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The notorious L.A. police are embroiled in yet another case of caught-on-video act of police brutality. From the BBC News (which also has video):

The incident came at the end of a car chase through Los Angeles suburbs.

The footage shows the suspect, Richard Rodriguez, 23, trying to escape on foot, then lying down to surrender when he sees there is no escape.

One pursuing police officer kicks him, and another punches his side. The local police department is investigating.

The incident, in the suburb of Pico Rivera, was recorded by news helicopters and broadcast on local TV stations

Already people are justifying this by saying that the man who was kicked was a criminal and deserved it or otherwise asked for it. In reply to that, I just have to ask, have these people never watched or read any Super Hero comics? It’s not up to the police to decide what punishments people deserve for their crimes. The police are not judge, jury and executioner. We supposedly *separate* each of these entities so that even the worst of the worst criminal out there gets a fair trail and sentence that is appropriate to the crime. That’s what a *democracy* is right? That system that we are bombing others into accepting because it rocks so hard?

Good GOD, I’m glad I don’t live out in L.A.