“I tell you what, I respect the law less today than I did before,” said Charles Tharp.
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That’s the money line in the article. It’s unfortunate that bad cops (yes, I’m including this ‘ROID taker in that category) such as this clown reflect badly on the majority of cops who are competent and honest and work hard to protect their jurisdiction.
My problem is that I don’t think its a Bad Cop thing in so many cases now days.
My problem is that the training they seem to be getting, whatever the heck it might be, seems to promote an us against them attitude coupled with a air of whatever I do the department / system will back me up. ( high media profile cases aside )