how we look to others

[Danno]

Hi Newt. Your obvious sympathies to a 3 time convicted murderer, is once again proof that Sanctuary Bob II has no idea what he is doing. The fact that you are now Waukegan's chief officer of the court in unbelievable, and in case you have forgotten, Rivera was caught and convicted on the evidence developed by the police department you now represent.

It sounds like you are suggestion that Newt, because he is now the city's corporation council, look the other way when police do wrong? I remember a few years back Newt handed me a transcript of the interrogation and confession. It was eye opening to say the least. I know Newt pretty well and I'll venture that Newt is probably more intimately familiar with that case than any one of us who post on this forum. Don't forget, it still is entirely possible that Rivera is innocent of the crime he was charged with. I myself have been the victim of police lies. I have, more than once, witnessed a police officer lie under oath on the witness stand. 100% sure of this... no doubt whatsoever. Once that happens it becomes much easier to doubt anything police do. Don't get me wrong. There are lots of good police. It's the bad ones who cause whole departments to be corrupt. I think sometimes the problem with jurors is they not only believe that most police can do no wrong but that they want to believe it even if they know it isn't true. It's kinda like tellin a young child that Santa is really a crook. For most jurors the police represent the line between order and chaos and to go against that in any way is an area they don't want to go. I believe we, as a society, are more fearful of authority than ever before. We had a president who tried to exacerbate that fear by saying "either you are with us or you are against us". Don't speak out or you will be sorry. How un-american.