Friday, June 28, 2013

Meet an' Beat

Five police officers in a town near the city of Koblenz, Germany, apparently had had a bad day.

Which was very unfortunate for a man they had arrested.

A video captured by the most modern of subversive devices, a smart phone, shows the man sitting on the ground quietly behind the police car, his hands cuffed behind his back.

Three of the officers then start beating and kicking the man.

Of course, we do feel for the beaten man. Nobody sitting obviously still in handcuffs should ever be beaten.

But in a weird way, we recognize that some German police officers are just as easily stressed and perturbed as colleagues from other countries.

So, why not beat up someone utterly defenseless?

It's not that the police should have better self control than, hm, let's see, normal people?

That does not sound right, they are normal people, too.

The officers are assigned to desk duty while prosecutors are investigating.

Reports about mouse pads having been stabbed by frustrated officers are unsubstantiated rumors.

Maybe the police union could do some surveillance of their own folks before they clamor for more blanket spying on the rest of us. 

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