
Originally Posted by
thegodfather
That is true, I believe under law they are forbidden to do so. But that is the real point in the growing number of similar cases such as these. Public servants who believe that either the law does not apply to them, or that they just completely disregard it all together. This is the growing police state we are referring to time and time again. In years passed people viewed police officers as friends to the people. This is also what we referr to as the shift in the attitudes of the police officers since "9/11", as viewing EVERYONE as a suspect, even the recently assaulted victim, who was then reassaulted by police officers.