LAPD and ACLU reach settlement on skid row searches
source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/12/the-los-angel-3.html
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The following excerpt from the article baffles my mind:
"The current LAPD captain for Central Division, Jodi Wakefield, said that she disagreed with the judge's assessment of her officers' conduct.
"We agree to disagree," she said. "But there's nothing wrong with us going back and making sure that our officers clearly understand the Constitution, and all the laws they have to abide by. I feel confident they do.""
Is she implying that the officers are currently rusty on their one and only job? Why else would they need to go back and make sure that the LAPD "currently understands the Constitution, and all the laws they have to abide by." I could be completely wrong, but her statements make her sound incompetent.
On a positive note, I think the ACLU is invaluable to our society. Who else sues on behalf of homeless people? It's not the Churches... They are too busy offering the "real" help of prayer and ever bigger churches.
"The current LAPD captain for Central Division, Jodi Wakefield, said that she disagreed with the judge's assessment of her officers' conduct.
"We agree to disagree," she said. "But there's nothing wrong with us going back and making sure that our officers clearly understand the Constitution, and all the laws they have to abide by. I feel confident they do.""
Is she implying that the officers are currently rusty on their one and only job? Why else would they need to go back and make sure that the LAPD "currently understands the Constitution, and all the laws they have to abide by." I could be completely wrong, but her statements make her sound incompetent.
On a positive note, I think the ACLU is invaluable to our society. Who else sues on behalf of homeless people? It's not the Churches... They are too busy offering the "real" help of prayer and ever bigger churches.
