The other day, I published a fun little piece about joining a motorcycle gang. It wasn't an attack on individual police. It was a rather mild commentary about the allocation of police resources, which in Colorado Springs is badly skewed toward making money and away from discouraging crime with thorough investigations.
About ten days ago, a really neat video segment appeared on a local channel with the Colorado Springs Police spokesman asserting that they always take police reports seriously. No, they don't. I've thought of grabbing a copy of that video and making a YouTube version that would make them look silly. They deserve to look silly.
I'm being gentle, at least for now.
Unfortunately, there are a few bad cops out there, as the Rocky Mountain News opines today, who should lose their jobs when they lie in court. They wouldn't consider themselves to be bad cops. They are, in their mind, protecting the public. Often they are trained in the art of selective testimony by prosecutors determined to get convictions at any cost. They then use that training to cover up their own bad actions.
I'd rather have a more honest police force and a lower conviction rate than a bunch of cops who think they can do anything and be able to cover it up in court. If the allegations are true, the cops in Denver were acting like true gang members, and nothing more.
You bet, they should lose their jobs.
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