February 25, 2005

Special Class of Citizens?

To all police officers: Just because you are a police officer doesn't give you the authority to be a thug. You are not in a "special class" of citizens that can trample on people's rights. You are servants of the public. When one of you ignores these facts, it gives all of you a bad name.

With that being said, I have relatives and friends that are police officers, and I support those that understand what it means to serve. However, when the line is crossed between being a servant to becoming a badge carrying thug (many times ignoring the fact that we have a Constitution), that's when I speak up.

I point you to South Carolina:

The incident occurred at Simpsonville Park in Simpsonville, S.C. last Wednesday. A group of mothers and children from Upstate Homeschoolers Unlimited were socializing and playing in the park – a common activity for homeschool support groups.

After a call came in to police about someone in the park having a knife, a plainclothes policeman rushed into the picnic shelter where some of the homeschoolers were gathered.

According to parents who witnessed the event, the policeman began shouting at two teenage boys, pushing at least one to the ground. When he went to grab one of the boys, a mother, who at the time was holding another woman's baby, stepped in to stop him, not realizing he was a police officer.

More:

One of the moms at the picnic, Priscilla Adams, said Snow (the officer) confronted the 16-year-old boy near the shelter, pushed him down and reached for the knife.

Adams said no one knew Snow was an officer, because he was dressed in street clothes.

She said when another mother tried to intervene, the woman was arrested for assaulting a police officer.

"[Snow] told the uniformed officer to arrest her. We said, "For what?" and he said for assaulting a police officer. I said to him ,"She didn't know you were a police officer", and he told me, "Shut up or I'll arrest you too," Adams said.

Luckily, this guy was fired by a common sense police chief who understands what it means to be a police officer. I only wish there were more like him out there.

See Gunner for more.

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Bad cops exist in Nashville, too. I have proof! They just don't get disiplined for their crimes. Complaints to Internal Affairs don't get investigated. The bad cops just keep on doing as they please.

Posted by: A Victim at March 3, 2005 11:32 AM

Email me if you have a story. blake@nashvillefiles.com

Posted by: Blake at March 4, 2005 12:22 PM