Fucking obscene, I know you're doing this to make people aware, but don't you think sometimes ignorance really is bliss? NOTHINGS going to happen to that cop, nothing.
Well I cant say im surprised at this one, I wonder how far itll go before theres an uproar. Silly question I know
I honestly believe cops who misuse their power like this should be hanged. There is no other way to deter abuse of power in the future. If I punch a cop I'd be locked up for a long time. If I punch some average guy I probably wouldn't even get locked up. If there are harsher punishments for assaulting a cop why shouldn't cops have harsher punishments when they abuse the people they are supposed to protect?
Will the people who criticize your choice of a news link do it this time? Think progress is the liberal version of the daily caller afterall.
Straight up, they should be held to the highest standard. I mean their job involves them carrying a deadly weapon everywhere they go for ready use, that alone should mean that they should be under extreme scrutiny and regulation. But it is not so, today police officers can unload whole magazines into clearly unarmed citizens without any repercussions. Hell, its been officially decided that they do not have any obligation to help nor even call for help if someone yells out to them for help. What the hell else are they there for if not to help citizens of the U.S.A...... oh yeah I forgot they are there to "protect and serve" the system that is ever growing against the populace that isn't rich or is a minority. I guess I'll think twice about using my cellular phone around an officer of the law less he feels threatened and shoots me to death or have the boots put to me.
<div style="margin:0px;"><div style="margin:0px;"><div style="margin:0px 0px 16px;"><div style="margin:0px;"><div style="margin:15px 0px 0px;"><div style="margin:0px;"> A Chicago police officer is reportedly under investigation by the FBI after killing a suspect in June, the third shooting the officer was involved in this year--and the second fatal one. Gildardo Sierra, a nine-year veteran officer, is shown in a video, posted Saturday by the Chicago Tribune, firing several shots at Flint Farmer, a man who had already been shot and was lying on his stomach on the ground in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Sierra reportedly fired 16 shots at Farmer, seven of which hit him. Three shots fired by Sierra into the man's back were ruled by a Cook County deputy medical examiner as the wounds that killed Farmer. The officer claimed he thought the suspect was armed. Instead, Farmer was holding a cell phone. The Chicago Police Department said the shooting was a justified homicide, just as they had said of the previous two shootings Sierra was involved with this year, one of which was also fatal. All the shootings took place in the early morning hours on the city's South Side, the Associated Press reports. Garry McCarthy, CPD superintendent, admitted to the Tribune that Sierra should have been on desk duty at the time the June shooting took place. He called the Farmer case "a big problem." Sierra contends that the video in question "does not catch everything." "He shouldn't have been where he was," McCarthy told the Tribune. "We should've had him off the street so that he was not in that particular environment and that problematic type of scenario." While investigations are underway by both the FBI and the Independent Police Review Authority, Sierra has been stripped of his police powers, NBC Chicago reports. Farmer's family has filed a federal lawsuit against Sierra and the Chicago Police Department and the city. City officials report there have been 51 police-involved shootings during the first nine months of 2011, already more than the 44 reported in 2010, according to the AP. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/24/gildardo-sierra-chicago-p_n_1028845.html?view=print&comm_ref=false </div></div></div></div></div> </div>
What else is knew ? Pussies hiding behind the power of the badge Never heard of this happening before
You see a title like that and its already bad news. The you read on and it only gets worse. He admitted to being drunk but they didn't test him soon enough to get it on record. The department doesn't keep track of shooting records. He wasn't even supposed to be on the streets. He clearly used excessive force. And in the prosecutor's defense, putting a cop on jail is remarkably difficult. Why? As an above poster stated, cops should be held to a higher standard. I know we're a long way from an anarchist's paradise, but if I could just see a day where cops who abuse their power are brought to justice I might be able to rest easy. This guy was literally drunk with power and another innocent man was murdered courtesy of taxpayer money. This is what happens when Farva leaves his desk.