Reply #9: there's a problem of people being "disappeared" if the police reports are not public [View All]

i won't comment on stephen hatfill, i think he did what he was paid to do and the game played out exactly as it was intended there -- he got millions for playing his role, and he only pretended to be harassed, it was an obvious shell game

as for the young man arrested today, many of us, even on DU have been arrested and/or detained for things we didn't do

the problem is being secretly arrested or detained leads to abuses, would you really want say your boyfriend to be whisked away secretly w.out your knowledge or any public report or any way to find out what had happened

at the end of the day i think detentions/questionings/arrests have to be a matter of public record that the public can keep an eye on -- otherwise it would be too easy to abuse and "secret" arrests/accusations could become an easy way of harassment

as it is, i think police have it too easy to question/detain/arrest and if they could do it under a cloak of secrecy i think they could really threaten vulnerable people

my mind is not fixed on this, i'm open to your point of view