On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 3:37 PM, gullible fool<ffl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > From: > > http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/25/in_risky_field_suspicion_is_key_tool_officers_say/ > > In risky field, suspicion is key tool, officers say
It's wry humor time whenever, in a learned forum (which this ain't), the subject of Americans' fear of being in the presence of the police glances off the most recent report of some police brutality or corruption (the thieving cops in East Texas made a big international splash) is mocked by people like Brits. Brits can't believe why we, living in the Home of the Brave and the Free, home of the Bill of Rights, who went to Europe twice to fight for freedom, so much fear our police. The British police face as much or more danger than the police in America. The British police have to deal with the aftermath of football matches and a populace who think nothing of pissing in the street while falling over between pubs. Yet the Brits don't live in fear of their police as we do. So don't give me this bull that it's risky business. It's risky all over. The sheriff I mentioned doesn't access this forum. Let's just say that he's a very good example of the Peter Principle in action. Police departments in the US seek out people of lower intelligence. In many ways the difference between a cop and a criminal is that one of them hasn't got caught yet.
