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Re: Lets give the police absolute power !

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From: Larry Smith
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 05:09
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I have lived under military dictatorships.

Surprisingly, the country was very peaceful and orderly during these times.

So long as one behaved himself and  minded his business , there was no
trouble.


What do you give up?  For the law abiding citizen, really very little.


<intphase@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in message news:39bc616c@ecn.ab.ca...
> LET'S GIVE POLICE ABSOLUTE POWER !
>
> I think the police should have "exclusive jurisdiction and
> absolute discretion" to arrest and detain people.  They
> should have absolute power with complete and total immunity
> from anything they say or do. "No criminal or civil proceedings"
> should be  allowed against the police for their mistakes,
> abuses or incompetence.  Further, "nothing done" "including
> the making of  any report or recommendation is liable to be
> challenged, reviewed, quashed  or called into question."
>
> Does this sound good?  Sounds like a police state to me.
> Even I don't like this.
>
> And yet all these phrases of power have been given to the
> Parole Board or criminal advocates, in the Corrections and
> Conditional Release Act.  Instead of a Police State,
> our stupid government has created a criminal state.
>
>
>
> --
> The Jews are commanded to bring faith.
> The Christians are commanded to bring peace.
> The Muslims are commanded to bring order.
>
> Messenger.
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