i truly don’t know what to say. Opinions abound. This discourse needs to be about the truth, for it is the truth that will do more to secure our freedom than the tried-and-failed might-makes-right.

When I read posts like the ones before I just shake my head. Someone doesn’t have to have an unpleasant experience with the police to be a counter-culture dipshit. There are plenty of folks who just don’t like being told what to do and think it is cool to go against authority. I doubt any of those commenters have had any negative experience more than a traffic ticket.

I hate to rehash something that has 200+ comments but I will say again, the officers did not sexually assault anyone. The sodomy statement is just sensationalist bullshit. The threats made were a verbal form of force to keep the guy from fighting any further.

If you guys hate the police, I encourage you to think of something better to replace them.

For the uninitiated a “Brady List” or “Do Not Use List” is a list maintained by DAs or SAs (State Attorneys here in Florida) of LEOS that are so unreliable as prosecution witnesses that they will not or cannot be used in trials. Yet, these same officers write arrest reports every day. By the way, an arrest report is a sworn statement and falsifying one is in many jurisdictions perjury.

How can a LEO be unreliable as a witness yet still make arrest reports? Corruption, plain and simple.

The adversarial tone of many civilians towards LEO is the result of their (the LEOS) having violated a public trust.

When I read those previous posts I wonder what happened to form their perspectives/attitudes on cops. It must have been a pretty bad experience to form such extreme opinions.

My experience has been that most cops are well meaning and do a good job. However, I think the law enforcement system itself is failing the officers and the public. I live in Boise where this taser incident happened and it has certainly changed my attitude toward the police. When an officer can taunt and sexually assault a handcuffed prisoner with a taser while he almost suffocates and come away with nothing more than an administrative reprimand it is a sad day in law enforcement (and society) indeed. In addition, the superior officer who erased the recording of the interrogation and then lied about it, again received only an administrative reprimand. How can these officers be effective in their jobs? Surely this incident will be brought up in court each and every time they must testify in a case. I know that if I ever encounter Cory Bammert, Guy McKean, Deidra Harr, Mark Ambercrombie or Sgt. George Stevens I won’t trust them or believe a word they say. The handling of this incident makes me wonder how many other bad officers are there and being covered for by the system. I am sure this type of mistrust makes it harder for all officers to do their jobs, but instead the system just covers for the bad apples.

I have been harassed, accused of being some kind of pervert, and threatened with arrest for photographing from public locations four times in the last 18 months. I have been told to leave a public street or go to jail, I have been told by an officer that I am only allowed to take pictures if I have “A valid reason” which apparently the police get to decide.

These incidents have changed my attitudes toward the law enforcement system. Just like customers who have a bad experience with a business, those that have good experiences with tell 2-3 people, those that have negative ones with tell 10 people, and when the system refuses to do anything that number will be much higher.

Blue snouts should always remember they reap what they sow.