Comments About Police 'Could Trigger Criminal Inquiry'
Kaitlyn Toomes
April 15, 2011
Rebekah Brooks' Comments About Police 'Could Trigger Criminal Inquiry'
Comments made by the former editor of the News of the World, Rebekah Brooks, may spark an investigation by the Scotland Yard. Brooks commented "to a Commons committee in 2003 that journalists 'had paid police for information in the past' - which prompted a short inquiry by the homes affairs committee this year." Although Brooks now denies knowledge of any specific cases police still plan "'to conduct a scoping exercise to establish whether there are now any grounds for beginning a criminal investigation.'" This investigation "comes as the 24 phone hacking lawsuits brought by politicians and celebrities came together in high court."
This article just reaffirms one main trend I have noticed throughout this semester. Every person in this world can commit crime or can be affected by crime. Crime affects every person regardless of gender, race, or social standings. We are taught from a young age that police officers are the good guys, the "super heroes" of the world, but even police officers are human and some may be criminals too. The reason crime is such a large social issue is because even some of the justice seekers (police officers, politicians, etc.) are criminals themselves. By no means are all police officers secret criminals, but unfortunately more often than not "one bad apple spoils the bunch." I wonder, as this investigation unfolds, how the citizens will begin to view the police agency involved. Hopefully, the "good guys" will continue to fight against the social problem of crime and not succumb to the "bad guys."
Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/15/rebekah-brooks-phone-hacking-investigation
(I still cannot get blogger to hyperlink)
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