THE MEAGER PURCHASE-PRICE OF POLICEMEN’S SOULS.
The police department in a large majority is corrupted. But the evil hides behind that body. It would be like paring a corn to destroy that body. The root is still imbedded in the flesh.
POLITICS—prostituted and debauched—is the root of the evil.
The honest policeman is but a plaything. If he wanders into a vice king’s district he is tried out. If found wanting in rottenness his transfer is effected. A more plastic man is found to fill his place.
The police department has sold its soul of honor for a mess of decaying pottage.
Because:—
It is estimated that of the $15,000,000 in graft annually, the corrupt members of the department receive but ten per cent.
They do the slave’s work, the pander’s work, etc., for a bagful of blood-dripping dollars!