Why is it that police are not punished for brutality/excessive force?

[AX10]

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0210,nelson,32846,1.html

[mark414]

1. because unlike most pigs

these ones don't squeal

[KG]

2. coz that would be like admiting to being wrong,

power never admits to making a mistake.

[AX10]

3. Why can't the government investigate them?

Why are they protected?

[KG]

6. key word - power.

'they' are all on the same side.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. now THAT is a poor decision fro the court

to put it midly.. damn there is a reason why the thin blue line is so strong in the North East

[Trillo]

5. To maintain absolute control, and to keep proving they maintain

absolute control.

[SlipperySlope]

7. The state will not tolerate...

The state will not tolerate any check on absolute power. An officer, acting under presumed color of law, can act with almost total impunity.

The right to use force to resist illegal arrest has almost been extinguished. The right to keep your identity private when not charged with a crime has vanished. The right to refuse consent to a search continues to be weakened.

How far we have fallen, and how low the concept of liberty has been dragged.

[AX10]

8. Isn't this what Hitler/Stalin/Suharto had?

Yes it is! Fascism is a reality in America.