Thugs with badges

Men allege racism in fight with off-duty officers


...when an off-duty officer in a van allegedly called them "niggers."

...the van's doors then slid open, and out came a dozen off-duty officers.


I used to love cop movies. Lethal weapon was my favorite series. Gotta love Mel Gibson chasing down all those bad guys.


...he and members of the race relations committee have viewed a video of the incident three times, and that he found some evidence that confirms the account given by Fells.


But it seems we have a new tv show to watch now. Called "Live TV" , or perhaps "Cell Phone TV" or more accurately "Thugs with badges caught on tape , live and in color !"

The RCMP at the Vancouver airport stun gunning that old guy to death is only the tip of the iceberg, it seems. Now we have RCMP officers in Halifax, the other end of the country , running in packs while off duty, beating on helpless civilians. And then arresting them.

I used to love all those old cop shows where the police officer was the hero. Now I'm beginning to wonder if I was living in a dream world, and modern technology has caught up with these hooligans in blue and reveiling some kind of unpleasant truth that no one really wants to deal with.

If you can't trust a cop , who can you trust ?