(Possibly NSFW) Was the police department right to post this video?

The Omaha Police officers Association comments seem to smack of racism. keep in mind that I am a 51 year old white male from a southern state.

I think police stations in general should have better things to do than post shit on Facebook.

What a world we live in… Instead of re-posting it, the police department should be following up on this form of child abuse.

Police are selected for their ability to degrade the citizenry. Really, this is pretty mild compared to police brutality.

@bolwerk My husband is a cop. Unfortunately a few bad apples gives them all a bad name. The cops I know are good, hard working, caring people.

Here is the original post from the OPOA’s website, it includes a description of where the video came from and why they decided to post it and all of the public comments, which are actually more interesting to me that what the website wrote.

It’s sad that the people on that video use that type of language, around a baby. I disagree with labeling the video “The Thug Cycle”. They say they want to break some cycle, but how does posting on FB have to do with breaking a cycle?
It just makes a lot of people watching the video say it’s horrible or sad. Posting that video does absolutely nothing but shaming and is way more wrong.

Meh, constitutional and privacy issues aside, sunlight is the best antiseptic. Too bad police departments don’t hold themselves to that standard. :(

@Smitha The police didn’t post it on facebook. The child’s uncle posted it on his facebook. The police got a copy of it from facebook and posted it on their own web site.