In their defense, the police literally claim to be "color blind."
And the attorney representing the man beaten by the police blames it on some "bad apples."
Every bit of this story fits in nicely with the material in the book about how negative images of police, including police brutality, are portrayed in the media.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/04/01/alabama.police.beating/index.html?hpt=T2
Alabama does have a history of racial issues but that doesn't mean police or corrections should be "blind." I know the theoretical context of saying they are blind means they don't act soley in the name of race or ethnicity. I hope that cops would beat anyone they found breaking into cars. Breaking and entering and larceny are offenses that people should get their ass kicked for. I wish the police would react physically to anyone breaking into a car, whether they are white, black red or yellow. My car was broken into over spring break. They took computers, ipods and a gps. No matter what the persons race was, I wish the cops were there to teach them a lesson like they did In Alabama. I obviously do not know the whole story but I have faith in our system and those who run. Who do you believe the individual breaking into a car who works at club or the group of governemnt officers who found him?
ReplyDeleteSince Alabama is in the deep south, I'm really not that surprised that there was a case of police brutality. However, in this article, it says that the police had to chase the suspect and that he had previously been convicted of a felony. I can see why it would make policemen angry to have to chase after a suspect. However, that is no excuse for multiple policemen attacking and beating an individual suspect. Although I do not like to play the race card very much, how can the police department say that this is not a race matter? It dealt with multiple white police officers attacking one single black man. I also doubt that these police officers were "bad apples." Maybe if they really were color blind, and had more training, and weren't racially biased, this event would not have happened!
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