For those of you not familiar with the DC area, P.G. County is one of the most violent, crime-ridden jurisdictions in all of Maryland. You would think that the police would use their resources to go after real criminals instead.
Hi, pnh102:
I’ve lived in P.G. County for fifty plus years and the place has been an annex of D.C, for about thirty of them. The cops in P.G. have had a nasty reputation of breaking all the rules for the same amount of time.
The only reason the Beltway Shooters, Mohammed and Malvo are alive today is that they were not arrested in P.G County.
The P.G. cops will never go after the real criminals, because it’s all about funding. A drug or gun bust has tangible evidence that can be used on the news or press conference as proof that more money is needed for ‘Special Tactical Operations’.
Personally, I hope the Mayor goes ahead with his civil rights investigation and nails some hides to the wall.
Jack.
Real criminals fight back.
In PG county, a significant percentage of the criminals ARE the police. Just two recent examples ... PG's former policeman and homeland security director, Keith Washington, convicted of manslaughter for killing a furnture delivery man. Also, PG has a police officer killed and they arrest the shooter, who is then strangled while in custody at the PG jail, in an area where he was held without contact by other inmates and where he was supposed to be checked every 15 minutes to verify his condition.
Jack, who is very thankful that he lives on the VA side of the Potomac, even if it is Fairfax County
but if you know anything about PG County....this was a much safer bust!
I mean the other guys might have guns or something!