Considering the rampant abuses perpetrated nation wide by police officers seems–more often than not–to result in paid vacation for the perpetrator, most people in the U.S. have grown rather fearful of the police. Combine this with the arbitrary law breaking we see by cops who are driving around with no particular place to be, and there’s a lot of anger built up.
This means no one with any sense trusts the police. A lack of trust for the police means that it’s harder for them to do their jobs … protecting the rest of us.
By demonstrating that actions of police officers have consequences for the police officers, David Brown has rolled back that distrust just a bit. If we as a country could trust that our police departments were on the up-and-up, Mr. Brown’s actions would make him just another Joe Shapiro. Instead, they set a tone for his whole police department and make it possible for their department to have a better relationship with their community.
