This sounds more like a 4/1 announcement than a 4.10.

That's a terrible idea, because the taxpaying public loses.

A much better solution would be to put the offending police and prosecutors in prison. Revoke the police officers' law enforcement certifications so they wouldn't be able to get badges anywhere else. Disbar the prosecutors.

That would punish the actual perpetrators without impacting the general level of service to the public.

Their job wouldn't be so high-stress if honest cops would refuse to cover for the bad apples.

The community would better support a more honest police force.

And whose fault is that? It didn't just happen.

When I was growing up cops were respectable, and were respected. Somewhere along the way they came to believe they were different and more special than other people. They rationalized that because they were so different and more special, what they were doing was right and good. Since what they were doing was right and good, any conduct was acceptable.

I no longer respect cops; I despise them.

Is every police officer and prosecutor who participated in Rachner's case in prison?

If not, then he did not hold the system accountable. He tried like hell and I respect him for that (it isn't his fault that the system is so corrupt).

How many times have you heard of a successful Section 1983 action against a police officer or prosecutor?

It's pretty hard to find a government agent willing to take serious action against another government agent.

Right, and the problem with this is that it doesn't apply to the non-police citizen as well.

"Ignorance of the law is no excuse."

The cops should go to jail for a long time.

... the evil Bushitler is out of office, and we all know The One would never, ever use government power to suppress dissent.

It will be OK. Really.

How about those numbers you had to enter every 108 minutes?

The U.S. is unfortunately catching up with you.

In the U.S. when people get mad they kill others.

In Japan when people get mad they kill themselves.

I've used Palm products for over ten years.

I bought a Palm TX, and the on/off button stopped working. Palm's response? "You'll just have to buy a new one." I did.

Six months later (almost to the day) the on/off button stopped working.

I'm NOT buying another. I'll buy a Windows POS before I'll buy another Palm POS.

In other words, British IT training is about the same as American IT training.

Check out the HeliOS Project.