FIVR, you appear to carry enough outrage for the whole lot of us.
The guy was charged, and apparently with no serious injury to the teen. Yes, he is clearly a physically abusive and emotionally unstable individual who is employed in a position of authority over others, in a profession with a license to kill should he even think a suspect flinched a muscle. I get all that, but that sort of man is a danger that has existed all our lives. People who should not be officers happen to get employed. Your reaction to the news appears to be strong, as if something changed. What changed?
Americans don't have time for self reflection. Or to question the rules of engagement. Too busy generalizing and stereotyping against whole groups of other people. Too busy putting up the "good fight" (or serving Wall Street) to care for what really matters. Our inner peace, or lackthereof. I really do understand that the sort of violent and abusive guy caught on camera is not alone. Yet I also understand that there are good people out there too. Even if they are overwhelmed by a failing American system.
I do not think playing rage against the machine and pointing fingers and screaming for justice, loudly, is going to be the long term solution you may be looking for. I sense a desire for damage and retribution, rather than one of peace and healing. A look outward rather than a call for Americans to look inward. It is only from within that we may contest our inner demon. Our animal instinct. I am afraid the easy answer may be the wrong answer, and instead of signaling for war against corrupt police, we should try to find a way to heal their wounds, their battered egos, their sense of fear.
To calm the storm rather than jumping in and inciting it further. Though I do appreciate it can be exceedingly difficult to see the forest from the trees.