Once is an anomaly:
Twice is a coincidence:
Just waiting for that third occurrence to confirm the trend.
We became allergic to the basics of paying for the things a healthy civilization needs - Education, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Science, Justice. We decided making rich people richer was more important than looking out for everybody as best we can. So it forced public servants to look for ways of stretching their budgets. Some of that is a good thing, but most of it turns out to be a very bad thing when the people looking for creative ways to augment their budgets are the ones who carry badges and guns and who have our tacit blessing to treat people extremely badly as long as it's "those other people" catching the shit and not us.
So - when somebody says "Police Department", think "Sheriff". And when they say [insert your town's name here], think "Nottingham".
And BTW - not to blow up the analogy or anything, but fuck Robin Hood; where's Frank Serpico when ya need him?
I think every LEO needs a complete BG check by FBI, just as a person working in top secrete field, eliminate threats https://t.co/EY9h6HCex7
— Mickey Cox (@TheRightImageLV) January 2, 2016
Twice is a coincidence:
Entiire Florida police department busted for laundering millions for international drug cartels https://t.co/I1zGsr1r9d
— margaret stuart md (@marstu67) January 2, 2016
Just waiting for that third occurrence to confirm the trend.
We became allergic to the basics of paying for the things a healthy civilization needs - Education, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Science, Justice. We decided making rich people richer was more important than looking out for everybody as best we can. So it forced public servants to look for ways of stretching their budgets. Some of that is a good thing, but most of it turns out to be a very bad thing when the people looking for creative ways to augment their budgets are the ones who carry badges and guns and who have our tacit blessing to treat people extremely badly as long as it's "those other people" catching the shit and not us.
So - when somebody says "Police Department", think "Sheriff". And when they say [insert your town's name here], think "Nottingham".
And BTW - not to blow up the analogy or anything, but fuck Robin Hood; where's Frank Serpico when ya need him?
