Back in the day, if you played stupid with the cops, most likely you'd get thrown a beating, and most likely you deserved it, and noone complained. The majority of police officers I've dealt with during my teenage days were pretty much OK, you showed them the proper respect and they treated you the same, But there was an ocassionall just plain mean bastard that did push the limits of his authority. and now with cameras everywere, we get to see more police in aggresive situations. I can understand beating the crap out of an idiot that put the lives of officers and civilans in jepordy after a car chase, but this is UNCALLED FOR:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31202935/?GT1=43001
Now if this woman pulled out a hat pin, than I'd have no problem with the out come, And this is the image the public sees, and this puts all other officers (unfairly) in A bad light. It's always the few that screw up that makes the rest pay. There's idiots in every profession, and sorry to say police officers aren't immune.