When all 57 Buffalo police officers on the emergency response team resign because two were suspended for knocking down a 75-year-old man and sending him to the hospital, this seems like an opportunity to find 57 new police officers who don't approve of assaulting senior citizens.
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unfortunately they only resigned from the emergency response team and are still employed and being paid by
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It is a well known fact that it is virtually impossible to work as part of an emergency response team without having the freedom to manhandle the occasional senior citizen.
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It was wrong, but the push shouldn't have sent him falling except for a lack of balance for his age. Police may not have realized that, didn't intend to make him fall.
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They intended to step over his unconscious body when they saw blood spilling quickly onto the sidewalk. He got shoved hard by two burly cops when he wasn't expecting it. That could topple anyone. And why did they need to shove an older, unthreatening man in the first place?
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I fear a large and growing cohort of trained, equipped and angry ex-police officers.
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A policeman's job is to apply violence, even to the elderly if necessary. Policemen need to be willing to hurt their fellow human beings whenever it is asked of them. The challenge is for them or their superiors to recognize when it is appropriate.
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Wait, I thought a police officer’s job was to SERVE AND PROTECT.
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