KA> Hasn't it yet dawned on you that the media makes it's fortune on
KA> bad news. A million cops doing their work in a professional
KA> manner, brutalizing no one, not comitting a dishonest act, and
KA> being dedicated family men and citizens off duty does not impress
KA> the media. One bad cop incident sells a lot of papers.
Sometimes it deserves all the media hype. We just had two Ventura 
County CHP's charged with all sorts of things... starting with 
kidnapping, assualt under color of authority, etc etc.  
Seems they took a dislike to the homeless around their beat and 
focused on one particular individual relentlessly. They'd literally 
"collect" him, drive him to God only knows where and drop him off in 
the middle of nowhere. On occasion they'd even Mace him, apparently 
for practise. This was numerous times... I mean like more times than 
I can count on all my fingers.
In fairness, I don't have all the particulars but the media played it, 
big time, for a couple of days. They're now in the process of being 
fired and DA's looking at mulitple charges. Other than that, that's 
all I know.
Never thought CHP would allow even one of those in their ranks, much 
less two.  
DB
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