A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas.
The bombshell testimony from Stephen Anderson is the first public account of the twisted culture behind the false arrests in the Brooklyn South and Queens narc squads, which led to the arrests of eight cops and a massive shakeup.
Another example of drug war abuses. The Denver Post just had a story about a poor 72 year old women who had a heart attack when the cops executed a no-knock raid when she was resting in bed. Wrong address, whoops.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
SS109 wrote: Another example of drug war abuses. The Denver Post just had a story about a poor 72 year old women who had a heart attack when the cops executed a no-knock raid when she was resting in bed. Wrong address, whoops.
Nice. So once invasion of privacy takes place on an innocent victim, how does this get settled? Is it whoops, sorry? Is physical property damage repaired, replaced? In this case is hospitalization covered?
SS109 wrote: Another example of drug war abuses. The Denver Post just had a story about a poor 72 year old women who had a heart attack when the cops executed a no-knock raid when she was resting in bed. Wrong address, whoops.
Nice. So once invasion of privacy takes place on an innocent victim, how does this get settled? Is it whoops, sorry? Is physical property damage repaired, replaced? In this case is hospitalization covered?
If she survives, I imagine she will get a nice settlement from the city. Or her heirs will.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
SS109 wrote: Another example of drug war abuses. The Denver Post just had a story about a poor 72 year old women who had a heart attack when the cops executed a no-knock raid when she was resting in bed. Wrong address, whoops.
Nice. So once invasion of privacy takes place on an innocent victim, how does this get settled? Is it whoops, sorry? Is physical property damage repaired, replaced? In this case is hospitalization covered?
If she survives, I imagine she will get a nice settlement from the city. Or her heirs will.
I hope she survives if that is what she wants to do. My perception is that while it is nice to have money, it falls way short of a happy and peaceful life.
What really gets me is that most laws and changes for our protection from criminal elements are paid for by the vast majority of innocent people loosing their freedom and privacy. How can that be good? You can argue that this helps law enforcement, but how many criminals are caught vs the destruction of innocent life? Take the airport home security paranoia. Millions of people tolerate to varying degrees indiscriminate searches to catch a potential terrorist. The worst part of it is they still don't catch the determined terrorist, but they do a great job of catching every innocent citizen.
