An Arkansas state trooper who slammed an 18-year-old woman to the ground and punched her in the face during a traffic stop is now facing public outcry and calls for an investigation over his use of force.

  • Bad_Engineering@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    Personally I think the people tasked with upholding and enforcing the law should be held to a higher standard and face much strickter penalties when they break those laws.

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        3 days ago

        nope totally ok with police abusing powers being charged with life in prison

        they can have parole with the victim oking it

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      3 days ago

      Plus lifetime disqualification from working in law enforcement. Many states do have registries of who is and is not qualified to work in law enforcement but they’re each for their own state since the rules vary between states. A registry of those banned for misconduct needs to be federal and enforced so someone banned in one state can’t be hired in another state or by the federal government.