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Article #38552Re: Lets give the police absolute power !
From: Larry Smith
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 05:09
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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1133ee,6768f5177bbc0461 X-Google-Attributes: gid1133ee,public X-Google-Thread: f504b,6768f5177bbc0461 X-Google-Attributes: gidf504b,public X-Google-Thread: fb1ea,6768f5177bbc0461 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1ea,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-09-10 22:11:02 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!easynews!bignews.mediaways.net!news-x.support.nl!newsfeed1.online.no!nextra.com!news1.online.no!not-for-mail From: "Larry Smith" <larrys@online.no> Newsgroups: can.general,can.legal,alt.activism.death-penalty References: <39bc616c@ecn.ab.ca> Subject: Re: Lets give the police absolute power ! Lines: 41 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: <nPZu5.4183$gD2.131375@news1.online.no> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 07:09:05 +0200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.67.46.202 X-Complaints-To: news-abuse@nextra.no X-Trace: news1.online.no 968649043 130.67.46.202 (Mon, 11 Sep 2000 07:10:43 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 07:10:43 MET DST Organization: Nextra Public Access