P.R. can't cover up
California is headed toward a state of anarchy.
Well, maybe not anarchy, but even the police are more tolerant of illegal
behavior.
With the recent developments and allegations
buzzing around the Los Angeles Police Department and the Riverside Police
Department, itís no surprise that we don't trust those clowns.
When you have officers arrested for bank
robbery and drug trafficking people have no reason to be upstanding, law-abiding
citizens.
If the people paid to uphold the law are
criminals, Joe P. Citizen, cocaine user, is no guiltier than the police
officer who sold it to him.
Not only is the LAPD under fire for the
behavior of two of its officers arrested on felony charges, but it has
also tried to block its civilian auditor from doing his duties.
The Los Angeles Times reported a story
that said LAPD Chief Bernard Parks has bestowed the departmentís top honor,
the Medal of Valor, upon 18 officers who have shown above-the-call-of-duty
bravery.
The story ran on the same day as the story
of the widening corruption investigation. It looks like Parks is trying
to promote the honesty that is still part of the department.
Unfortunately, that is not likely to happen.
No matter what good may come in the aftermath, people always remember the
bad things that happen, especially when the bad stuff happens first. |
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