That's quite un-American of you. We have a right to privacy. It has nothing to do with whether or not you do wrong or not. When you mail a letter or a bill or anything you put it in an envelope. It isn't because you are hiding wrong doing, it's because there's information that isn't for general public viewing. The idea of if people aren't doing anything wrong they shouldn't worry is the same as saying if people aren't doing something wrong with their mail there is no reason for envelopes.
For every recorded incident of cops doing bad things, there are hundreds more of them doing good. People seem to forget that.
Just figured out that I should have posted much of this post here, instead of in another thread. Just a slice of Houston history I experienced. (I was having a conversation with DaDakota) Here's a little story. You aren't old enough (I'm pretty sure) to remember Herman Short as police chief of the Houston Police Department, but he was a card carrying member of the KKK, and restricted hiring to those he felt fit with his thinking on race, and a lot of other things. As a result, the HPD was chronically understaffed for years. Profiling was common place. Heck, I was profiled in the '60's because I had very long hair and a KFMK bumper sticker. I was stopped pretty regularly. I even had a tail light busted with a cop's big metal flashlight so he could have an excuse to write me a ticket, after not finding any drugs in my car. Did it right in front of me and laughed. Lucky for me that he didn't have any in his trunk. Yes, that happened as well. Throwdowns were common place. For those who might not know what that expression means, it's a pistol some cops kept in the truck of their car with the serial numbers filed off and wiped cleaner than a baby's bottom. If a couple of cops on patrol got pissed off enough at someone they were dealing with, to the point that they shot and killed the guy, they would drop it on the ground by the body, and then claim that he had pointed a weapon at them, making it "self defense." What really began the ending of Short's mad regime was when a White teenager from a "good family" was killed by a cop next to the Gulf Freeway, and a throwdown was placed by his body. The parents had enough money to raise hell, and the case got so much publicity that things began to change. http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=207599&page=4
Unbelievably, they have been. Should have been 1st degree, but cops always get off easy - even when charged with murder apparently. Ce la vie.
