RE: Cop Arrested for Raping a Mentally Ill Man Who Was Chained to a Hospital Bed
It's important that someone is focusing on these issues of abuse of power and terrible crimes. Those in power should be held to a higher standard. As far as the bad apple theory, I would agree that entire departments are corrupt in some areas. However, you seem to infer that the whole basket is rotten, across the country. I'd have to disagree with that notion.
How many people do cops save every day from harm or death? How many people are protected from the madness of out-of-control inner city crime? I'd say cops in the inner cities are being restrained by corrupt politicians and soft, ultra-liberal bureaucrats from taking care of business in the USA's no-go zones. What they fear most is that the media and far-left will instantly spin the enforcement of constitutional law into some hateful racist incident.
Good piece, @johnvibes
Its not that I think that all the apples are eternally rotten, but I see it as more of a situation of positions of power having some type of intoxicating effect on people, especially when that power affords people the special privilege of getting away with things, or always having their word trusted above others.
I think that some type of protection is needed, especially for people in rough areas, but I think that the people who provide those services should be held to the same legal and ethical standards as the rest of us.
Thank you for the thoughtful discussion as always :-)
I agree with both of these above posts.
Power corrupts!
I think people forget the definition of tyranny is someone in authority who oversteps their authority. Given that cops can and routinely ticket or arrest people for not being "cooperative", despite the fact that we have the right to not self-incriminate, speaks volumes as to the intoxication they have in their own power.
Thank you too, brother. These are discussions we need to have.