I find articles about police behaving badly especially disturbing.<\/p>\n
And this, by Dan Frosch in the New York Times,<\/a> is ultra-troubling because it could happen to any driver:<\/p>\n There was a time not so long ago when Lisa Steed’s stock as a corporal in the Utah Highway Patrol was soaring.<\/em><\/p>\n Passionate about police work, with a wide smile and a notable number of driving-under-the influence arrests to show for her diligence, Corporal Steed was named trooper of the year by her superiors in 2007…<\/em><\/p>\n In November, however, the once promising officer was fired amid a haze of misconduct allegations.<\/em><\/p>\n ….a lawsuit claims she falsified dozens of those arrests during her 10-year career.<\/em><\/p>\n According to the suit…Ms. Steed made a career of pulling over drivers who she claimed were driving drunk or under the influence.<\/em><\/p>\n There was only one problem. Some of the drivers Ms. Steed arrested had not been drinking…according to the lawsuit, brought by a group of Utah lawyers on behalf of two plaintiffs.<\/em><\/p>\n If you are a driver, reading what Steed did should make you shiver. No controls, no supervision, and you’re guilty just because she said so. Kafka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I find articles about police behaving badly especially disturbing. And this, by Dan Frosch in the New York Times, is ultra-troubling because it could happen to any driver: There was a time not so long ago when Lisa Steed’s stock … Continue reading