"If you grant law enforcement power at the highest level, that permission will filter down through the various law-enforcement communities until it comes to the cop on the street, or the lieutenant trying to make a name for himself in the world of police "intelligence." (Unfortunately, the same principle holds true for weaponry. See also: Tasers.) turning every cop into a James Bond wannabe is not a good idea, if only because it embeds anti-democratic habits of deference to authority and the assumption of guilt. This is another part of the National Conversation that we need to be having, but are not."
Posted on: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:14:32 +0000
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