Cameras are always rolling, abuse will always be brought to light. The lesson being do what is right not only when you think you are being watched do what is right always. Of course this used to be the measure of good man. You knew the character of a person based on whether or not the person was good only under the spot light or if they continued even when they thought nobody was looking.
Mitch Berg over at Shot in the Dark posted a video he hopes to go viral. I am going to help with that cause.
Like Mitch I spent a good amount of time in Bars. Having first been a server at a Restuarant and bar from 1999-2005, and of course many years as an adult drinker.
The abuse this Soldier endured is unconscionable, it is a good thing this pedestrian was not only there but intentionally documented the abuse by this Officer. Drunk or not he is not only out of line but completely in the wrong. Especially with the back story of her being arrested only for rejecting his efforts to take her home for the night. As Mitch points out it did take the the Sheriff a week to suspend Deputy Derrick, no doubt such damning evidence played a part in the suspension, and his current assault charges. http://www.wltx.com/news/article/252931/2/Off-Duty-Deputy-Who-Arrested-Soldier-Fired
If there had been no camera, how long do you think this could have gone before the Soldier saw justice and this bad cop were arrested? It is hard to say, but as Mr. Berg points out, sober cops arrived on the scene and justice was ultimately served.
To my fellow Soldiers. This is why you always go out with a buddy. The buddy system works, it helps protect you and keep you from getting into trouble. And when trouble does find you, your buddy can do what this good Samaritan did and document it for your own protection under the law.
