The public outrage over Bredesen's Watergate and the administration's arrogant refusal to order an independent investigation and to release the names of the victims continues. In a letter to the editor, Moe Denham writes:
The idea of a law enforcement official illegally searching through data of 182 people is not only disgusting, but borders on treason. In a totalitarian police state, such activity by law enforcement is an everyday "thing."
Read George Orwell's 1984 and you'll discover how dangerously close our government is to making the topic of that book a reality.
First we seem to have cops who "must have a lot of time on their hands" digging into the lives of ordinary private citizens, cops who seem to think that certain people who they stop are politically important enough to be excluded from the penalties of breaking the law.
And even our governor, whom I've always respected, seems to want to shove all of this under the rug.
But most importantly, speaking as a former law enforcement officer myself, this whole situation puts the credibility of all police officers in question.
There will always be some rotten apples in the bucket, but to just more or less ignore the situation is an insult to all of the other officers who obey the law themselves.
I firmly believe that the offending officers should be immediately fired, lose their certification, and be prohibited from ever working in law enforcement again.
Otherwise, welcome to 1984 — 24 years late.
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