Government,
Criminal,
Civil Rights
Aug. 20, 2014
When officers wear a 'heavy badge'
One commonality between the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri and the one in South Central Los Angeles days later is the sense that police officers are "wearing a heavy badge."
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
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One commonality between the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, and in South Central Los Angeles days later is the sense that police officers are "wearing a heavy badge." That both victims are black is still another.
Wearing a heavy badge is a common metaphor used to describe law enforcement officers who intimidate and bully citizens rather than exercise the restraint that, in a free society, is both expected and constitutionally imposed. Such officers nurse a grudge against th...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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