Drunken assault with a deadly weapon and he is still on the force. And he does not deserve to be placed in segregation. He deserves to feel and experience the kind of hatred he holds.

If a drunk shot at a cop and wounded him/her, there'd be no mercy.

The parallels, with respect to police misconduct, can be drawn much more easily today because the misconduct actually gets exposed and reported on. I think that 20 or 30 years ago much less was ever reported or investigated.

The evolution of this new openness however is not enough to solve citizen concerns, probably because of the archaic way police agencies go forward following a report of a criminal act by an officer.

Yes, there is something to be said about due process and paid leave pending investigation of an allegation. But on the other hand, leaving someone in pay status when facts are clear, i.e. a confession or video evidence of criminal behavior makes no sense. It almost certainly undermines the responsible police department making an effort to be more honest and transparent.

I live in the Portland area. My spouse lives in DC right now. We trade headlines about the cops outta control. But, they look alike.

Drink. Drive badly. Beat spouse. Shoot to kill at citizens. Get paid leave. Go on paid disability. Collect pension. Go work in DC (or Portland if you did this in DC). Collect pension while drinking/driving badly/beating spouse/shooting citizens and second income in the next cop shop.

Heroes all.

The key is to get them fighting with each other. It can get interesting in the DC area when a bicyclist takes on a police cruiser...

http://www.arlnow.com/2011/09/02/cyclist-issued-warning-by-acpd-after-accident/#comments

Portland should offer its services to becoming the new "West Coast Capitol" of the United States. Offer to have the actual Capitol switch coasts each year or each term. Build (using local tax dollars) a massive new Capitol building. Bulldoze an entire undesirable neighborhood to make room for it. Build a streetcar there. Offer to build new condo developments for all the new workers we'll need.

Think of all the new construction jobs, the spending, the new government jobs we'll have...

You mean in the National Capital Area we should:

Bulldoze a neighborhood?

http://arlingtonyupette.blogspot.com/2011/06/foxcroft-heights-gentrification.html

Plan and build new condo developments?

http://www.columbia-pike.org/?page_id=1801

And tie it all together with a streetcar?

http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/EnvironmentalServices/dot/page82479.aspx

We've already got it covered on the Potomac.

Local politicians are cock sure their greenwashing and transit oriented development planning are responsible for low unemployment and high property values. It must work, can't have anything to do with the trillion and a half dollars we don't have being spent each year, just across the river.