If Hooker Wore a Video Cam....Would he be so Agressive?
and how would the officials view it?
He was pretty aggressive with some suspects and even some witnesses.
He would be in jail
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Standards were different then. And he rarely crossed too far over the line.
Back then? Hooker would have gotten lectured (multiple times) and reprimanded (a couple times) for repeat offenses.
Now? He'd get fired. Sad, but true. We need more cops like T.J. Hooker. (Of course, I think we could use some cops with a little bit of Vic Mackey in them - not a lot, but a little bit, but that's just me...)
Back then? Hooker would have gotten lectured (multiple times) and reprimanded (a couple times) for repeat offenses.
Now? He'd get fired. Sad, but true.
The problem is that there's no real accountability for cops today, so there's nothing to stop them from not just crossing the line, but plowing through it in a mack truck. Even with the world blanketed in people with cell phone cameras documenting everything, cops would still be able to get away with Hooker's level of aggression if so many other cops hadn't shown a complete disregard for not only people's rights, but their very lives.
People say that it's just a few bad apples, but that implies that the rest of the cops are good. If they're good, why don't they do anything about the bad ones. If someone commits a crime and you help cover it up, you're an accomplice and considered just as guilty. But when a cop beats someone senseless or even kills them for no valid reason, people say he was a bad cop while not a word is said about all the cops who stood by and let it happen, or who even helped to cover it up. They're considered "good" simply because they didn't directly take part.
And when a truly good cop does speak out, they're ostracized, persecuted and eventually forced out of their job, showing that the whole damn system is corrupt. The only way to fix it is to introduce real accountability. Incidents need to be investigated by a completely separate organization, officers fired or even charged with crimes and the removal of officer immunity where the taxpayers pick up the tab for a lawsuit rather than the cop in question or even the police department.
Actually, the last one would probably be the most effective at curbing the use of excessive force. Cops would think twice about harassing someone for trivial reasons if they knew they could lose their home and savings over it. And police departments would be more willing to fire bad cops if they were directly costing them a chunk of their budget. To balance things out, all cops should be required to wear body cameras at all times and if the recording of an incident is "lost", the camera "malfunctions", or it just isn't turned on in the first place, The cop is automatically assumed to be lying.
Implement these changes and see how fast the percentage of excessive force incidents and civil rights violations drop.
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