patriot act
the other day i was watching a roller hockey game. one player got a bit verbally abusive. eventually, he found out his target was an off-duty peace officer who had had enough. the guy was arrested, charged under the patriot act for making terrorist threats, and spent the weekend in jail. the guy certainly deserved a misconduct penalty. and the ref needed a good swift kick in the backside for not calling one. sure. do we really want cops to have this kind of power over us knowing that they're going to use it in ways that were never intended?