On 10/16/05, Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marnie wrote: [wasn't that eleanor that wrote that? -frank] > > > In the second place, most police officers are reasonable people. > > Police officers frequently commit crimes, violate civil rights, fabricate > evidence and assault suspects. I fear the police far more than I do > criminals. I think your assessment of cops is extremely optimistic.
well, i think you're both right. most cops are honest. a small percentage who no doubt believe that they are doing the right thing can be crooked. they are frustrated with what they see as a "soft" system that acquits the guilty and hands out short sentences. they believe that the ends justify the means. they are, of course, wrong. problem is that even if it's only 5% of cops who do those things that you describe, that's a lot of power being abused, and a lot of lives being ruined. -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
