Advanced Criminal Justice, Class 12, Period 1, 02.16.06

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[OOC: More Police Squad! This time I actually found a way for discussion to happen based on it. Class Info Post.]

The Tick was standing at the podium at the front of the class as the students walked in.

"Hello, class! Turn your essays in to Rory."

"Today, we'll be talking about another case from Police Squad. Now, this may be a surprise to some of you, but the sport of boxing has often been tied to organized crime. After the suspicious suicide of a boxer who had just won the biggest fight of his career - and when I say suspicious, I mean that in addition to being hung with a noose there was also a bomb blast and bullet holes, which, if you're going to commit suicide, it a bit much, really - Sgt. Drebin went undercover."

"Det. Drebin took up the identity 'Bob Kelly, Boxing Manager.' Drebin found a crooked boxer he felt he could turn straight named Buddy Briggs, participated in an illegal poker game to win Briggs' contract. Drebin helped him train and together they drew the Champ - who was in the pocket of a crime boss named Montague Martin - into a fight. Briggs won the fight and fingered Martin as the head of this web of crime that was the local boxing scene after Drebin recued Mrs. Briggs from a kidnapping by Martin's men."

"All this was unnecessary in terms of the original murder, though. A hair found at the scene proved that a hitman by the name of Luca Burnett, a known associate of Martin was in the room at the time of the murder, solving the actual crime ten minutes into the episode."

"So my question to you today is a question of ethics. Given that the original murder had been solved already, was it acceptable for Police Squad to participate in that illegal poker game and then risk the lives of a boxer and his wife without them knowing they were working with the police? Does going that extra distance to prove the larger crime worth the bent laws and use of unwitting citizens? Does it matter that the unwitting citizens were tied in some was to said larger crime? Does it matter that Police Squad is a special division of the police force? Mind you, this isn't exactly atypical, even though Police Squad itself is quite strange. I'm just asking you if it is Right."

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Re: Essays!

[janet_fraiser]

My Uncle George is the most faithful embodiment of Justice in my life. When people need him, he's there for them--but if they try to pull the wool over his eyes, he'll make sure that the truth comes out. When evildoers seek to harm the ones he loves, he takes Justice into his hands and fights for them. Though, admittedly, his fighting usually involves picking up the telephone and calling in favors. But it's the principle that counts. And when his fighting for Justice involves something other than that, you can be absolutely certain that the cause is Just and he is on the side of Right. Uncle George guides his family along the path of Justice. Everyone that knows Uncle George thinks he's one of the most forthright and steadfast men in my family, and everyone respects him. He isn't a superhero, but he doesn't need to be.