Talk about a chilling effect...

Earlier, I posted about an organization that did an investigation of complaint policies for police departments in Florida. They sent in an undercover investigator who requested a complaint form. All the investigator wants is a form -- not to "talk to" an officer about the complaint or otherwise be subjected to pressure not to file one. He just wants the form.

Responses were mixed. None of the officers he interacted with were willing to just let him leave with a form. Some threatened the investigator with arrest.

Following the release of a short video documenting what they had done, the same organization tried it in Independence, Missouri. Their investigator was arrested, violently enough to need medical care afterwards, and charges are being filed against him. What those charges are is not specified, but watching this video should be enough to open the eyes of anyone who is still under the delusion that police officers are there to "protect and serve" the people.

With some exceptions, they are there to keep us in line.

Hat tip to The Agitator.

Posted on 2006-08-21 08:21:06.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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