Good Cops, Bad Cops, Whatcha Gonna Do?

The law once required African Americans to sit in the backs of public busses, and while the police who enforced that law were not guilty of any crime, they most certainly did violate the rights of the affected African Americans. [...]even when a police officer upholds the law, he or she can still vi...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of private enterprise 2016-12, Vol.31 (4), p.85
Hauptverfasser: Lawson, Robert A, Lawson, Kerianne
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The law once required African Americans to sit in the backs of public busses, and while the police who enforced that law were not guilty of any crime, they most certainly did violate the rights of the affected African Americans. [...]even when a police officer upholds the law, he or she can still violate a person's rights if the law itself is unjust. Many scenes depict drug use or prostitution, which classical liberals consider victimless crimes. [...]from the classical liberal perspective, when police enforce the laws against drugs and prostitution, they are violating people's rights.
ISSN:0890-913X