Cop fired for stopping beatdown.

[Rageaholic]

. Story here.

The abridged version, she intervened when two fellow cops started beating on an "emotionally disturbed young man". She was put in handcuffs and now faces firing. Their reasoning is something about her stepping over the blue line, but I think that's bullshit.

It sounds like another case of corrupt cops. The ones who used excessive force get off while the one who tries to stop it is fired. The more I hear about stuff like this, the more I wonder how common it actually is. That's not counting the stuff that goes unreported.

[gremcint]

police officers need to be held to a higher standard and not a lower one.

[draco664]

It sounds like another case of corrupt cops. The ones who used excessive force get off while the one who tries to stop it is fired. The more I hear about stuff like this, the more I wonder how common it actually is. That's not counting the stuff that goes unreported.

Actually, to me it sounds like another case of cops expecting another cop to cover for other cops.

Interesting that for all the times cops that should be fired are still on the force, it only takes stopping an over-the-top beating for one to get fired.

[HYHYBT]

Reading the article... it doesn't sound like she's been fired *yet*. I wonder if the story will be updated after Tuesday.