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The first two federal officers involved in a Bitcoin-related investigation (Silk Road) stole the money and tried to cover it up. Which shows just how bad US law

The first two federal officers involved in a Bitcoin-related investigation (Silk Road) stole the money and tried to cover it up. Which shows just how bad US law enforcement culture is. People like this can, and should be, filtered out. At some point I hope to see a #MeBlue social campaign by good cops to out bad cops.

paulie_a 9y ago
I personally think some police abuse should be considered treason and handled appropriately via those laws. Same for political corruption
- anarazel 9y ago
  Article three of the US constitution: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." I'm not arguing that treason / corruption aren't worthy of increased focus, but your proposal doesn't seem to be it. There's also these pesky anti anti-corruption / pro "free speech" SCOTUS cases :(
  - paulie_a 9y ago
    I totally understand that currently it is not possible. My personal opinion is that the scope should be widened carefully in a limited way for aggregious public corruption. It's not an easy answer by any means but should be addressed with harsh penalties for some situations
    - anarazel 9y ago
      I don't understand why it makes sense to tie corruption to treason. It's a specifically defined thing in the constitution and it's already bandied about way to easily in a political manner. Fixing corruption law (including SCOTUS precedent) is very hard, no need to add very debatable issues additionally.
s73ver_ 9y ago
As long as they are not calling out the cops doing wrong, there are no good cops.
- dsfyu404ed 9y ago
  I don't care if they don't call out their coworkers as long as they don't help cover their bad behavior. "If you're not one of us you're one of them" is exactly the kind of cop logic that got us here.
  - s73ver_ 9y ago
    That's not a similar situation in the least. Comparing calling out and calling for the removal of bad cops to holding the thin blue line ignores any bit of context there is.

paulie_a 9y ago

I personally think some police abuse should be considered treason and handled appropriately via those laws. Same for political corruption

anarazel 9y ago
Article three of the US constitution: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." I'm not arguing that treason / corruption aren't worthy of increased focus, but your proposal doesn't seem to be it. There's also these pesky anti anti-corruption / pro "free speech" SCOTUS cases :(
- paulie_a 9y ago
  I totally understand that currently it is not possible. My personal opinion is that the scope should be widened carefully in a limited way for aggregious public corruption. It's not an easy answer by any means but should be addressed with harsh penalties for some situations
  - anarazel 9y ago
    I don't understand why it makes sense to tie corruption to treason. It's a specifically defined thing in the constitution and it's already bandied about way to easily in a political manner. Fixing corruption law (including SCOTUS precedent) is very hard, no need to add very debatable issues additionally.

s73ver_ 9y ago

As long as they are not calling out the cops doing wrong, there are no good cops.

dsfyu404ed 9y ago
I don't care if they don't call out their coworkers as long as they don't help cover their bad behavior. "If you're not one of us you're one of them" is exactly the kind of cop logic that got us here.
- s73ver_ 9y ago
  That's not a similar situation in the least. Comparing calling out and calling for the removal of bad cops to holding the thin blue line ignores any bit of context there is.