<story><title>Zero Tolerance Policies Put Students In The Hands Of Bad Cops</title><url>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130722/18401023892/zero-tolerance-policies-put-students-hands-bad-cops.shtml</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>D9u</author><text>How about zero tolerance for police misconduct?
How about zero tolerance for appointed government servant&amp;#x27;s lying to Congress?&lt;p&gt;After all, these individuals should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us if they want to impose their will upon us without our explicit approval.</text></item><item><author>darkchasma</author><text>I cannot think of a single occasion where zero tolerance is not the drum beat of the fool.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cheald</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;police misconduct&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;How about an officer who has to break the law&amp;#x2F;procedure to expose corruption or save someone&amp;#x27;s life?&lt;p&gt;Life is rarely so black-and-white; zero tolerance strips us of our ability to use reason and discretion based on the arrogant assumption that our rules and procedures are perfect and infallible, which is just silly.</text></comment>
<story><title>Zero Tolerance Policies Put Students In The Hands Of Bad Cops</title><url>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130722/18401023892/zero-tolerance-policies-put-students-hands-bad-cops.shtml</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>D9u</author><text>How about zero tolerance for police misconduct?
How about zero tolerance for appointed government servant&amp;#x27;s lying to Congress?&lt;p&gt;After all, these individuals should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us if they want to impose their will upon us without our explicit approval.</text></item><item><author>darkchasma</author><text>I cannot think of a single occasion where zero tolerance is not the drum beat of the fool.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>x0054</author><text>Even for a police officers, zero tolerance is a foolish standard. But in this case, even under the most lenient of systems, this cop should have been gone from the force a long time ago.&lt;p&gt;I have known a lot of cops over the years, and I can honestly say that there are a lot of awesome guys doing that job. But it also attracts these power hungry assholes, who could care less about law and order, and only care about pushing people around and compensating for what I can only presume their manhood inadequacies.&lt;p&gt;For instance, I knew a guy who was a very successful civil litigation attorney, very shitty attorney, but very successful. He worked part time as a patrol cop. Why? He did not need the money, he did not care about the law for a bit, and he could give two shits about helping people. But he loves the power. In his own words, he was bullied as a kid, and now it&amp;#x27;s his turn. That man is still a cop to this day, and he absolutely should not be one.</text></comment>