"Professionalism" in action

Two of Fresno's finest "people who are the only ones professional enough to carry firearms in public" caught on tape punching a homeless person repeatedly in the head for no apparent reason while attempting to effect an arrest. That's really not the proper way to do it, as one former law enforcement officer comments at the news website.

I especially enjoyed watching the one thug at the end of the clip who was checking his dainty knuckles for damage. He should have worn "tactical" gloves to protect his wittle fingers if he was so concerned about them.

I don't want to either deify or demonize cops in general - just like the rest of the population of this country, the majority of them are good, upstanding people, but there's always a few rotten apples in every bunch, like the two shown above.

That being the case, why, then, especially in a state such as California, are cops allowed to carry firearms in public not just on duty, but everywhere they choose to go while off duty as well, and then are granted a special dispensation to carry in every state in America once they retire, something denied every other law-abiding citizen?

Seems just a wee bit unfair to me. After all, journalists don't get some sort of special permission denied everyone else to publish a newspaper or interview people once they retire just because of what they did for a living, as the natural right of free speech, as specifically delineated in the First Amendment, is protected for everyone. The same should apply to the Second Amendment as well.