{"id":6371,"date":"2011-01-12T04:58:45","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T09:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=6371"},"modified":"2012-12-26T20:59:13","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T01:59:13","slug":"the-police-are-not-your-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/government_employee\/01\/12\/the-police-are-not-your-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"The Police Are Not Your Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"
You’re face down on the pavement with one guy kneeling on your neck and the other kicking you with his steel toed boots. You wish somebody would call the cops, but what do you do if it’s the cops that are kicking you? An increasing number of Americans are becoming aware of the extent of police brutality and misconduct, but they don’t know what to do about it.<\/p>\n
Billy Rork, a criminal defense attorney in Topeka, KS for more than 30 years is fond of saying, “The police are not your friends unless you’re six years old and lost.” It’s even on his business card. Given the events of the last decade, it’s hard to argue against his sentiment. While police brutality has been an issue the entirety of my lifetime, it’s progressed to a frightening level.<\/p>\n
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The most famous recent incident of police brutality was the case of Oscar Grant, 22, who was shot in the back by BART Transit Officer Johannes Mehserle as he lay face down, handcuffed and restrained by a second transit cop. The incident was captured by at least four onlookers using cell phone video cameras.<\/p>\n