{"id":2590,"date":"2011-03-19T20:57:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T01:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=2590"},"modified":"2011-03-19T21:40:23","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T02:40:23","slug":"police-are-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/19\/police-are-out-of-control\/","title":{"rendered":"“Police Are Out of Control…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

My two cents on police brutality, from an interview yesterday on police brutality with Press TV<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Bovard: \u201cPolice are often out of control and local governments do a very poor job of protecting people from their protectors. Almost across the board, you have law enforcement officers who don\u2019t feel obliged to obey the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bovard: “The entire system of justice has become structured to impose penalties and prison times on private citizens. There is less and less focus on making sure sure that people who have all the arbitrary power – the people who have guns and the right to shoot other people – are kept on a leash.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My two cents on police brutality, from an interview yesterday on police brutality with Press TV Bovard: \u201cPolice are often out of control and local governments do a very poor job of protecting people from their protectors. 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