Digby has been writing about police abuse of tasers forever. It looks like a toy and it kills. Now comes Stephen Colbert with his own tale to tell:
What kind of sadist sends 50,000 volts, twice, into an 86-year-old woman glued to an oxygen tank? A sadist with a state-sanctioned right to kill.
I don't think most cops are bad — just some. But even if "just" 20% were corrupt and sadistic, that's still a lot of bad apples, and the odor puts a stink on all the rest.
There are only two ways this will change, and one involves good cops crossing that thin blue line, doing what's right instead of what's fraternal, and putting the "protect" back into Serve and Protect.
I know it's a tough choice — even dangerous — but you didn't join the force for an easy life. Serve and Protect. We need you.
GP
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