When cops turn into thugs
Disloyal Opposition
by J.D. Tuccille
04/03/07
From rather humble beginnings, the police in the United States have been elevated to a stature above that of the people they are supposed to protect. Obedience to police is expected for even the most preposterous commands, police are themselves considered exempt from many of the laws they enforce, and crimes committed against police officers often carry greater penalties than those committed against average citizens. All of this stands in stark contrast to the principles established by Sir Robert Peel, the father of modern policing, as the necessary basis for ethical law enforcement...
http://www.tuccille.com/blog/2007/04/when-cops-turn-into-thugs.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by J.D. Tuccille
04/03/07
From rather humble beginnings, the police in the United States have been elevated to a stature above that of the people they are supposed to protect. Obedience to police is expected for even the most preposterous commands, police are themselves considered exempt from many of the laws they enforce, and crimes committed against police officers often carry greater penalties than those committed against average citizens. All of this stands in stark contrast to the principles established by Sir Robert Peel, the father of modern policing, as the necessary basis for ethical law enforcement...
http://www.tuccille.com/blog/2007/04/when-cops-turn-into-thugs.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 4. Apr, 16:14
