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A Start to The List of Unjustified Deaths By Law Enforcement Officers
They all should have been given harsher sentences.
When anyone decides to choose a career in law enforcement, they are given great power over the people they are supposed to protect. When they are given the badge and gun, they are supposed to protect the citizens not hurt them.
One bad officer in a city spills a blackness over the whole area. The people no longer trust officers, we no longer want to call them for help. From that moment on bad or not every cop in the city or town is viewed as bad.
I believe that the punishment for any officer who breaks the law should be greater than those who are not in law enforcement. We are supposed to hold them to a higher standard and when the law is broken the punishment needs to fit the crime.
If there are people in law enforcement who read this who do not break the law the anger and rage, you feel is not meant for you. I applauded you and the job you have to do.
I have great respect for the officers who walk the line. It can’t be easy watching a child rapist go free because the laws are not good enough to hold them. Or a murderer who walks on a technicality because someone made a mistake. What you do not see is a good cop or officer of the courts breaking the law.
