Are the Police Out of Control?: Officer Punches 53 Year Old Woman in the Face Several Times

Police officers have a responsibility to do the right thing--period. There is not fine line here. Time and again it seems officers are just as wrong as those they are pursuing. Take for instance this Utah police officer who began punching a 53 year old woman in the face multiple times. Granted this woman was in the wrong for running from the police, but watching the video, one has to wonder what is wrong with the officer that he couldn't detain this woman in a way that didn't require this much violence. Didn't his mother teach him not to hit women?

Listen, I know police officers have a tough job, but it seems to me that many of these officers on the beat are making some really bad decisions. Like it or not, this woman still has Constitutional rights.

Watch for yourself: