RW>Think about it.  You could grab someone off the street
  >at random and place them under arrest.  When you got
  >them to where ever you take the bad guy you tell the
  >powers that be he tried to hit you.  Now the guy is
  >going scream that he didn't do anything, just like most
  >of the people that come through.  Now he is arrested
  >and in jail for nothing and will stay there until he
  >can get in front of a judge and post bail.
CH> We were discussing reality, Rich.  Not some fantasy.  Maybe
CH> there are officers that might do something like that; but it
CH> would be irregular and illegal..........as well as foolish.
Hum. . .fantasy you say?  About three years ago a young
man was arrested for assaulting an officer, spent about
a week locked up because he couldn't raise bail (I
think he had a record but I'm not sure).  When he
finally got someone to listen to him it was discovered
that the guy was dating the officer's daughter and the
officer disapproved.  I'm not sure if the officer ever
admitted to a false arrest (I don't think so) but there
was enough evidence of it that the guy was let go.  I
have tried to find the disk with my reference file on
that case but I think it was one of the ones damaged.
Now, we both know that probably 99.999% of the LEOs out
there want nothing more then to do their job and go
home every day.  But there is and always will be that
small number that forces all of us, LEOs and LACs, to
keep a bright light on all of them.
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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