>I think you are back stepping a little, or maybe just clarifying your position.
>Pretty sure it was you who made a comment earlier that was similar to 'I assume all cops are bad until proven otherwise'. Yes, that was a very poor choice of words on my part. Looking at it now it doesn't accurately reflect how I approach encounters with the law at all. A better way to word it would be "I realize the possibility that this person can put me in jail and may be the type of person to do so on a whim, so I will do whatever I can to make sure I go free if that happens." >I also think there also is a big difference between a 'bad' police officer and say, an over zealous one, even though they often get lumped together. >A 'bad' police officer, to me is one who disrespects their profession willingly. One who actions are designed to purposely violate your rights. These guys make me sick. I have encountered a few of them myself. They are pretty much scum. >I do not think an over zealous police officer ever intends to violates someone's rights (does not make it any less wrong), but, instead, in some cases, they may have been genuine in their actions, but did not fully contemplate the results of their actions. Your definition of 'bad' is my definition of 'corrupt' in this case, or part of it anyway. Overzealous officers are 'bad' because they don't do their job well and innocent people suffer for it. A bad officer can eventually become a good one, just like any other profession. Corrupt is corrupt for life. That's why I separate the two terms. >I will not try and say that if your rights are violated by a bad officer it is worse than if they are violated by an over zealous one (because its not - a violation of your rights is a violation of rights, regardless of whether or not that was the intended goal), however, there is one very important difference. The over zealous stands to learn from the experience and become a better police officer, maybe even a better person, the 'bad' one won't give a shit. True enough, but the problem is that, often, by the time the over zealous cop learns from his mistakes (assuming he even realizes he's made one, which he won't always) it's too late for someone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:327513 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
