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8. it is said.

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 12:04 PM

Oct 2014

Better a thousand guilty men go free, than one innocent man go to prison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone's_formulation

For the police, it's the other way around. Better that a thousand innocents get punished, than one guilty go free.

As for bad cops, the largest collection I've found is here. http://www.policemisconduct.net/

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But the cops are good people. Or something [View all] Savannahmann Oct 2014 OP

Door number three. shenmue Oct 2014 #1

Yep Action_Patrol Oct 2014 #2

I hear that. Le Taz Hot Oct 2014 #5

Good post. bigwillq Oct 2014 #9

come on hfojvt Oct 2014 #6

I had a chance to do another Bad Cop, No Donut yesterday MrScorpio Oct 2014 #3

it is said. Savannahmann Oct 2014 #8

Well gee, when you put it that way... B2G Oct 2014 #4

But that is the way it plays out. Savannahmann Oct 2014 #10