“Whoever
fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a
monster.” Friedrich Nietzsche
On
May 22, 1980: At 11:00 PM, police responded to a call about a man mowing his
lawn. An argument broke out and one of
the two cops beat the man to the ground with his flash light. A second cop was also accused of holding the
man while he was being beaten, but…and despite witness testimony…the second cop
denied he was present for the beating.
The man’s nose, rib, and hand were fractured in the beating. The man sued in federal court. The Taxpayers paid and the mice that make up
the board of supervisors said and did nothing.