Police brutality or Justice?

Many people claim that this city is full of "bad people." In some cases that is true however what do you do when the bad people are the law? When a person on the streets does something against the law, "they" are quick to send them to jail but what do we do when a cop is in the wrong? We suspend them, give them a second chance. Shouldn't the same rules apply to authorities as well as us?

In the recent police beating I strongly feel that the policemen were in the wrong. It does not matter what crime these men have committed, no one should have to be placed in a dire situation such as that one. It is no excuse for all of those police men to beat those men the way they did. Especially because only four were fired and some were suspended. If you ask me, that deserves jail time policemen or not.

Many people have called Philadelphia "the city of brotherly love" but how could we even become close to regaining that name if we are out here acting a fool like this? This incident only proves that this city truly needs help. If you look deeper in to the laws you would find out that it has always been like this. As far a discipline for the higher authorities go, they never really seem to get punished. Its really being swept under the rug.

Another thing that bothered me about this whole situation was not only the unfairness of it all but the half job that they did do. There was recently a statement made announcing that "you can not split the baby." To me this means all who was involved should go down. If it was five people involved then five people should be in jail. If it was several policemen beating on those three men then several policemen should be fired.

In closing, Philadelphia's legal system is a problem in its self. We are not stable enough as a community nor can we afford to be partaking in these Hannis acts of crime, violence or anything else in that matter. We need to work together as a team and maybe policemen would not be blamed for anything because we will not need them. I would like to see us in a violent free world or at least one where we don't have to worry about losing another person to the destruction called our community.
_Cynthia King_