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Originally Posted by Guest
Given the incident cited the LOE's involved should be allowed due process. Our criminal legal system is based on a presumption of innocence and not a preponderance of evidence. This legal process protects all citizens of all colors and all occupations. The thin blue line is no different than the silence one finds within the medical community or legal profession...its basic human instinct not to want to tell on others.
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And with that lofty introduction about the fairness of our system, therein lies the problem. Read about how the legal systems works in St. Louis County.
'It's Racist As Hell': Inside St. Louis County's Predatory Night Courts | ThinkProgress
Notice how the presumption of innocence becomes the presumption of he was reaching for his belt or I thought he might be armed and there is no lofty due process. I am not claiming I have a solution but I implore others to see it from the other side where you see your brothers being killed by frightened cops, or malicious cops. And as to it being human nature not to tell on others... Doctors are not legally required to tell although ethical reporting of incompetence or impairment is needed, lawyers are not (usually) legally required to tell, cops on the other hand are legally mandated to produce accurate reports of their actions and observations.
By the way, the phrase thin blue line does not refer to a wall of silence by conspiratorial cops, it refers to the cops being the barrier that separates society from criminals