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In reply to the discussion: Do you feel comfortable with your local cops? [View all]kenny blankenship
(15,689 posts)Scandals involving law enforcement in the Atlanta Metro area and surrounding counties are like rain to Seattle. Corruption is endemic, and the improprieties range from casual brutality and harassment
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/fired-officer-who-punched-suspect-back-job/nXY68/
http://atlantaeagleraid.com/
and evidence planting on dead "suspects"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Johnston_shooting
all the way up to murder for hire,
http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2013/02/12/ten-metro-atlanta-police-officers-arrested-for-allegedly-protecting-cocaine-traffickers
and even in recent memory, political assassination.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Dorsey
No, nothing personal against anyone in the local ganglan- er I mean, law enforcement community, but I would just as soon never have any dealings with any of them. (Just who is the dirty cop? You think you can tell that by sight? I don't.) I keep my nose extra clean so they never have reason to notice me.