<p>Police brutality is not reserved for black victims, as extremist groups like Back Lives Matter would have you believe. Here&rsquo;s a story that will make you think twice before calling 911:</p>
<p>Two policemen in Marksville, Louisiana have been charged with the murder of 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis. The child was caught in the crossfire when Reserve Officer Norris Greenhouse Jr. and Marksville Police Lt. Derrick Stafford opened fire on the boy&rsquo;s father, Chris Few. ;</p>
<p>Greenhouse and Stafford said they were pursuing a warrant on Chris Few, but the following investigation revealed that although Few had a few traffic violations and a DWI conviction, there was no warrant out for him. ;</p>
<p>Greenhouse and Stafford were moonlighting as city marshals for Avoyelles Parish Ward 2 when they located Few&rsquo;s car and chased him as he drove onto Martin Luther King Drive. It was about 9:30 in the evening. ;According to witnesses, Few stepped out of the vehicle (unarmed) and put his hands up. That&rsquo;s when the police opened fire. Few was shot multiple times and was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. His 6-year-old autistic son was shot multiple times and died on site. ;</p>
<p>Greenhouse and Stafford were taken into custody on Friday night after investigators reviewed body camera footage. After watching the video, Louisiana State Police Colonel Michael Edmonson commented that it was &ldquo;the most disturbing thing I&rsquo;ve seen.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Nothing is more important than this badge that we wear on our uniform,&rdquo; said Edmonson. &ldquo;The integrity of why we wear it, because the public allows us to wear that. It&rsquo;s not a right, it&rsquo;s a privilege. And tonight that badge has been tarnished.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Mark Jeansonne, Few&rsquo;s attorney, told the Associated Press that &ldquo;this was not a threatening situation for the police.&rdquo; Few was unarmed and had his hands in the air before shots were fired. ;Few&rsquo;s fiancé;e told the police that Chris was afraid of the marshals due to a prior conflict with one of them. The officers involved have not yet been interviewed. ;</p>
<p>Even more suspicious is the fact that Greenhouse and Stafford were behaving outside their normal role. According to the Associated Press, Ward 2 boss Marshal Floyd Voinche hired deputies and bought police cars a few months ago. The new cops began issuing citations in Marksville, which according to the city&rsquo;s mayor is beyond a marshal&rsquo;s normal role. ;</p>
<p>City officials in Marksville have yet to receive an explanation from Voinche. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t get in touch with him; he&rsquo;s never come before us,&rdquo; said Marksville&rsquo;s mayor John Lemoine. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no communication.&rdquo;  ;</p>
<p>This isn&rsquo;t the first time Greenhouse and Stafford have gotten into trouble. Both men were named in a federal lawsuit filed in July. The victim, Ian Fridge, claims the cops tackled him simply because he was exercising his right to openly carry a firearm. Fridge managed to take a video of the incident, but the two cops took his phone and deleted it immediately. ;Even worse, Stafford has been accused of raping two women, one in 2004 and another in 2011.</p>
<p>&#8220;Tonight is about the death of Jeremy Mardis. Jeremy Mardis, 6 years old,&#8221; said Edmonson at a press conference. &#8220;He didn&#8217;t deserve to die like that and that&#8217;s what&#8217;s unfortunate.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Author&#8217;s Note:</strong> In my opinion the word &#8220;unfortunate&#8221; is an understatement. The focus here should be on why these two men were hired as policemen in the first place. ;This situation and others have convinced me that the process of becoming a police officer needs some serious readjusting. Men like Stafford and Greenhouse should never have been allowed to wear a badge. ;</p>
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