England UK

Steve Frazer wrote:
> "Mike" <spamdump@fensoft.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:43158bce$0$38038$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk...
>
>>The view that police officers lie may stem from one incident but is then
>>reinforced by subsequent incidents. Nowadays, a lot of people have
>>experienced police misconduct in varying degrees. Even courts no longer
>>believe everything a police officer says. Furthermore, a police officer
>>has the power to do a lot of damage by lying.
>
> Agreed it can. But when you consider the number of incidents police attend
> and the very small number of bad eggs who have lied you realise the problem
> is worse in your mind than reality.

A better comparison would be between the number of interactions one has had
with the police and the number of times one *knows* they've lied or abused
their power.

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Mike