Democracy -- good or bad

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An officer in the Chicago police department is under investigation for shooting Robert A. Russ during what he intended to be a routine traffic stop. The officer tried to pull over Russ for driving "erratically."Russ refused to pull over. A five-mile pursuit followed culminating when Russ spun out of control forcing him to stop. When approached by the Police officer he refused to exit the car. The officer then smashed the car's tinted window and with the motivational prowess of a 9-mm handgun asked Russ again to exit the car. Russ, in an attempt to take the weapon away from the officer, was killed when the gun fired. Authorities saw that the officer's actions were appropriate because his life was in danger. However, with pressure from "three dozen chanting protesters . . . demanding a public investigation," Mayor Daley told the superintendent of the police, Terry Hilliard, to investigate. This is an example of Aristotle's feared democracy - selfish rule by the poor and

"No weapons were involved. [It was a] traffic stop, just [a] traffic stop. It just so happens [he was a] college graduate. No drugs. No guns. Nobody stole anything. Something is terrible wrong." The article also goes into some detail about his college football accomplishments. How does that concern someone trying to disarm a police officer? This is similar to the story of Euphiletos and his trial of murder. By law, Euphiletos clearly did the correct thing. However, he still had to defend his actions because Eratosthenes' family wanted to do anything to hurt Euphiletos for (legally) killing Eratosthenes. Apparently selfish attitudes are just the same today as they were more than two thousand years ago.

This situation is not only an example of the perverse democracy, but it also shows, by Aristotle's definition, tyranny. Tyranny is, "a kind of monarchy that has in view the interest of the monarch only." Obviously, Mayor Daley is not a monarch, but he is in the most po

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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