(06-18-2020, 06:25 AM)jj82284 Wrote:

(06-17-2020, 09:28 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Yeah, this is the law of numbers. In a nation this big, we're bound to find examples of almost anything, good or bad, with relative frequency.

Also, the plain reality is that every police officer walking a beat is both a.) the most dangerous expression of coercive state power and b.) generally the least well versed in constitutional and statutory law of any official chain in the justice system.  The Prosecutor, Judge, appellate judges etc. all went to law school.  Cops don't.  That's not to excuse un-constitutional behavior by police officers, its just to state a general fact.  That's why i fully subscribe to the "comply with all orders, challenge them later" doctrine. 

I don't necessarily disagree as a whole, but you'd be surprised how little many lawyers know about criminal law. From my experience, most public defenders don't know the elements needed to charge someone for most of the crimes officers typically arrest people for. That probably contributes to the success rate of prosecutors.

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