Huntsville, Alabama Police Officer Convicted of Excessive Use of Force and Obstruction of Justice

Assault, Injury, False Report: Who was Convicted?

When we talk about professional standards, scholars… it covers a lot of topics. Are officers required to follow the Constitution and the law?

What are your thoughts on this case? Would better education and professional standards have helped avoid this scenario? Why or why not?

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Huntsville, Alabama Police Officer Convicted of Excessive Use of Force and Obstruction of Justice

https://www.fbi.gov/birmingham/press-releases/2015/huntsville-alabama-police-officer-convicted-of-excessive-use-of-force-and-obstruction-of-jHELLO SCHOLARS! AS WE CONTINUE THIS WEEK’S MATERIALS…I AM OFFERING YOU A HISTORICAL VIEW (FROM THE 1980S) OF POLICING. WE’VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN, RIGHT?! SO… IT IS HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND PERSPECTIVES. WHY DID WE EVOLVE TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY? PAY ATTENTION TO THE HISTORICAL POINTS OF VIEW…AND TRY TO VIEW IN CONTEXT – HOW WE CAME TO THE CURRENT COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING (COP) MODEL THAT IS THE MORE MODERN APPROACH TODAY! AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS MATERIAL – READ FOR COMPREHENSION IN TERMS OF WHY DECISIONS WERE MADE TO CHANGE POLICY OVER TIME. WERE THE CHANGES REACTIONARY? PROACTIVE? WHAT APPROACHES WORKED? WHAT APPROACHES CAN WE IDENTIFY AS FAILURES – OR THAT CAUSED MORE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAN THEY CURED? WHAT ARE YOUR CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE MORE MODERN COPS MODEL OF POLICING? (SEE WEEKLY INSTRUCTOR INSIGHTS … OR SEARCH THE DOJ WEBSITE FOR MORE COPS INFORMATION!)

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In my opinion, it was the right step for the officer to be held accountable for his actions and to be convicted of the crime. At the point of making the arrest, the officer had done a good job by handcuffing the suspect and then putting him under control. This however got worse because when it came to putting leg cuffs on the suspect, the officer lost his cool. He physically beat up the suspect despite the fact that the suspect was already in hand cuffs and did not cause any reasonable threat to the….

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