http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/07/1350050/-WaPo-OpEd-Former-St-Louis-Cop-Speaks-Out?detail=email
Yes, he joined the SLPD. He got inside the belly of the beast and learned. He learned about the attitudes of his fellow officers, how they operate, and why they do what they do - with so much of what they do being wrong.
So in 1994, I joined the St. Louis Police Department. I quickly realized how naive I’d been. I was floored by the dysfunctional culture I encountered. I won’t say all, but many of my peers were deeply racist.
His next paragraph goes on to detail just how racist the organization was (and very likely still is). We've all seen - not just recently, but again and again over the years - how cops will abuse suspects, witnesses, and even bystanders (especially those recording them) with impunity. But how can cops conduct themselves in such blatantly-unacceptable ways and not lose their jobs over it? Mr. Hudson reveals a truth we have only recently come to realize:
But too many times, officers saw young black and brown men as targets. They would respond with force to even minor offenses. And because cops are rarely held accountable for their actions, they didn’t think too hard about the consequences.
Consequences, shmonsequences! When cop misconduct is uncovered and the press and the community get ahold of it, the offending officer is "investigated" by the other members of his department - his coworkers and friends - and found to have done nothing wrong. Even if they're found guilty of violating department policy, the most harsh punishment they receive is usually a brief suspension - a PAID suspension. Which is the equivalent of a vacation from the duties of work while retaining the paycheck they would have otherwise received. Some "punishment", huh? A paid vacation from work for cracking some innocent's skull seems kind of attractive, doesn't it?
sad to say i feel somewhat vindicated those who know have seen me write about killing and assaults of Blacks gets the offending cop a paid vacation for his in these instances criminal actions actions too many out there refuse to except that reality or they do but as long as they say it ain't so then to them it ain't but it is you can only lie to yourself for a second before your sub conscious kicks in and the scrambling for a response comes from so many warmed over statements from the past no real new rhetoric because you can't defend the indefensible.
