Abuse of authority in public office and in life

A Abuse is to make use of a resource or treat a person improperly, Incorrect, inappropriate, ilícita or ilegal. The authority, meanwhile, is the power, the sovereignty, the control or influence who exercises government.

In this manner, We can say that the abuse of authority occurs when an officer or top takes advantage of their position and their powers against someone who is located in a situation of dependence or subordination.

A form of abuse of authority occurs when the person accessing a position or function leverages the power that is granted for personal gain, and not properly perform its obligations.

The security forces, meanwhile, incur abuse of authority when they rely on the violence and make excessive use of their powers. An example of this type of situation occurs when the police arrest someone without justification and not allow the affected to express or defend.

Before the abuse of authority, complaints are often borne by NGOs (NGOs) who are dedicated to defending the human rights.

For criminal law, abuse of authority is one who takes a subject that has been vested with public powers and, while developing their management, opposite actions to meet the obligations imposed by law, generating a moral or material damage to third.

El abuso invisible

Unfortunately, the idea of ​​abuse authority is associated with the police, physical violence, corruption by government, and, as if this viewpoint is not narrow enough away from reality, it completely ignores abuse of animals.

This phenomenon, which is the basis of unfortunate relationship between human beings and the rest of nature, takes place in their own family, at school, by assumptions loved ones, and to animals, from the time they are forced to work, stripping them of their freedom and condemning them to a servile life.

Condemning violence in prisons, but no one is alarmed when parents impose their beliefs and their will on their children, torturándolos psychologically if not choose the way that they had prepared. It is believed that homosexuality is unnatural, but looks kindly on a horse, the species in its natural habitat is synonymous with indomitable spirit, live performing heavy tasks and spend your "free time" in a designated area man.

It is not necessary to move the field to find this kind of suppression of rights of other living beings. Dogs are man's best friends (although women, regardless of sexual orientation) and their presence in urban landscapes can be assumed. They are the most loyal beings, noble and loving one can imagine. Allow tutors, who call themselves masters, decide for them, is what to eat and what times go for a walk. His love is unconditional; even when they are forced to perform demonstrations obedience over other as if they were robots, or when physically assaulted for download the frustration of not achieving happiness.

Could it be that these situations are imperceptible? Or is it rather that the human being only concerned when a situation is a threat to himself? An insult, an offensive phrase, a mockery, You can be the start of an abusive relationship, based humiliation and mental manipulation. This occurs daily, always, in schools, offices, in the homes of Family. A firearm is required, or political office, no money, or physical violence; however, It is the most common form that the abuse of authority. Unfortunately, this perverse system articulates our lives, sometimes favoreciéndonos, sometimes becoming victims manifested in a square.