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"A Utah police officer [Jeff Payne] who was caught on video roughly handcuffing a nurse because she refused to allow a blood draw was fired Tuesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the ongoing national conversation about police use of force."
Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown made the decision after an internal investigation found evidence Detective Jeff Payne violated department policies when he arrested nurse Alex Wubbels and dragged her out of the hospital as she screamed on July 26, said Sgt. Brandon Shearer, a spokesman for the department.
Attorney Greg Skordas has said Payne served the department well for nearly three decades and questioned whether his behavior warranted termination. He couldn't immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by donkeyhotay on Wednesday October 11 2017, @08:36PM (1 child)
Today the Navy announced that they relieved the CO and XO of USS John S. McCain, holding them responsible for a collision that killed 10 sailors. This effectively ends their careers. If they do not resign their commissions, then they'll be stuck in deadbeat jobs where they can't do any damage. There won't be any kind of "captain's union" that will come to their aid. Their peers will shun them.
That's the difference between the military and the police. The military polices their own pretty well. The police, on the other had, do not. Every cop that gets in trouble can count on his union to come to his aid, and other police officers will support them.
Here's the problem: every cop will admit that there are bad cops; but whenever a bad cop is found out, every other cop -- good or bad -- will lock arms with them in solidarity. It is in this way that all cops share the blame for one bad cop.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by NewNic on Wednesday October 11 2017, @08:58PM
What I find amusing is the common refrain in situations like this: "he was just one bad apple". But the full phrase is: "one bad apple spoils the barrel".
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory