Daniel Holtzclaw, an "ex-officer" of Oklahoma was recently sentenced to 263 years in prison on charges of rape and preying on women while on the job. He is probably better known as the cop that cried while his sentencing was being read to him. I saw this and it immediately brought me back to when we discussed earlier in the year about the dilemma of police officers abusing the power of their badges. Holtzclaw was being charged on 36 counts of rape, only convicted guilty on 18 counts. On a later report, the Oklahoma P.D. said that they agreed with the verdict. At least in the case, justice was served and he will go to prison for life, yet I still don't understand this belief that just because one has a badge, they believe that it puts them above the law and excuses their misconduct. I am glad that more cops that are committing these crimes are being punished for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkVkf0w6zWg
Although justice was served and he will be spending the rest of his life behind bars, the fear of police will always be there. Yeah, there are good cops, but when you see or hear about a case like this, it becomes extremely hard to trust anyone. What's scary to think about is how many other cops abuse their badge and the victims can do absolutely nothing about it.
ReplyDeleteLike you said, justice was served but I think this brings people to fear the police more. They use their badge as an advantage to do what they want. Even though he did get a sentence that he should have gotten for this crime, I believe the fear of police will always be there when there is bad cops out.
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