Thursday, November 01, 2007

On Civil Society and Excessive Force


It's certainly instructive that, in London, the Metropolitan Police--the institution itself, that is--can be found guilty in a court of law for the reckless actions resulting in the death of a Brazilian national in 2005...but policy makers in this country can't even resolve the legal status of Blackwater "contractors."

To say this country is walking a fine line when it comes to rule of law is no exaggeration, unfortunately.

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