Colorado Bill Would Ban Lying Cops

Käthe Kollwitz- Mother with her Dead
Son sculpture, October 22, 1937.
Kollwitz  (July 8, 1867 – April 22, 1945)
is a famous ant-fascist artist who
lived in Germany.

Madison, Wisconsin — It's inherently indecent to bear false witness, to defame and malign another.

Most of us adopt this ethic as axiomatic. But it's likely your local police dept is not among those institutions committed to truth, dedicated to the proposition that false witness is a cruel evil.

Alex Burness reports in the Colorado Independent that proposed Colorado legislation, SB-166, would ban from serving in state police departments the "estimated average of 70 Colorado cops who are fired every year for knowingly lying in an official capacity."

This legislation is a good start as a corrective to the rampant dishonesty and indecency that run through the cultures and practices of your local police department.

Other states, especially mine, should follow Colorado's lead.