G-Rod runs to the right of the GOP and stands by his veto of an administrative panel of police officers designed to be a watchdog over police officers perjuring themselves in capital crimes .
In a stunning statement demonstrating he doesn’t grasp the issue,
"In my view that means less justice, not more justice," Blagojevich said after he signed into law an increase in the state’s minimum wage. "In my view, that means our streets are less safe, not more safe. And I’m not going to stand for it. When the legislature has to convene, they have to ask themselves one simple question and that is whether or not we should have a system that treats criminals better than it treats police officers."
Such a statement equates any sort of oversight panel as ‘treating criminals better than it treats police.’ It is baffling to me what exactly is wrong with having a disciplinary panel for police officers given such panels already exist in many communities and every police department has the authority to discipline officers with a standard below that in criminal trials. In fact, this one is to be staffed by other police officers. If anything, that makes it far too hard to yank a badge when an officer lies under oath.
All of this should be clear to a man with a law degree–unless his real goal is to appear tough on crime like another cynic who returned from the campaign trail to oversee the execution of a retarded inmate.