>Either you are being deliberately obtuse, or you truly don’t have the slightest clue what the issue being discussed is. It’s almost like you haven’t read a thing on this thread. Either way, voters like you are why we are heading toward totalitarianism.<
Ms Fire, what you fail to understand is, if the state is not brought up on a very short leash when this type of misbehavior occurs, we could eventually see rogue cops brutalizing people who have committed no crime, but who may simply be guilty of membership in a given group, or in a class of individuals.
Let’s say you are driving down the road at night and one of your taillights goes out. Whoops, you are surely guilty of a traffic infraction, albeit a small one. Would you accept some female in a cop uniform ramming a gloved finger up your companion’s hindparts, then turning to do you, next?
The Founding Fathers would never, ever have condoned such behavior in an officer of the law. This is why they wrote the Bill of Rights as they did. No, nobody here wants to see guilty folks set free with no punishment. That said, we have the rule of law in this country for good reason.
Long story short, if it was really out, not bashed in? Yes, because anything less is dishonesty. Taking responsibility for your own actions means accepting the consequences as well, fair or unfair.
But fine, I’ll concede your point. Still won’t change how I’ll handle my own affairs, tho.