Police Brutality in Utah

How can they be making us safe if they are part of the problem?

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Police shoot teenage special-needs girl within 20 seconds of arriving to ‘help’

On June 3rd, 2014, the Serrano family was having difficulty with a young female family member who suffers from a mental illness and depression. Yanira Serrano-Garcia, 18, had apparently gone off of her medication and became agitated and hard to control.

“[Yanira] wanted to be normal. She wanted to stop taking her medication, and I get it. Sometimes when my feet hurt I just want to be normal. I don’t want to take pills. I get her…all we want is justice,” said a friend of Yanira’s during a community march. 

“Sadly, they mistook her for something she didn’t do, and a cop decided to get his gun out when he could have gotten out his taser, his pepper spray,” she said.

“She has special needs and we just want answers,” said Yanira’s brother, Tiny Serrano. “Who are we supposed to call now when we need help when who is supposed to help us is killing our kids?”

[katiepowell72013]

While this is just a news article, it really stands out to me because it is just one more example of what is wrong with our law enforcement. Like the brother said, "who are we supposed to call now when we need help".

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Stories of police brutality

There are several stories of police brutality. They growing rate of police officers sporting a "God Complex" is alarming. These are just a few of the many stories of police thinking that because they are the enforcers of the law that they don't have to abide by it.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=31400511#ohku7SeBOvJB6qqs.18

http://www.policebrutality.info/2011/04/driver-gets-tasered-in-utah-in-front-of-pregnant-wife.html

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=&sid=5738592#oP4uYjXIf7vdc2YZ.18

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865585516/Families-of-those-killed-by-Utah-cops-rally-against-police-militarization.html?pg=all

http://nydn.us/1iHjVjJ

http://fox13now.com/2014/07/23/police-say-shot-dog-in-self-defense-utah-family-has-different-story/