Sickening abuse of office

[nonquixote]

TBO and Balog are both right. They are arguing what they believe based on their impressions from experience, media, etc. I see a lot of useless arguing occuring in these forums because people state their impressions as absolutes. Most cops are clean versus most cops are corrupt. I doubt that anyone can conclusively prove either statement for everyone, and ones experience in their particular place and time doesn't invalidate another's different experience. I believe that there probably is a lot more corruption in some jurisdictions than others.

FWIW, my impression of most of the cops I've met is that they are some of the Best of America, honest people putting their lives on the line for what they believe in. It's unfortunate that they and I tend to be on opposite sides of many civil liberty issues.

Nonq

 

[Balog]

TBO: I see. I would agree wholeheartedly, actually. It's often difficult not to get so caught up in the day to day that we miss out on the fine people around us.

Nonquixote: I think that's an excellent point.

 

[labgrade]

{i}"Nonquixote: I think that's an excellent point."[/I]

agree - with some pointed personal exceptions.

 

[Bruce H]

Jennings man gets $1,000 bill back
By Heather Ratcliffe
Post-Dispatch
01/23/2004


A Jennings man whose rare $1,000 was taken by Pine Lawn police during his arrest in April got his collector's item back Friday with little fanfare.

Curtis Smith Sr. counted out 10 $100 bills for a clerk at Pine Lawn City Hall. In return, the woman handed him a white envelope with the rare note inside.

"I'm glad I got it back," he said as he shuffled out the city hall door.

Smith, 71, a retired truck driver, bought the bill from a friend 20 years ago and carried it with him ever since.

The federal government stopped printing $1,000 bills in 1934 and took them out of circulation in 1969.

Smith's $1,000 note was wrapped in paper and rolled up with more than a dozen other large bills. Police found it in Smith's pocket when officers arrested him for driving while intoxicated.

While police counted the money as evidence, Pine Lawn Mayor Adrian Wright switched the $1,000 for other cash. He then put the bill in a safe at city hall.

Police had issued a check to Smith when prosecutors told them to return the money this fall.

At least he got his property back.

 

[Quartus]

Good!


But the slimeball mayor still needs to do some time, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Ky Larry]

A good coating of tar and feathers would do wonders toward improving the conduct of public officials.

 

[romulus]

Isn't theft by conversion in the criminal statutes in Missouri? And if that wasn't attempted theft by conversion, then what is?

 

[twoblink]

Sickening abuse of office

Did we already kick Gray Davis out of office?

Oh... ooops.. your topic is WAY TOO VAGUE... That applies to like almost every single politician..

But the article makes you reach for the pepto...