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Cop fired for not using a Taser on an elderly suspect.
chrontourage.com — Former Austin Police Department rookie Officer Ramon Perez filed a civil lawsuit on Dec. 19 against the department, his former supervisors, and an APD psychologist, claiming he was forced to resign because of his religious beliefs after he refused to comply with a supervisor's order to use excessive force on a suspect.
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- Gadren, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The law enforcement system is one that actively encourages cruelty and stifles any individual thought or conscience. This corrupt institution turns people into monsters (as all the recent police brutality stories demonstrate).
- williamdyer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Get to know your local PD: Where they live, where their kids go toe school. Where their wives work and shop. If they know they are exposed to the community, they are more likely to behave.
- BelXul, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What I find most sickening in the article is the part where it demonstrates that his termination was dependant upon religious grounds because the "nondenominational fundamentalist Christian, is in fact so impaired by his moral convictions that he is incapable of taking in and processing information".
This is not only a violation of the 1st Amendment, which protects freedom of religion-- ANY religion-- but it is also in violation of employment and ethics laws which protect a person from harassment based on age, race, gender, and CREED among other factors.
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