MIB:
"1. Serpico and Tasca sacrificed their careers to do the right thing. They refused to take the 30 pieces of silver.
2. Since you admit knowing that many officers you worked with broke their oaths, how many did you arrest? How many did you report to internal affairs?
3. You resigned because something illegal happened. What did you do to uphold the law? Did you bring it to the media? Anything?
4. Seems like you are perfectly willing to accept selling one's soul for economic gain or personal convenience..."
Then answer the questions.
I have never demanded that anybody here answer anything, and I don't
have to answer to anybody. I have noticed the absence of "Stanley" in the forum lately, and I'm imagining
this is perhaps the kind of crap that made him choose to no longer participate. There seems to be a clique in the forum with a "pile on" attitude. The attitude comes out whenever anyone who is
not a card carrying member of that clique, says anything that certain of you don't agree with ("piling on" is not an unheard of tribal behavior, and is frequently demonstrated by street gangs and socialist-"progressives"). Such behavior is not at all impressive... at least not in a positive vein.
That being said, thus do I
choose to answer -
1. Requires no answer, as there is no question posed.
2. I said nothing of the kind, but, true to character (or lack thereof), MIB
once again misstated what I actually put into print. To wit:
There are many officers whose "oath" is diluted by the practical realization of who actually employs them (doesn't make it right, but it is what it is). Sadly, there are very few with the integrity - and cojones - of a Serpico or Tasca. From a purely practical standpoint most LEO's are well aware of who has the power to control their career... and their ability to "put bread on their table". Very few have the guts to stand against that power, or resign their job and face unemployment. I can understand that fear (especially in our current job market), even if I don't agree with or condone such behavior.
Nowhere does that say I "knew" a single one (except the Sheriff himself. If you meet somebody in passing, and exchange a few social pleasantries, you do not
KNOW them), but I am
aware of the existence of that mindset. LEO's at any level are not required to be Constitutional
experts (although, as they progress up the career ladder, it would behoove them to know and understand a bit more at each supervisory level, in order to provide guidance to their subordinates). Generally speaking , POST, and department regulations, procedures and practices expose them to the basics of state and jurisdictional laws and ordinances. (I "lit up" a couple of items so you wouldn't miss them... again) The convoluted legal doublespeak is the domain of DA's and judges.
3. It is none of your business what I did. I did, what I chose to do. You are neither my father, my confessor, nor anyone of importance in my life. Therefore I do not have to even recognize your existence (and I'm sure you'll find a way to "read into" that statement, but I couldn't care less).
4.
Again, those are
your words, not mine. Refer back to 2. (above). "...I can understand that fear (especially in our current job market), even if I
don't agree with or condone such behavior."
Understanding human behavior is not the same thing as "accepting" it, and internalizing it as a valid personal philosophy.
I tend to see the world as it
is, not as I wish it to be. Further, I am not Stanley... so don't expect me to be chased off any time soon. Pax... :lol: