LIES & VIDEOTAPE: 2 PG officers suspended for beating

lastword wrote:

More and more we see police officers caught breaking the law and abusing their powers.
Is it any wonder they are losing the respect and credibility with the general population?
But to be sure, this is nothing new. These things have been going on for as long as there have been police officers. It is just becoming more obvious and blatant now.
Wasn't there a t.v. show about stupid crooks? Maybe they should make a new one about stupid cops.

lastword wrote:

More and more we see police officers caught breaking the law and abusing their powers.
Is it any wonder they are losing the respect and credibility with the general population?
But to be sure, this is nothing new. These things have been going on for as long as there have been police officers. It is just becoming more obvious and blatant now.
Wasn't there a t.v. show about stupid crooks? Maybe they should make a new one about stupid cops.

Precautionary Measures wrote:

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Associated Press Update:
UPPER MARLBORO, Md.-- A Silver Spring man has been charged with arson for a fire set at a vacant Landover Hills home last year and as he told police "the crime rate is bad enough anyway and the economy is bad too so it don't matter if any of us commit crime anyway. Anything and everything goes in this hole as far as I'm concerned". Fire officials say Anthony J. Sellers was arrested last week. The 26-year-old is charged with second-degree arson for a June 2008 fire. The felony charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail and a $30,000 fine. Firefighters were called to the two-story home for heavy fire coming from the second floor and roof. One firefighter suffered burns to his leg while battling the blaze. Prince George's County fire officials say additional charges are pending against Sellers for fires set in two other vacant structures in Laurel and Riverdale last summer in which he set the fires in the bedrooms of elderly womens apartments so the fire can spread quickly and do major damage to "get at the bad economy and the world in general" because that he is angry with the world in general. Sellers used to be a volunteer firefighter in the county but left before the fires were set. While in police custody, he told police that "I had dreams of wanting Al-Qaeda terrorists to attack America so I can move to another country and be happy" and a mental evaluation is scheduled for Sellers to determine competency to stand trial in court at this time.