what can we learn from this story?

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SmarterthanYou

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would this have happened to you or I?

In the early morning darkness of May 25, 2006, Franklin's two worlds -- his life on Woodlawn and his life in the LAPD -- collided.

The phone in his upstairs bedroom woke him from a dead sleep at 4 a.m. His wife was away visiting her family, and their two small children slept down the hall. The voice on the line identified himself as a lieutenant with the LAPD's elite SWAT unit. The house, he told Franklin, was surrounded. Peering out of the bedroom window, Franklin saw it was no joke: a knot of heavily armed officers were pressed up against the house. Snipers were perched on the neighbor's porch. A helicopter hovered overhead.

Franklin had no idea what his own Police Department would want with him. He asked for time to roust his 7-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. He had 20 minutes, the SWAT officer said, or police would come in and get him
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people wonder why we distrust cops
 
Snitch, his co workers cannot trust him.
But he is not a cop's cop. By his own account, Franklin has reported several partners for perceived abuses, even telling a suspect once that his partner had unlawfully arrested him.

Uppity
Almost from the start, Franklin's in-your-face personality led to clashes with the division's command staff, he said. They formally accused him of misconduct at least six times, alleging neglect of duty, failing to complete reports and similar missteps.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lapd-harass28-2009may28,0,1308476.story?page=2
 
so far, it appears, two people firmly believe in the thin blue line and two sets of laws, one for cops and one for citizens. anyone else?
 
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