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Simple question for anyone who associates with law enforcement: how do police reconcile differences between legality and ethics? It would be easy to reference marijuana, but a lot of police still live in the Dark Ages about that subject so perhaps something a little touchier. What opinion should a police officer hold of Martin Luther King Jr., someone who constantly broke the law?

I'm asking this because I refuse to befriend police officers so I have no one in real life to ask. I've perused some law enforcement forums and read a little about how police (at least the most vocal of them) cut off all ties with friends and family who smoke pot; I really wanted to pose this question about MLK directly to them to see them stumble over their words, but all of the forums are exclusive.

In theory, at least, cops do their job which is arresting people who break the law. It's not the cops job to decide whether or not a law is moral.

Well they do make moral decisions when they defend cops that should be prosecuted, and consequently are not prosecuted.

What a dick. There was no reason for that.