Plenty of people can tell you that cops to questionable things while no one’s looking, and any stoned teenager whose unlucky enough to be in a town where there are no other crimes going on can confirm it. Of course, sometimes there’s real police work to be done, and that’s when we wish it was harder to become a cop in a country where they’re given a gun and a ‘do anything’ pass. Take, for instance, the cops on a drug raid in Polk County, Florida who ended up playing the suspects’ Wii for nine hours.
An official from the police department said that the behavior was disgraceful, but also that no one is perfect and that a mistake was made. It’s hard to justify a massive lapse in judgment, a complete shirking of decorum, and evidence that over a dozen police officers collectively have less control over their attention spans than most small children. Security camera footage of the Wii-bowl-a-thon reveal one corpulent constable literally jumping for joy after witnessing the triumphant graphics shown when a player gets a strike.
Before we get carried away with our disgust, let’s remember the really un-cop-ly behavior we’ve seen in the past. Racially fueled beatings, rape, murder, the list goes on…Maybe a Wii session is not so bad.
