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Kudos to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In a surprisingly swift action, four police officers were fired for the brutal beating of three suspects. Four others were disciplined, including one sergeant being demoted. In all, a total of 15 officers were involved in the incident.

This incident came to light after video of the incident, filmed from a helicopter, made the press. The three men in question were suspects in a triple shooting. With that being said, they should have been arrested. However, what the video clearly shows is that officer pulled them from the vehicle and immediately began punching, kicking and beating the men.

Some will say that these three had it coming to them. If they did indeed shoot three people, I’d be hard-pressed to shed tears, either. But, police officers are expected to not act in this way and to, instead, do their job in a professional manner, when possible. In this instance, they had overwhelming numbers on their side to subdue the suspects without resorting to the very criminal behavior that they are charged with combating.

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