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Listener: Pratt on Texas
Category: Lubbock City Politics
Date: 25 Nov 2007
Time: 21:12:55 -0700
Remote Name:
Pratt on Texas Commentary in
response to:
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/112507/loc_112507062.shtml
I’ve this to say regarding reports of the Lubbock
police operating a so-called "party patrol" in a reckless and aggressive manner:
First, the meaning of a Constitutional Republic is that we all play by an
unmoving, paramount set of rules. This applies to government action, whether
perceived by the majority as good or bad, more than to anything else.
No matter how beneficial something is seen to be, it is not a valid excuse for
violating the Constitutional rules we are to abide under (short of a real and
present threat to national existence as in the time of all-out war.)
If it is an official, or has become de facto, policy of Lubbock police to
violate those rules, irrespective of complaints or community support, the
leadership of the LPD should be charged with violating civil rights and fired.
Additionally, any officers found to have operated in such a manner should be
disciplined appropriately.
No soldier is to carry out an unlawful order, and no member of a police force
shall knowingly violate the rights of citizens. (And in the case of a "party
patrol" we are hardly approaching a high-stress extemporaneous situation such as
that involved in a violent encounter.)
Second, if there is any truth to the charges, then the idea that a lack of
complaints from the violated, or a high level of perceived community support, is
touted by officials in an attempt to justify illegal, anti-American action is
equally distressing. It indicates an arrogant, and premeditated, plan to spit
upon the Constitution, all the while relying upon ignorance and
short-sightedness of citizens to overlook revolting, illegal behavior.
No matter what you think of drinking and partying, nothing excuses policing
outside the rule of law.
Copyright 2007, Pratt on Texas
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