Power Hungry Cops

My train of thought about cops and power continues. A young cop in Vancouver went to the bar with two cop buddies and drank himself into oblivion. The intoxicated bully stumbles upon a gentleman delivering morning papers at 2 AM. For no reason he knees him in the gut and beats him. The man asks why he's being beaten and the off duty cop says, "Because you're under arrest." He wasn't under arrest. But the cop's statement implies that if he was he assumed the right to beat the shit of the poor guy.

The cop forces the innocent man to the pavement, put his boot on his back and calls his cop buddies at the bar for "backup." The other cops arrive. By now witnesses have gathered. Newly arrived cop yells at the man on the pavement, "Stay down or I will kill you!" Kill the guy for delivering newspapers. This cop is also off his rocker.

In court cop testifies that he has no recollection of the beating. How convenient. The cop was sentenced to 21 days house arrest and six months probation. The judge called him 'an upstanding young man.' How the fuck does he deserve the praise of 'upstanding?' The guy is a power hungry bully. He should have done time with some inmates who don't think so highly of cops. That would have been Solomon justice. The only reason this bullying and beating made it to court is because there were witnesses. Other wise the cops would had their way and relished the abuse of the power they crave. Similar scenes play out like this everywhere there are macho policemen drunk on power.