How do you get from a headlight out to intoxication when there is absolutely no sign of it? Not to mention the rest of the tortuous path this trooper took the poor woman down. It was insane. The guy’s actions were insane. He’s an unstable personality. I was afraid of the guy just reading the husband’s letter. On top of that you have a Magistrate exhibiting the same type of behaviour. This is a small town corruption problem. Very common in the South. In GA its Habersham county. Everybody knows its totally corrupt. The cops have that same attitude.
The worst part is that this is the STATE Highway Patrol. They are supposed to be held to the highest standards.
People are corrupt. People have always been corrupt. It is our nature.
The thing that mystifies me is this: Knowing that people are by nature corrupt, why do we as voters cede such enormous power to the State?
Is it for Safety? Nobody can guarantee safety. Your momma can’t, your daddy can’t, even Jesus won’t. Certainly the State cannot guarantee safety. So why do we give them the power to regulate our lives, our behavior? I mean a little hands off over-site is a good thing. But we are micro managed and tracked from the time we first buy an automobile. Is it worth it?
Is it for order? Order in the sense of enforcing contracts is a good thing. The ability to engage in commerce, harvest crops is a good thing. That is why we need courts and we need cops. But that’s a pretty small mission, and a small part of what the government does.
So we give up freedom and liberty in exchange for order and safety. It is a balance. Right now in this world, it is far out of balance.