Law enforcement is tough work and cops are people–just people. Some will be incompetent; some will be evil.
That is why we should resist the continuing trend toward criminalizing behavior. Every time we pass some law against this or that, we create one more point at which the power of the state may be hammered against us. You can go to jail these days for things that used to be considered accidents, or just nonsense.
I had forgotten about this case. Thanks for bringing it back to your readers’ attention.
August 17th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
It was murder. The cops should have gotten life.
That lady … she deserved better. It’s a shameful thing what they did to her.
The war on drugs meme is peripheral. These cops were just bad people.
August 17th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
They should have also received the heads of the men who killed her under the cover of civil authority.
August 17th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
Law enforcement is tough work and cops are people–just people. Some will be incompetent; some will be evil.
That is why we should resist the continuing trend toward criminalizing behavior. Every time we pass some law against this or that, we create one more point at which the power of the state may be hammered against us. You can go to jail these days for things that used to be considered accidents, or just nonsense.
I had forgotten about this case. Thanks for bringing it back to your readers’ attention.
August 17th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
I’m with Robert.
Those corrupt cops didn’t just make an unfortunate mistake. They committed murder.