Cops taking hostages

[NineseveN]

This is bad mojo. I see their intentions and they probably thought they were doing a good thing, but the LEOs had no business doing this. The DA should have been making these deals if anyone(and why don't they?).


Bad, bad stuff. I won't go as far as JBTs or "police state", but it is bad stuff none the less...

 

[one45auto]

I wish that I could say I'm surprised, but frankly I'm not. Disgusted, yes, but not surprised. This is probably just the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to unconventional tactics as the police, under pressure and persistently hounded by both the media and public to produce visible results, adopt an "the end justifies the means" attitude.


Believe me, I'm counting the years until I can get the heck out of this state. Already the quiet little town where I grew up has degenerated into a crime-ridden cesspool that my parents will not venture into after dark, and the beautiful fields and wooded areas where I played as a child are being bulldozed into crowded (and overpriced) housing developments. Narrow, quiet streets are being widened and re-routed to allow more traffic while the "disreputable elements" continue to pour in, pushing up the crime rate and driving the stores out of business through theft and loss of customers. A movie theatre I watched being built has already gone under and the Mall is quickly becoming a ghost town. The net effect of it all is rather like watching your beloved and gentle sister gradually transform into a sorrid crack whore.