Sarah Childs- Deputy Resigns After Body Cam Video is Released

Summary: Deputy John Braman, a 10-year veteran of the Volusia County Sheriff's Office in Florida, resigned on Monday not long after officials released body camera video that allegedly shows the deputy taking money from the wallet of a DUI suspect. The 33 year old was placed on paid administrative leave last Wednesday as the sheriff's office investigated "multiple" allegations that he had taken money from defendants during DUI arrests. They claimed, "he represents an infinitesimal number of bad cops around the country but when this gets played in the news it makes everyone who wears the badge have to defend themselves against the actions of this idiot, and that's what he is, a thieving idiot." Body camera video released by the sheriff's office allegedly shows Braman taking two $100 bills out of a DUI suspect's wallet while the suspect was cuffed in Braman's vehicle. Braman then put the wallet in a plastic property bag, and that $200 in cash was not inventoried later, a defense attorney for the DUI suspect told WESH.

Analysis: This article was published by Eric Levinson from CNN on January 31, 2017. The author uses a third person point of view to convey an unbiased article. Additionally, I had a little previous knowledge of these tensions between officers and citizens, so this article made me realize how important our relationships are with our protectors. We need to use body cameras everywhere to protect not only our officers, but also to point out which ones need to go.  This article was written for any citizen of the US, or fellow officers who have been in the wrong and not caught. Although this act was not as drastic as the taxation of the colonies from Britain, this could connect to this if you believe that the colonists were outright robbed.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/31/us/dui-police-deputy-bodycam-alleged-stealing-trnd/index.html