The situation with the policeman in South Carolina who murdered the UNARMED black man who was fleeing has been extensively covered by the media and all over the Internet; so I will refrain from providing a link to the story.

But, being the staunch proponent of civil rights and fairness, especially within the criminal justice system, I find it humorous how times have changed.

Years ago, prosecutors and police crowed and bragged what a great job they were doing and they preached to us that they were the only ones protecting us----the citizenry--- against the "bad people."

The DAs reminded us that their conviction rate was overwhelming in favor of justice---whatever justice really means----and they put the bad guys away.

Then something happened. Something inconvenient was perfected that changed all that.

DNA became widely used.

Now we know the DAs and prosecutors have not been doing such a good job. In fact, they have been convicting a lot of innocent people, including putting some innocent souls on death row. Many times they have hidden evidence and coached witnesses to lie under oath to maintain their high conviction rate. They were not the good souls we thought.

Years ago, the police bragged about the good things they were doing to "protect" the community---you know, the "Protect and Serve" nonsense. Sure, we would hear about police misconduct, but they assured us that it was very rare and most cases of police misconduct were just embellished by the liberal media.

Then something happened, much like something happened in the case of DNA.

Cell phone cameras became widely used.

Now we know that law enforcement has not been doing such a great job. In fact, sometimes they are the "monsters" instead of the perpetrators of crimes. In fact, they most likely have been abusing citizens all along despite their protestations to the contrary. This abuse is an epidemic and is a stain on America.

Ah, technology. Isn't it a wonderful concept??

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