http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/justice-though-delayed-for-beaten-student/2011/09/21/gIQAWohVnK_story.html
This article is about the beating of John L. McKenna by three police officers. McKenna did nothing to provoke the officers and he was not aggressive in any way. The riot officers beat him so badly that staples were needed to close the gash in McKenna's head. Nobody really responded to the case until weeks later, when a video of the beating was released. The officers had wrongly accused McKenna of attacking the offers and their horses. They also said the horses were at fault for the injuries. The author's claim was that major changes need to be made for the Prince George's police department. The grounds and reasons for this is that police brutality should not be tolerated, and we need to enforce justice. The warrant is that new rules are being enforced on the officers. Officers must now wear helmets with visible ID numbers. Officers are now under stronger supervision and investigators must be on the scene if a disturbances is expected. The rebuttal is that McKenna had attacked the officers and their horses first, and that he provoked the incident.
The writer's argument was very effective because it brought up the issue of police brutality, which people are aware of, but can't really do much about it. It is wrong for officers abuse their power and authority over citizens. It is reassuring to know that people are taking action to prevent future atrocities similar to this one. Now that they actually are making changes in the police department, we are moving closer to justice.
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