3 federal officers imprisoned for airport suitcase scheme

The Miami Herald ^ | 9/25/10 | Jay Weaver

[IrishCatholic]

“the majority of the country’s LEO’s are corrupt in some shape or another.
Utter nonsense.

Utter nonsense.

Jeez, how can you prove that...

There are over 800,000 law enforcement from local to federal.
That pretty much says it right there."

It says that anyone who thinks the majority of 800,000 law enforcement professionals in the country are corrupt is soft in the head. Sheer numbers disprove the assertion as you well know.
If you know otherwise I'm open. What proof do you have they are corrupt?

[eastforker]

It's not just the officers but the departments themselves including prosecutors.Anytime an industry has the authority to hold you at the point of a gun and take your money,mainly just to propagate their own existence in MHO is corrupt.

[IrishCatholic]

That's silly.

Prosecutors aren't connected to the departments. Usually, they are elected officials you vote for. They then hire their staffs of attorneys.

Sheriff's you vote for.

State and Feds you don't, but they actually spend much of their time on oversight for everyone else.

There are plenty of problems with corruption. There are Freepers here whose sole purpose is to post police corruption stories they hate cops so bad. But what is missing is the corruption comes to light by other cops catching the bad ones and prosecutors prosecuting them.

The main point, though, is that condemning ‘the majority’ of 800,000 people who we pay to protect us is the EXACT same mentality CODE PINK uses to condemn our military when a soldier commits a crime and is caught.

[IrishCatholic]

That's silly.

Prosecutors aren't connected to the departments. Usually, they are elected officials you vote for. They then hire their staffs of attorneys.

Sheriff's you vote for.

State and Feds you don't, but they actually spend much of their time on oversight for everyone else.

There are plenty of problems with corruption. There are Freepers here whose sole purpose is to post police corruption stories they hate cops so bad. But what is missing is the corruption comes to light by other cops catching the bad ones and prosecutors prosecuting them.

The main point, though, is that condemning ‘the majority’ of 800,000 people who we pay to protect us is the EXACT same mentality CODE PINK uses to condemn our military when a soldier commits a crime and is caught.

[Overtaxed]

the whole state of Florida is a scam LOL..wanna buy a condo? Now is the time to buy!

"You can get stucco. Boy, can you get stucko!"

[eastforker]

people who we pay to protect us ......What a bunch of hooey that is. The police are not paid to protect us, they even say that's not their job. On top of that, when cops are prosecuted for corruption or exceeding authority, it is usualy only after one of us “civilians” have caught them in the act with proof.Why do you think many departments have little ID badges for the officers family members, it's so the family member can flash it when they get stopped for violating a law that us little people get citations and fines for. Just keep on lickin them boots. LEO’s protect them and their families, the rest of us, well, we are on our own.

[IrishCatholic]

Well good luck with that.