Galt's Gulch

Is Law Optional

Posted by khalling 9 years, 4 months ago to Government
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I don't completely agree with this article. He talks about the rule of law but does not apply to the police. In fact, he goes out of his way to give the police special consideration. I completely disagree. The police do not have special rights. It is not resisting arrest if the police officer is clearly in the wrong. It is not reasonable for police to use excessive force which has surely happened over the last half century and causes death. The number of police killing people goes up as crime goes down. Yet police are never prosecuted for murder or manslaughter. Why is that?
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 9 years, 4 months ago
    Apologism for authoritarianism and initiators of force who face very little, if any fear of retributive response. Sowell sounds as if he's trying to gain some 'attaboys' prior to his wrongful arrest, abuse, and shooting. If we accept a system that is somewhat like one run on the rule of law, rather than fighting to have one that is totally one of rule of law, does that mean we're only partly slaves.

    I don't bend my knee. If you choose to, you're no longer a free man.
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  • Posted by $ winterwind 9 years, 4 months ago
    I've read the article twice and don't see him saying that the rule of law doesn't apply to police. [sorry, still asleep!]
    Further, I think it _is_ resisting arrest if the polie officer is "in the right" - that is, requiring someone to obey a law. The injustice there is in the law, not what the police do about it.
    and there are so many things that go on in the U.S. that there's no way we can know if a police officer is prosecuted or convicted, except when the race card can be played.
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    • Posted by khalling 9 years, 4 months ago
      I'm not , for the purposes of this article, disputing the law per se, as much as why the stop, was their cause, why does resisting arrest escalate? Often, it is someone who is just using words and the police person gets pissed off that there is a lack of respect. That was the case with Gruman. Pulling your arms back from the officer who is trying to use excessive force for the crime is reasonable.
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