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There is certainly a lot more "proof" of police brutality and misconduct with the advent of cell phones and camcorders, yet these keep flooding the media. I know that in some states laws have been adopted that actually impede a citizen from any picture taking or filming while police are at a crime scene, etc. by designating how close someone can be to them while working a case, for example.

What I am just not understanding is why something has not been done in terms of what looks like a hell of a lot of misconduct by police. I'm not anti-cop and after knowing officers in person, have a lot of respect for those that actually do "serve & protect" and do not step over the line. In fact, they are some of the first to want "rogue" officers off the force and prosecuted. This is one of most stressful jobs anyone can do and there is high burn out rates that not addressed or enough resources given to prevent (and detect) loose cannons in law enforcement. These days, cities, towns and counties are cutting police budgets, not adding officers, let alone in-house programs to prevent these actions.

Yet..... look at this stuff! I have no idea what percentage of oficers these represent in terms of all officers across the US and my guess is that it is small. But, none of this should be happening at all.

This gets to me just on a human level in terms of the abuses, but also I can see this as part and parcel of not putting resources into police departments including preventive measures starting with on-going assessment of officer's mental and emotional states. Also, this is a profession in which there are high divorce rates and alcoholism. It doesn't take a mental giant to see that there needs to be a re-vamping of police officer development from the initial entrance requirements and emotional status throughout training and then while on the job in performance evaluation. The "blue wall" is real and something has to be done about tearing it down.

I know.. ranting and I am not in any way an expert in this area, but I see such gaps in how police offocers are recruited, trained and retained that could lead to these kinds of things. Then there is the whole racism component with police brutality.

Side note- there is some very good research just published about how tasers are far more dangerous than they have been toted as in terms of a manner of bringing a suspect down in terms of both neurological and cardiac damage.