On 14 Jun 2005 04:57:28 -0700, "
wrote:

(most of the police in Italy have been
minor criminals...try that in the USA,,,once convicted, always a
criminal).

What a hoot -- there are plenty of cops in the US who are
continually committing crimes (dropping evedince where it didn't
exist, extortion, roughing up suspects out of sight of cameras) --
they're just unindicted due to the code of silence.