A judge just bizarrely ruled that people should view cops who show up on their stoops in the middle of the night, uninvited, and without announcing any authority for being there, differently than they view other strangers who similarly invade their personal areas: the badge and uniform makes the difference. Uh, NO! A stranger is a stranger, whether festooned with badges, feathers, swastikas, or flag lapel pins and you need not welcome them unless you so choose. |
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