Ethics

Interesting Religious Freedom Case

By Ed Brayton

My buddy DarkSyde emailed me a link to this very interesting case going on in Austin, Texas where a former police officer is claiming he was fired for religious reasons. His religion? He calls himself a fundamentalist Christian. But the accusation made against him, the reason for his termination, was a refusal to violate the rights of a suspect and use unnecessary force -- he refused to taser a guy. It's a fascinating case with a lot of unexpected aspects to it, I think.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).