Former Baltimore Police commissioner Ed Norris , convicted in 2004 of public corruption and federal tax charges, wants a presidential pardon so he can go back to police work, the job he loves. Yeah, right.
Norris was caught dirty, and there's few things worse in this society than a dirty cop. If he loved his job so much, then why did he engage in criminal behavior? Did he think, as too many cops do, that his position put him above the law?
In wire reports, Norris claims his prosecution was politically motivated. Maybe it was, but so what? He was convicted of the charges, and that's what matters. The fact that he may have had political enemies only means that he should have taken more care to be a clean cop. But he didn't and those who didn't like him found out and he a very small price -- six months in the slammer and the loss of his job. Hell, corrupt cops should get 20 years in prison, minimum, and never be able to hold a position of public trust again. Cops should be held to a higher standard of honesty and should suffer greater penalties when they break that trust, because they used the power invested in their authority to commit and cover up their crimes.
But now, Ed Norris is telling us that he can be trusted. He can't. He's corrupt. Period.
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true enough, Dick, but it's not just voting rights he wants back.... he wants to be a cop again....uh, NO.
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