Judging from headlines, trusting police and law enforcement authorities seems to be getting harder and harder.
Two Chattanooga officers brutally beat a man as video rolls and more than a dozen officers walk past never attempting to contain the violence.
In Catoosa County, Ga., a FBI agent suspected of drinking and driving and who likes to showcase himself surrounded by civilian women who “help him” with his work on a sex crime task force, has compromised the work of that task force.
In Trion, Ga., Hays State Prison officials for months on end turned a blind eye to malfunctioning cell locks. Last week, the public learned that in January alone, searches turned up 192 weapons — some nearly the size of machetes, along with 137 cell phones and 56 drug items.
So is it any wonder that on Tuesday, when Howard School was placed on lockdown after a student there was found dead off campus but nearby, that police (and the media) were criticized for linking the school with the crime?