal?
If government is harming you, stealing from you, threatening you, or violating your rights, is it a criminal organization?
Does anyone have the right to claim ownership over you?
Does someone have the right to claim partial ownership over you?
Do you own yourself or is someone else your master?
Do you have an obligation to obey people who violate your rights?