Some kind of Egypt justice and then complete injustice America-style

Let's give Egypt a hand: despite the unbelievably frequent use of torture in police stations, the invincibility that has led officers to video tape tortures and sodomize prisoners, and share the tapes with friends (and unintentionally youtube), it seems the cronies are finally getting something right.

Look! The justice system at work! Police enter a home, throw a man from the balcony, man dies, police investigated. It's beautiful.

"Gadallah's family alleges that police broke into the apartment and demanded he withdraw a complaint 39-year-old plumber had filed against one of their colleagues for stealing money from him about week before. When he refused, they threw him off the balcony, the family said Wednesday."

Functioning on the side of the righteous, just this once, the official response was to detain and investigate the officers.

"It's rare you get all the information right after the incident takes place," said Gasser Abdel Razeq, the director of regional relations for Middle East and North Africa of the New York-based Human Rights Watch. "Usually people are tortured and die in police custody and it takes a long time for people to find out what happened."

"Prosecutors are under increasing pressure to act quickly after several reports of police brutality were published on blogs and in local media over the past year, Abdel Razeq said."

Considering the severe oppression of political and religious reformers, its nice to see the common Joe Egyptian having a chance at due process, though sadly post mortim.

You can't help but hope, while being detained the officers get a little of what they are dishing out.




AND BACK IN THE LAND OF DEMOCRACY

...things are barely any better.

God, I really can't pick a winner, can I? A solid reminder of everything that is wrong with Milwaukee:

"Milwaukee police said a 3-year-old girl found a gun inside a home near Teutonia Avenue and Chambers Street and pulled the trigger. Investigators said the bullet hit the 6-year-old in the stomach.A 32-year-old man who lives in the house told police he stores a loaded gun behind the stove and that the girl got a hold of it somehow and walked into a room where two 6-year-old boys were playing.

The gun accidentally fired, striking one of the 6-year-olds in the abdomen and bicep, police said.

According to police, the adults in the house fled with the exception of the 32-year-old man, who was arrested on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and leaving a loaded firearm within the reach of a child.

Police recovered the weapon -- a .32 caliber semiautomatic."

Where do I even begin on this one? A loaded semiautomatic behind the stove. Adults fleeing the scene. What the hell is wrong with you Milwaukee?

There is something fundamentally messed up with the freedom to bear arms translating into keeping a semiautomatic in the kitchen.