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Re:FBI conducts search by disrupting Internet service, posin... by adekok on Saturday April 18, 2015 @04:55PM (#9400986)
Unfortunate? It's a direct attack on the legal system. It's worse than the average person breaking the law. Because that's expected... that's why we have police.

When the police (who should know better) break the law, they should be charged. After all, that's what happens to normal people.

Instead, the people in the legal system too often get a pass. Because they're in the legal system.

It's a kind of inverted thinking I don't understand. Other than an "us" vs "them" mentality. Where "us" are the people in the system who are somehow worth more than "them". The peasants who have the law enforced on them. With often lethal force.

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Re:FBI conducts search by disrupting Internet service, posin... by justincormack on Saturday April 18, 2015 @04:57PM (#9400997)
They have the power, thats what it is about.
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Re:FBI conducts search by disrupting Internet service, posin... by Liquix on Saturday April 18, 2015 @10:54PM (#9401871)
Agreed. No one has the power to fire a police officer except other police officers or higher ups. The people of the democracy do not decide who is in power when it comes to law enforcement. I would like to see a checks and balances system or the ability to impeach anyone with any sort of legal power.
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