Khross wrote:
Diamondeye:
Your response is both predictable and sad in this case. Regardless of prose skill of the author, the facts are all independently verifiable, particularly the juridical rulings that enable this sort of interpretation. And while it is not "widespread" or "typical", the fact that such behavior occurs is both problematic and disturbing. The people of any community should expect more and receive more from their police officers.
No, Khross, my response isn't predictable at all. In fact I'm willing to bet you and a few other people thought I'd be all in favor of this.
There's also nothing the least bit sad about it. What's sad is that you're willing to accept an article of such appalling quality at face value. If the facts are verifiable, go verify them. The problem is not the prose skill of th author; it's his obvious attempt the present only a few facts of the examples he sights, which are purely anecdotal. Not a single statistic is to be found in the entire piece.
As for expecting more and receiving more, no the public needs to realize that the police are drawn from the same population as any working guy. Where the public needs to expect more from is their judges and lawmakers. If you're disturbed that police occasionally do questionable things or come up with interpretations of law no one ever intended.. I suggest you start working on some robots to take over the job.
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