Although I've been alarmed by many of the abused of power reported recently, I'm not sure about this one. It may well be illegal, but the article doesn't make t

Although I've been alarmed by many of the abused of power reported recently, I'm not sure about this one. It may well be illegal, but the article doesn't make the case that any actual harm has occurred. After all, what we are talking about here is a bunch of cops "sitting round eating kebabs and buying pastries". "That’s when Berdecia realized that, in the hunt for terrorists, his detectives gravitated toward the best food." "the Demographics Unit never built a single case" It sounds more like a waste of money than an abuse of power. On the other hand, what it does do is show how easily law enforcement officers can use nebulous suspicions to justify what they want to do. In this case, they label people as suspicious in order to justify getting a nice meal. Others do so in order to go on a power trip.