Re:FBI’s Deep Web Child Porn Ring Questions Role of Gov’t in...
by krapp on Monday September 05, 2016 @09:06PM
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>So how exactly would they catch speeders then if they absolutely must not break the speed limit in 1955?"
I'm not arguing that they absolutely can't break the speed limit - only that when they do, they should pay for it. The police should have no greater privilege to break the law than anyone else.
And yes, sometimes that might mean letting speeders off the hook. I don't have a problem with that. It's better to have the police be hamstrung by the law than to allow them to exercise arbitrary power, as long as they're hamstrung in the same way as every other citizen.
I'm not arguing that they absolutely can't break the speed limit - only that when they do, they should pay for it. The police should have no greater privilege to break the law than anyone else.
And yes, sometimes that might mean letting speeders off the hook. I don't have a problem with that. It's better to have the police be hamstrung by the law than to allow them to exercise arbitrary power, as long as they're hamstrung in the same way as every other citizen.