As part of the basic social contract, we as a society have given the police the awesome responsibility of protecting public safety by having a monopoly on the legal use of force. We do not provide police this awesome power because we think society would be better off if a special group of sadists could [...]
Eric Holder, Do Americans Have Constitutional Rights or Not? |
| By: Jon Walker Tuesday November 22, 2011 9:42 am |



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