enthalpy

Tuesday, August 20, 2002


Although it seems like it, cops are dumb isn't going to be the new theme here. But what in the hell were they thinking?

279 kids thrown in the pokey. Some were trespassing, or loitering, but some weren't. You know it's bad when the police make statements like this one:
"I couldn't believe we were being told to arrest all those kids. It was just utterly, utterly senseless."
"I guess we're just lucky he didn't order us to fire warning shots into the crowd or anything."
So there was obviously some bad blood with the supervisor, but this is ridiclious. Getting in an arguement with your boss is no reason to throw 300 kids in jail.

And they wonder where the public gets their poor perception of the police?

Here's the link to the editorial in the Chronicle. They're glad the cops didn't show up shooting.



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