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Originally Posted by guccilvr
completely disagree. It is not up to the police to "set straight" the actions of anyone. It is up to the court system. Judges are appointed for this very thing and if we continually allow the police to act as if they are the final word of the law, these types of incidents will increase not only in number but in force. What if the cop was "caught up in the moment" and shot the guy? Would that be setting the gangbanger straight? I can understand if the guy was fighting the cops and putting them into a situation where force was necessary, but raising your arms in surrender and falling to your face does not give any sort of justification for this cops actions.
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Exactly. The cop decided to exact some punishment on top of whatever the justice system decided. The term "judge, jury and executioner" to describe someone is negative for a reason.
The kick was superfluous. The cop needs to be reprimanded at an absolute minimum. I don't know that I'd want him charged with anything since that could have repercussions greater than I think is warranted (jail time, job loss, loss of pension, etc.) unless there's a pattern of behavior by this particular officer that I'm not aware of.