When Calls To 911 Suspend Civil Rights And Police Respond Poorly

 There are people that call 911 because they want the police to harass someone they do not like or because they do not like the way someone looks. There are people in law enforcement that do not understand that a call to 911 does not mean the person called upon has his or her civil rights suspended. When law enforcement officials get upset or angry because the person that is the target of the unjustified call to 911 gets upset or angry, situations that never should escalate end up escalating. There are those in law enforcement that do not understand how to handle another person's anger or upset frame of mind. People can get upset or angry when they are subject to harassment by police simply because someone called 911 and they know they have done nothing illegal or criminal. Calling 911 on someone does not make that someone a criminal.

 People need to be held accountable for when they unjustly call 911. This happens far too often. There is rarely a consequence for falsely calling the police on someone. Some people that are not criminals end up getting falsely arrested because they do not react calmly or submissively in their interactions with police, especially when the police are called on them for no real reason. 

Violence is never acceptable. But anger itself is not a crime. Many emotionally disturbed people cannot tone themselves down when confronted by law enforcement. And far too many in law enforcement see any sign of non violent defiance as a criminal act. Good cops must be level headed. They must know when to properly escalate a situation, and when to properly de-escalate a situation. They must understand that just because someone had 911 called on them does not make that person a police target whose civil rights are suspended. If a cop or deputy cannot understand how to handle people that are upset or angry without becoming upset or angry him or herself, they do not belong on the job.