thought blurb

People are rightfully infuriated over the shooting of a dog by police in balitimore.

And if you watch the video, it's pretty gut wrenching.

What i've noticed is that people are mad, extremely mad. And people who usually wouldn't comment on such an issue have come forward in their displeasure.

So the video has gone viral. And continues to do so.

The outcry, in my opinion, has a little more behind it than just the shooting of an innocent dog.

I think it speaks towards a larger issue of unecessary police violence. In the past year the number of cases involving police breaching their authority have been astounding.

But this isn't a new trend. This type of behaviour by police has been going on since the beginning of the institution. The only difference today is that we are all the paparazzi.

We all have our camera phones and recording devices. Which can catch video and audio in real time. We can then post those videos online and they can go viral. This all makes us amateur journalists in a sense.

So police would be wise to keep this into account. We are watching. And we will not accept police officers who step outside the bounds of the law. The law, which I may add, they took an oath under to protect.

But the shooting of a dog is just the beginning. What if it had been a 14 year old boy/girl? It's not outside the bounds of reason they would catch a bullet to the head.

So we're all left with a bad taste in our mouth. And I'd like to see movements made from here. It's unfortunate though because these type of situations serve to increase the gap of trust between the public and police officers.