[tpaine]

Red:
"It's not that power corrupts, it's that power attracts the corruptible."

Great line. -- As compared to:

"-- right or wrong, cops stick together --"

I was taught over 50 years ago in basic training that the concept:

'-- right or wrong, comrades at arms stick together --"

Was no longer valid in the US Army; -- that it was a variation of the "Nuremberg Defense" and would not be tolerated. -- Illegal acts, or illegal orders, were not to be sanctioned or obeyed.

I'd bet the same concept is still being taught at police academies.

[rednesss]

Some go along to get along. It takes a special kind of courage to stand up to your peers and “crap in the punch bowl”.

[rednesss]

Oh I almost forgot, I can’t take credit for the “power attracts the corruptible” line, it’s actually from the Dune series of books and should be accredited to Frank Herbert, the full quote is: “Power attracts the corruptible, absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible.”