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Wouldn't you be shocked if they hadn't?

• tobltobs 12y ago
  You would be shocked if the law enforcement would operate within the limits of the law?
  • a3n 12y ago
    Yes, after what we've seen in the last few years, I would be shocked if these kinds of things were not SOP, encouraged and rewarded. Sure, there are many opportunities for law enforcement to act ethically. Yup, I really was speeding, and I deserved that ticket. Those sorts of acts are probably the norm. But that doesn't mean that law enforcement is therefore ethical. The stain of one lie doesn't wash out. Lying to courts, suppressing stingrays, not spying "whittingly." As the post says, lying has been normalized.
    • talmand 12y ago
      Years? More like centuries. History is rife with examples of abuse from people with power over those that have no power. It's something that has been fought, defended, tolerated, or the cause of revolutions since forever. This is just a new face to an old problem that has been a constant struggle for the human race.
      • a3n 12y ago
        Absolutely. Digital surveillance is a two-edged sword. As the abuse moves more toward digital, it becomes more possible for weak individual citizen-victimss to turn the spotlight/sword around. The government trump is they have guns and jails, and they police themselves.
  • balabaster 12y ago
    Given the number of cops I see driving with no seatbelts, not indicating when turning or changing lanes, speeding without their lights or siren activated, talking on their cellphones while driving, using their in vehicle computers at red lights. How is it any surprise at all to find them breaking virtually every other law under the sun? This infuriates me, at least if you're going to be enforcing the law, lead by good example.
• droopybuns 12y ago
  Before learning about paralel reconstruction, I wasn't cynical enough to conceive that they would do something this unethical.