"By sanctioning a 'shoot first, think later' approach to policing," Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, "the court renders the protections of the Fourth Amendment hollow."http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sotomayor-supreme-court-cop-violence_563cee79e4b0307f2cad466aI should be pointed that that we have a serious problem around here concerning law enforcement. From Tulsa Police indictments, to the cluster at the Tulsa County Sheriff, to issues with numerous individual officers like the rapist, the clown in Owasso, several Tulsa police officers charged with murder, etc. We are talking about evidence of officers planning to frame people or, going the other way, being on the pay roll of drug gangs to call and warn them of raids. Worse yet, thinking they are so far above the law that they can rape citizens and get away with it because its my word against yours.
There can't be more than 1500 law enforcement officers in the metro. And given that they have a significant "circle the wagons" culture, whatever we hear about is the tip of the iceberg. There is a serious cultural issue, from the top to the bottom, among LEO in this community.
Its a national epidemic with the fault lying squarely on the doorsteps of powerful unions overtaken by organized crime, who essentially make polcy, draft legislation and spread paranoid hysteria among police across the country.
http://www.citylab.com/crime/2015/06/the-paranoia-of-police-unions/396008/http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/2015/09/15/paranoia-from-the-pba-president/http://gawker.com/nypd-union-president-patrick-lynch-is-completely-nuts-1674178970 "He believed in his heart that he was in fear for his life, that he was concerned about the lives of (other) police officers" is pretty canonical, and maybe even true...in his mind. If so, it's a mental health issue among police that results in needless and unjustified deaths of the people they supposedly protect.
The horrifying behavior of Anita Alvarez, Chicago's head prosecutor
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/24/1453982/-The-horrifying-behavior-of-Anita-Alvarez-Chicago-s-head-prosecutorWhy Police Spokesmen Give False Information
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/11/25/why-did-authorities-say-laquan-mcdonald-lunged-at-chicago-police-officers/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/25/the-other-laquan-mcdonalds-more-questionable-killings-by-chicago-police.htmlPeople Shot Dead By Police Sofar This Year
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings/