‘Lazy cop’ syndrome
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One thing that's clear after this week's various Occupy protests. The more "non-lethal" tools you give a police department, the greater the chance the cops will misuse them.
Coincidentally, this point was also affirmed by last week's "60 Minutes'" segment on how Tasers are being misused.
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