That is an interesting question, ie the Navy Seals v. this so called police officer:
1. I am not an idiot leftist who think War is the same thing as policing. Thus I am more forgiving if the Seals did what they are accused of doing v. this criminal with a badge. War is different than civilian policing. Rights are limited in war zones. Anyone a police officer in the US encounters has a full range of rights.
2. I am however concerned that US military personnel do not abuse someone in their custody. In war the other guy is doing his duty. We are not mad at the soldier on the other side. We dont lock them up to punish them. We lock them up in POW camps for the duration. So I would be more concerned with the Seals case if this guy had been in custody for a number of hours/days.
3. I believe some of the reason the abuse scandal in Iraqi took place several years back is that the reserve unit that did the abusing was populated by many employees from civilian prisons. So criminal law enforcement like the cop being discussed on this thread, can cause serious problems.
So I would need to know more about the Seals. We they trying to get information from the prisoner? That was clearly not the case with this criminal cop we are discussing here. Did the guy resist? That was clearly not the case with this criminal cop we are discussing here.
Some here think that war is the same as policing...and that they are "conservative" because they think that way.
They are likely the same 5'2" cops that treat housewives in minivans like combatants.