Reply #45: Why was she body blocked? Why do Americans accept their police [View All]

[Catrina]

abusing them like this as though it were okay? He should have asked her for her ID since she had done nothing up to that point to justify being 'body blocked' and she would have shown it to him. That's how it's done in most places, even here.

If there is video that shows him abusing her the way she describes simply to get an ID, then the cop is the one who is in trouble, imo. I am really disturbed by the acceptance of such treatment of ANY US citizen by the police. They need to respect the people who they are supposed to be serving. It's interesting that the woman is the one being judged here and she is not allowed to 'touch' this person, even to move his body away from hers, but he may touch her??? Why? Being a cop does not give him any special right to be abusive.

We have different ideas of what a democracy looks like ~ if the police expect respect, they must also behave properly. Most people are NOT criminals and will cooperate, as she did, if asked politely to do so. If that account is true, I can see why it's taking them so long to file charges.