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Best bit: Crawford County State’s Attorney Tom Wiseman is currently bringing five felony charges against Michael Allison...who recorded police officers and othe
by yread 16y ago
Best bit:
Crawford County State’s Attorney Tom Wiseman is currently bringing five felony charges against Michael Allison...who recorded police officers and other public officials he thought were harassing him...He faces up to 75 years in prison for the recordings... Given the deference law enforcement officials get from courts and prosecutors, how can a citizen who feels he’s being harassed or treated unfairly by law enforcement protect himself?
"The only person doing any harassing here is Mr. Allison, who was harassing our public officials with his tape recorder," Wiseman says. "They may have problems with some bad police officers in some of your urban areas. But we don’t have those problems around here. All of our cops around here are good cops. This is a small town. Everyone knows everyone. If we had a bad police officer here, we’d know about it, I’d know about it, and he’d be out. There’s just no reason for anyone to feel they need to record police officers in Crawford County."
And that's exactly why it is neccessary to tape them
- GiraffeNecktie 16y agoI also liked "At some point, we have to put some faith and trust in our authority figures."
- epochwolf 16y agoWhy do we need to put faith and trust in authority figures? Respect and trust aren't the same. You can not trust someone and still be polite. You can not trust and cooperate.
- rdtsc 16y ago> Why do we need to put faith and trust in authority figures? Because they just told us to. Didn't you read him telling us they are all good cops and we should trust them?
- Tamerlin 16y agoNaturally, he neglects the other side of the coin, which is that our authority figures need to EARN that trust and faith -- he just assumes that if someone becomes a cop, they deserve it. Some of the things that went on in DC and Baltimore (I personally witnessed police breaking traffic laws more than once in Baltimore) severely undermined my faith and trust in the police.
- robobenjie 16y agoI donno, protecting cops sure seems double-plus good to me.
- rdtsc 16y ago> But we don’t have those problems around here. All of our cops around here are good cops. ... no reason for anyone to feel they need to record police officers in Crawford County. My personal rule: As soon as any official says that about their deparment one should assume the opposite and suspect, corruption and abuse of power and authority.