Violation Of Law

In this scenario, the oath that I took to uphold the law was seriously violated. Instead of being patient and allowing Mr. Lincoln to actually break the law by conducting one more hand to hand gun or weapons transaction; I decided to take matters into my own hands by falsifying a report. I claimed to have witnessed Mr. Lincoln violating the law during the same time that he was violating the law but somewhere else by committing an even worse crime. The facts that another team member from the surveillance team was on shift that night as well as other evidence and witnesses, claiming that Mr. Lincoln was involved in a double homicide, seriously leaves me with few options. By fabricating evidence against Mr. Lincoln I violated his civil rights under due process of the law. “Fabricating evidence against or falsely arresting an individual also violates the color of law statute, taking away the person’s rights of due process and unreasonable seizure. In the case of deprivation of property, the color of law statute would be violated by unlawfully obtaining or maintaining a person’s property, which oversteps or misapplies the official’s authority” ("FBI — Color of Law," n.d.). This is a clear violation of the …show more content…
“The right of due process and the prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment in the Eighth Amendment are based on the principle that human beings deserve to be treated as ends and never as mere means, never as objects, no matter how heinous their crimes” (Delattre, 2011). Not only did I lie, I also created an alibi for Mr. Lincoln who was not even in town the night I claimed that he was. This is sure to make the legal situation complicated which is why I’m sure that the department will throw the book at me. The ends definitely did not justify the means in this situation and is a reason that noble cause corruption is very