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The legal system stinks, but not, as Cynthia Jenkins deludes herself and misleads others, because “the police have all the rights and you have none.” The cops are merely hamstrung by the legal system, and the bad guys know it. Some examples:
There are traffic court judges who dismiss tickets, hazardous moving violations included, so fast the clerks can scarce keep up, and judges who let convicted felons charged with new felonies out on individual-recognizance bonds. There are assistant state’s attorneys who won’t approve felony charges for robbery (when the offender has his hand in his pocket–convincing the victim a gun’s there) because “there’s not enough force.”
Some kids are definitely being raised wrong, but for the most part it’s not by parents of future cops!
