Call it Karma – or maybe just payback.
Either way, it’s bad news.
Last Friday, an Alabama cop pulled over a guy – apparently, over a traffic infraction. The guy argued with the cop; a fight broke out.
The guy got the upper hand and beat the cop senseless.
What’s remarkable about this incident – which got very little to no coverage outside of Birmingham – is the reaction of bystanders to the beating. Instead of coming to the cop’s aid – or even just calling 911 to summon more cops – they laughed, took pictures and posted the pictures of the cop lying bloody and unconscious in the street on social media sites like Facebook.
The natives (that’s us, by the way) are becoming restless.
Respect and deference are fading. Contempt – and something much stronger – are replacing them
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