A Few Bad Apples
Tuesday 6 December 2011 - Filed under Uncategorized
So much for the theory that bad cops are no more than just a few bad apples. The Tampa Herald-Tribune:
One in 20 active law enforcement officers in Florida has committed a moral character violation serious enough to jeopardize his or her career. Nearly 600 have two or more such acts of misconduct on their record and 30 current officers and prison guards continue to wear a badge despite four or more offenses.
Seriously? 1 in 20, a full 5%, of police officers in Florida would be in prison, or at best out of a job, were they you or I? How likely is it that Florida is simply an anomaly and that police officers elsewhere are moral, upstanding citizens? Not fucking likely.
Modern law enforcement is perhaps the biggest threat to individual liberty in the US.
2011-12-06 » madlibertarianguy