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To: Arthur McGowan
"No one is required by law to be a cop."

You're right. Are you advocating a society where there are no cops?

Our military and police force are based on following the orders of superiors.

Are our soldiers in Iraq "Nazi's" when they kill based on following the orders of their superiors.

Would you give every rookie patrolman the discretion to act as the Chief of Police,, and decide for himself what the law is. God help us

The war demonstrators and hippies use to call them "pigs"-
for trying to enforce the law and public safety against anarchy. Seems you have the same view of the police.

Police officers, by command of their of their office, have to follow the orders of their superiors. If they feel they are acting against their conscience, then they should quit. But, it doesn't appear that any feel that way. They are merely following the judicial order of a duly constituted court, noywithstanding, that you and I feel that the order is wrong.

God Bless

Never give up! Never give up! Never! Never! Never! Churchill

102 posted on 03/29/2005 8:54:09 PM PST by Kings18-37
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To: Kings18-37

What I meant was not that we shoulc have rogue cops running around. I meant that when a cop is ordered to be an accomplice to murder, he is obligated to quit his job.


132 posted on 03/29/2005 10:49:44 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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