When a security force exceeds the use of its powers, it commits an abuse of authority.
Abuse consists of making use of a resource or treating a person in an improper, incorrect, inappropriate, illicit or illegal manner. Authority , for its part, is the power , sovereignty , command or influence of the person who exercises the government.
In this way, we can say that abuse of authority takes place when a leader or superior takes advantage of their position and their powers in front of someone who is located in a situation of dependency or subordination.
A form of abuse of authority occurs when the person who accesses a position or function takes advantage of the power granted to him or her for his or her own benefit, and not to properly carry out his or her obligations.
Abuse of authority by security forces
The security forces , for their part, commit abuse of authority when they rely on violence and make excessive use of their powers. An example of this type of situation appears when the police detain someone without justification and do not allow the person affected to express themselves or defend themselves.
In the face of abuse of authority, complaints are usually made by non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ) that are dedicated to defending human rights .
For criminal law , abuse of authority is that carried out by a subject who has been invested with public powers and who, while carrying out his duties, carries out actions contrary to the obligations imposed by law , generating moral or material damage to third parties.
It can be said that a father who mistreats his child incurs an abuse of authority, regardless of the existence of different crimes in his actions.
invisible abuse
Unfortunately, the idea of abuse of authority is associated with the police, with physical violence, with corruption by the government, and, as if this point of view were not sufficiently narrow and far from reality, the mistreatment of animals .
This phenomenon, which is the unfortunate basis of the relationship between human beings and the rest of nature, takes place in the family itself, at school, by supposed loved ones , and towards animals, from the moment they They are forced to work, stripping them of their freedom and condemning them to a servile life.
Violence in prisons is condemned, but no one is alarmed when parents impose their beliefs and their will on their children, psychologically torturing them if they do not choose the path they had prepared for them . Homosexuality is considered unnatural, but it is viewed favorably that a horse, the species that in its natural habitat is synonymous with an indomitable spirit , lives performing heavy tasks and spends its "free time" in a space delimited by man. .
And it is not necessary to go to the countryside to find this type of suppression of the rights of other living beings. Dogs are man's best friends (although also women's, regardless of their sexual orientation) and their presence in urban landscapes can be taken for granted. They are the most faithful, noble and loving beings one can imagine. They allow their guardians, who call themselves masters, to decide for them, whether what to eat or what times to go for a walk. His love is unconditional; even when they are forced to perform demonstrations of obedience in front of others as if they were robots, or when they are physically attacked to vent the frustration of not achieving happiness .
Various forms of abuse of authority
Are these situations imperceptible? Or is it rather that human beings only worry when a situation poses a threat to themselves? An insult, an offensive phrase, a mockery, can be the beginning of an abusive relationship, based on humiliation and mental manipulation .
This happens daily, always, in schools, in offices, in family homes. You don't need a firearm, political office, money, or physical violence; However, it is the most common form that abuse of authority takes. Unfortunately, this perverse system articulates our lives, sometimes favoring us, sometimes turning us into victims who demonstrate in a square.