On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:07:20 -0500, Warp wrote:

>   I never paid any attention to that kind of talk. Sure, there have been
> cases of police brutality and other cases of dubious conduct (such as
> destroying evidence of police misconduct and threatening witnesses), but
> I have always thought they were rare individual cases, not the norm.
> I have always assumed that on average the American police force is
> honest, competent and good-willing.

It's been my experience that this is generally the case; the exceptions 
are what gets reported, but that shouldn't be taken to be the 'norm' in 
most cases.

Police behaving themselves and not macing old ladies and pregnant women 
isn't news.  It's normal.

Jim

Post a reply to this message