I finally had a chance to watch these two intense reports by
Wendy Halloran – your remarkably accurate and factual journalist /
investigative reporter and the citizen’s champion for justice.
The first report titled “the Fun House” was
really scandalous as I found its contents to be disgusting, revolting
and ghastly in nature as it made me recognize the fact that some cops
act that way behind closed doors in areas not available to the public. It was
certainly a tarnished reflection of their badge, uniform, sworn oath to
protect and serve and revealed a vulgar comportment that can only be described
as inequitable and condescending to the worth of human beings that lived there
in.
Whether they were homeless or law-biding citizens these
people were stereotyped to be unfit for respect or dignity and sub-human
treatment, under their sworn protection as public servants.
Although it happened many years ago, it is likely still
practiced and condoned in secret through their code of silence and still well
hidden from their supervisors and administration or worse, still tolerated and
covered up.
Then I watched the second report and realized this shame was
deeper than one could expect it to be. Watching the second report titled “Right
to Know” gave me a negative impression of the administration that seemed to go
the extra mile to hide this type of misconduct from the public and then, to
make matters worse, encourage police officers that have received misconduct
sanctions or discipline to purge their personnel files so these facts won’t be
held against them when made public.
Needless to say, I am very appalled and disappointed in the
Police Chief [past and present], the city administration / oversight board and
the Mesa PD chain of command that endorsed these kinds of behaviors or
misbehaviors through passive enforcement of the code of conduct; deliberate
silence for not acting upon legitimately logged citizen complaints; encouraging
pseudo& inert informational cover-ups, failing to condemn and
condoning actions through tacit approval or lesser disciplinary sanctions or
even promotions after the facts gleaned their unfit behaviors to be agents of
public trust.
As a citizen residing in the City of Mesa I would not trust
my grandchildren in the hands of these bigoted and biased cops that roam the
streets in disguise as uniformed or un-uniformed law enforcers as what they are
in reality are self-appointed enforcers of their own standards and their own
beliefs whether they are ethical or not since their culpability is not
challenged and their [agency or PD records] transparency is discouraged.
It will be difficult to realize that not all Mesa cops act
this way but to be truthful, when other cops who do not condone such conduct or
misconduct look the other way, they are in some sense tolerating this type of
behavior. That worries me too.
The Right to Know”http://www.azcentral.com/video/3263604727001
the Fun House
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