Police Brutality

In a recent Omaha newscast, a family was being interviewed about an incident that happened the night before involving local police. The police had responded to call to the house for the second night in a row. The calls were in concern for a young man in the house that had been making threats on himself and other family members, as well as ensuing violence that occurred. The family had gone to the news and claimed that the police had attacked the entire family and a neighbor that happened to stop by. They claimed that they had beaten several of the adults and pepper sprayed the kids. Pretty intense scene, and the authority hating media was eating it up like Fat Bastard nailin’ a bucket of chicken.
This is a story that is getting bigger and bigger in this state and country, and to tell the truth, it’s starting to annoy the hell out of me. Logic is constantly overthrown to tell a story. I have personally known a handful of cops in my tenure, and to tell the truth, I have never known one to get his jollies by going around and using his badge to kick the crap out of people. I have, however, known my fair share of cooks (including a good amount of white trash, I’m an equal opportunity barrater) that love to make their own stories of civil misconduct sound like a victim whose human rights have been taken out back and slaughtered. One side of the story gets shown. Rather than the part where someone tries to slash a cop with a knife, it’s usually the part where the cop disarms and subdues them. If one would think logically, this would be the case in the Omaha news story. One story says that the police broke into the family’s house and started beating the family like Ike on Tina. The other says the cops try to arrest Arney McInsane, who resists and throws a few punches. The cops subdue him, mommy gets pissed of and throws a pan at the cops, the reverend comes over from the next house and says everyone needs Jesus and you have yourself a headline story!!!