upsetting news

Sometimes I swear that I'm going to stop listening to and reading all form of news. But I must be a sucker for punishment.
So driving to school yesterday morning listening to Fame. 7:32, news report starts, at the end of which I was literally cussing and shouting in the car.
A corp. went to a police station (not his own). There he drank water out of a cup that was apparently someone elses. He was accosted and assaulted for his offence. He tried explaining to them that he was an officer, at which point they proceded to beat the living crap out of him for impersonating an officer. I wasn't until he was rushed to hospital that they confirmed his story.
End result - he's lost use of both arms and probably won't be able to walk again.

Now
1. is suing them enough??? All the man did was drink water and tell the truth, and for that he's now handicapped.
2. This is how barbaric we have become... a simple offence and we beat to kill and ask questions later.
3. These were our law enforcers doing this! Does this worry anyone else?! Is this a regular occurance?
4. Would we have heard this story if the victim was not a police officer?

I love my island but trust me, when I hear crap like this I honestly wonder if I should to stay here to live when I finish with school.
It's bad enough that the police can't protect you against the gunmen cause they trying to cover their own ass, but now police attacking police!