[...] Popehat: I believe this sort of thing happens all the time. Anyone who has spent much time around a courthouse will, if he’s behing honest, tell you the same. Cops lie and secure convictions based on false testimony all the time. It’s just that they’re not often caught. [...]

[...] A rickety, wooden story. [...]

[...] over at PopeHat, reports in “A Rickety, Wooden Story” about two police officers who wanted in to a man’s house because they believed another man [...]

You should be frustrated that Brian Wiederspohn, a previously convicted and admitted felon and wife beater who was harboring another felon received compensation for assaulting a police officer.

So his civil rights are unimportant, so long as the ends produced are to your liking?

Got anything in your house I might like? I’m just asking…

I mean, without that, they might start to feel that they have some right to barge into homes, arrest people, even beat them up simply because of past troubles with the law.

I also propose that you consider this case, and many like it, the next time you vote, and the next time you sit on a criminal jury, as well as the next time you have a discussion with anyone concerning crime, or the police.

Keep this post in mind at all times. Let it guide your every waking thought. To the extent possible, live this post.