Justice is never centered on retaliation. It never seeks to exact more than it's due. When you have an officer who wallows in such practices, his character is revealed, and he should be removed from office.
I speak of Sim Gill, Salt Lake County's district attorney. But, I could as well speak of many of our police officers.
Gill brought charges today against individuals who vandalized his office while protesting against police officers not being indicted for the murder of Bernardo Palacios. Some of them could face life imprisonment as a result of the DA choosing to enhance their crimes by classifying them as gang-related. Some did no more than buy the paint that was splashed on the streets and sidewalk.
The calling card of an officer with tendencies toward police violence is that they believe they have the right to exercise dominion. They never learn that theirs is to arrest, not to make a point, nor exact vengeance, nor to show off, nor to ride herd on or rule over others.
The same goes for a district attorney.
We should be seeking out, identifying officers with these tendencies. We should be kicking them off our police forces.
And, the same goes for such DAs. They should be removed from office.
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