What can Catholics do to stand up against police brutality?

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I would start with obeying the lawful orders of those charged with enforcing the law.
 
The only problem is that some cops have started putting the hood of their car up to block the dashcam and the bodycam malfunctions so it’ll have to come with changes in guidelines that are enforced.
 
I never expected my parents to respect me. They were/are my parents and had complete and utter control over me until I reached 18. My dad told me he did not care if I was 16 or 60, as long as I lived under his roof, I would abide by his rules. I understood and respected that.
 
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did you watch the same video? the woman is not shot. the male is fatally shot.
 
as a Catholic, i wish i could find a way to stop the police from being killed by the bad guys!
 
Ones own side of the street should be clean before worrying about their neighbors side.

Since I follow laws and show respect for police officers, I have had no problems. Perhaps others should try it. It works.
 
blackforest said:
What about the unlawful orders?
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Stop, freeze, place your hands in the air is not an unlawful order. If you are unfairly arrested, you also have other means of rectifying the situation than resisting arrest. And the thread was about police brutality, not corruption. Corruption can be handled by contacting internal affairs, or state and federal law enforcement agencies. The frontline to avoiding police brutality in the vast majority of cases is to be compliant when an officer gives a lawful command for his and your safety. If you do that, it is rare that the situation escalates to the point where the officer feels the need to apply force to ensure compliance. Not saying it doesn’t happen, but that is a small minority of cases.
 
Brutality happens in the context of corruption; it is a form of it. Call if what you want - brutality or corruption - but this is a thread about what Catholics should do about bad people in law enforcement.
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Corruption can be handled by contacting internal affairs, or state and federal law enforcement agencies.
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I just indicated above that this is not always the case.
 
This really isn’t a Catholic issue, it is a secular issue.
Bad cops - contact internal affairs, etc.
Corrupt police department - contact your elected representative at the appropriate level.
That works for any faith.
 
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See Mike’s response. My response also addressed the issue. Keep in mind that during the Civil Rights era you often had this issue. The way it was handled is that when cases occurred where there was gross misconduct of local police, investigations were initiated under Civil Rights violations through the FBI and Justice Department.
 
Maximilian75 said:
I said that it’s a start.
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A start to what? Castile was doing exactly what you think we should all be doing, and he still wound up dead.
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Mistakes are made, and humans are humans.
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Oh, woopsy-daisy, just killed a human being in front of his family for no reason. What a silly mistake.

There’s no room for mistakes when you’re dealing with innocent human lives. I don’t understand why you’re being so glib about this.
 
Okay, this is just sick, to make a joke of police authority…
There is some serious disrespect going on here.
 
Like any other highly visible field, it only takes a tiny few to make a lot of news. Thank goodness there are still honorable people who want to serve in that noble but low paying almost “lose / lose” situation. I what other low paid high stress career has it become necessary to strap a camera to your chest all day long?

There will always be bad cops, bad teachers, bad priests, bad soldiers, bad citizens. What there may not always be, as we see from the priesthood, are people willing to endure these often thankless jobs. I would have liked to have been a cop, but no way.

And finally, “Don’t tug on supermans cape, don’t spit in the wind, and don’t pull the mask off the ole Long Ranger…”
 
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That officer has already been tried and acquitted. Case closed.
 
I’m glad you pointed this out. We see stuff like this happen ALL the time on the news. It’s annoying and unjust.
 
I am white as a sheet, but when I get pulled over, I roll the window down all the way, I have both hands on the steering wheel with my license in the right right hand at the same time, and I maintain that until I am told otherwise, and that is before the cop ever gets out of their squad car.

i don’t get smart or sarcastic, and I remain calm.
 
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