Good officers must show fury over dirty cops

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/581022,CST-NWS-brown30.article

Chicago Police Department quickly losing public's trust

September 30, 2007
BY MARK BROWN Sun-Times Columnist

It all falls apart if you can't trust the police. By it, I mean our society and all its working parts, the whole ball of wax.

Everything depends on having an honest, ethical police force on which the public can rely to enforce the rules fairly and keep the peace.

That's a lot of responsibility to put on the men and women who carry the badges, but it has to weigh as heavily on them as the gun on their hip.

That's why the case of Jerome Finnigan, the Chicago cop who allegedly tried to arrange the murder of another cop, is so frightening and so important.

That's why the case of Anthony "Twan" Doyle, the police officer convicted of passing confidential investigative information to his mob pals, is so scary.

It's why the torture accusations against former Chicago Police Lt. Jon Burge are never going to just go away.

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1. Lack of trust is why the death penalty was suspended in 2000 n/t