Police officer assaults school girl for in-school arrest

[Lawlight]

SvennoJ said:

Lawlight said:

 

The point is pretty simple. More coverage when the student is black. Was that officer fired like in this case? The one thing that we need to trust in is the police's ability to enforce law and order. Now they'll fear to do that due to any kind of backlash. That is why so much antisocial behaviour is possible in Australia.

He got a 40 day suspension. The one thing we need to do is to teach kids that the police is there to serve and protect. They're the people to turn to when you can't figure out a peaceful solution yourself, not to invite to do the dirty work. While the majority is very good at their job, a few bad apples can easily deteriorate any goodwill teenagers have for the police, especially with social media nowadays. All this does is reinforce distrust in the police. You don't solve anti social behaviour with violence, you can only suppress it.
Do you want to live in a society where the next generation only listens to authority out of fear?

And how do you suppress anti-social behaviour? What students learnt from this is that they can get away with a lot since the police cannot touch them.

And yes, I wish I lived in a society where the next generation only listens to authority out of fear as oppose to not listening to authority.