Comment: That's a terrible contradiction. The department settled the lawsuit for half a million dollars, but still maintains these officers 'acted responsibly and exactly as they should have?' If that's so, why the payout?
On February 20, 2013 Cheryl DuBose was hoping that the staff at the Bridgeton police station would be helpful. She had gone there looking for her husband. A police officer named Lieutenant J. Branch seemed to have some information about Phillip DuBose, but his attitude was far from helpful.
He asked: "Wanna see your husband, Missy?" Then he showed her photograph of her husband, which had been taken only hours ago; in it Philip's face was bruised and he was bleeding profusely. For Cheryl this was a complete shock.
In addition to this, the officers at the station made it extremely difficult for her to post her husband's bail. They asked her numerous times for her bank book and other documents. Branch is not the only officer who showed insensitivity towards the DuBoses that night.
Comment: So not only did they brutally assault this man over a parking infraction, they harassed him and his wife afterward. Then the 'thin blue line' comes down hard and defends the officers actions? Time and time again we see police behaving like childhood bullies, committing crimes in the process, and getting away with it.