On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 06:34:02PM -0600, measl@mfn.org wrote:
Examples please? "All the time"? I have *never once* heard of such an act by an LEO, and my range of experience is both personal and anecdotal. The more usual act is that the <insert agency here> will first offer a plea, and if rebuffed, will "decline to prosecute". Some time thereafter, the former
Good points, all. It may be instructive to consider the case of the Maryland police officer who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years recently for turning a police dog loose on an unresisting suspect. Instead of distancing themselves from this sadistic officer, and saying that such behavior is beyond the pale, her fellow officers protested and declared a work "slowdown." The union was all for it. Don't look for a fast response from 911 calls, I guess, if you live in certain Maryland suburbs of DC. The Washington Post wrote an editorial condemning this thuggish tactic on the part of "Maryland's finest." -Declan