by Theresa Chaze

Created on: March 19, 2007   Last Updated: April 25, 2007

Title: Police abuse: Sovereign Immunity protects the abusers
Article: Police Abuse: Sovereign Immunity Protects the Abusers

Police abuse is a national problem with officers over stepping their
bounds and deliberately doing harm to the people that they have sworn to
protect. The country doesn't need more police officers. It needs to
set a higher standard for the officers to meet. They need to have a

clear understanding of the law and their role in society, so they can
protect without infringing on Civil Rights. However, it is not only
ignorance of the public's rights that causes abusive situations, but the
officers attempting to secure their jobs by inflating the crime statistics
and personal satisfaction of having power over others that are the root
causes of the abuse. With statewide budget cuts, every government job
is at risk. However by inflating the crime statistics with unjustified
arrests and unreasonable traffic stops, they insure the law enforcement
system will be immune to pay cuts and lay offs. In addition,
individual officers have learned that they won't be held responsible for !
their actions. Most officers are ethical and honorable. But there
are those who intentionally inflict harm on those in our society they see
as vulnerable. They also target those who have lifestyles or points of
view that differ from their own.
The cases of abuse, misconduct and bigotry are increasing expediently,
because no one in the government willing to address the root cause.
One only has to Google-police abuse or police abuse of power to learn how
severe the problem has become. Officers get away with it because they
can. Victims can sue the law enforcement agencies but the individual
officers are never held accountable for the harm they cause. Sovereign
Immunity is the legal doctrine that states the sovereign or government
and its agents cannot be legally prosecuted for harm they cause. By
definition, Sovereign means monarch, the ruler or permanent head of a
state, especially a king or queen. Law enforcement officials are neither;
they are public servants, not public masters. However, instead of
serving and protecting society, they are rapidly become a bigger threat to
the public than the criminal element. At least with the criminal
element, you can defend yourself without additional criminal charges!
being added. To merely touch an officer is to be guilty of a crime,
yet they are capable of searching your person and property if they have
the faintest suspicion you have possibly broken a law. They

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