Above the law

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An interesting comment in today's Diario Libre points out how easily a law loses its authority when those charged with upholding it don't uphold the law. With the commentary there is the picture of a small motorbike with three passengers on board, none wearing helmets, about to drive through a tunnel, all of which is illegal. In the picture there is an AMET transit cop who does nothing to stop the motorbike driver, or passengers, and with the simple gesture of apathy reinforces the lack of authority endemic in many of the government offices in the DR. The article continues to point out that once the law is not applied, it then stops being a law.
http://www3.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=170523

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