A New Kind of System

Angry Officers

Scott Greenfield may not be blogging anymore, but he’s still a good resource for keeping up with things.1

“If you or I did that to somebody on the outside, you’d be sitting in jail talking to (an attorney)” Arcesi said.

But, as I mentioned in yesterday’s post, those responsible for enforcing our laws take a different approach when it comes to their own behaviors.  [Read more...]

Endnotes:
  1. Yes, the original tweet came from Radley Balko, who I also follow, but I wouldn’t have seen it without Scott’s tweet. []

Out of Sight

Videotaping Police

The last couple of days, I’ve been pondering something Jeff Gamso wrote, at least partly as a response to a comment I made on his blog. As with a lot of Jeff’s stuff, it’s taking me longer to consider than most things I read. I like that. I like that Jeff makes me think. Too many people in the world don’t seem to spend enough time thinking, or helping others think, these days.

Take these two cops, for instance.

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For Our Safety

Kick Ass Cop

One of the more frustrating things about being a criminal defense lawyer is that you get to see how sausage is made justice is undone on a daily basis. Ordinary people don’t see the great breadth of daily and banal violations of due process and other basic constitutional protections now epidemic in the United States.

But it does have repercussions….

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Too Many Cops Spoil the Nation

I’m working on a quite serious case involving an innocent man accused of things he could not possibly have done.  This impacts my ability to write the type of blog entry I prefer.

On the other hand, I looked briefly at the news today and I just have to ask again why we’re so insane as to believe that the more police officers we have on the streets, the safer we are.

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