Shielded by the badge

[Shana A]

Shielded by the badge
   
Transmissions
Published 01/27/2011

by Gwendolyn Ann Smith

http://www.ebar.com/columns/column.php?sec=transmissions&article=156

An unnamed transgender woman went to the San Antonio, Texas police station in 2010. Some time before she visited the station, a police officer, Craig Nash, had picked her up for prostitution. It would seem, according to investigators, that Officer Nash did not take this woman directly to lockup. Instead, after cuffing her he told her to lie down in the back seat and drove her to a remote location. Once there, Nash forced her to perform sexual acts on him. He then dropped her off near a school back in town.

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Maybe if I was not transgender, I could still live with that belief. Frankly, I'd like to live in a world of heroes swooping in to save the day, protecting us from all of society's so-called ills. Yet what happens if the guy with the badge isn't the good guy at all, and clearly does not want to protect you?

[nickikim]

 Okay this so fits my image of law enforcement ,I have never seen the police help anyone,any where,ever. Protect and serve themselves.

[Vicky]

The law enforcement profession is saddled with the sad fact that it must recruit its members from the human race.  No angels have been known to even apply for the job!  Its been a long time since the old Romans were around, and they asked "Que ipsa custodiet, custodiens?" "Who will guard the guardians?"  We don't have a good answer to that, even with all the years since that was first put out on the streets.