I'm a police officer. October 10, 2016 will make sixteen years. In the real world Walt would not only have lost his badge, but he would probably have gone to prison for civil rights violations and been sued out of financial existence.
Walt is a bada$$ hero. I love him. I'm so sick of people screaming they have "rights." If you want to break the law then you don't have "rights," plain and simple.
I don't know if you are an American citizen, but try to remember that the Constitution of the United States (in particular the first ten amendments) codify the rights of people in terms of their relationship to the government. Often that relationship involves being prosecuted for a crime. Criminal prosecution falls to the government which means it's about ensuring the rights of the accused are observed and protected. Walt Longmire is a sheriff which means he is a governmental employee and a police officer and is expected to follow the law which means not violating the rights of the accused who have not yet been found guilty of a crime. So Walt is frequently acting in a criminal and unconstitutional manner when he does the things he does to get confessions. Many feel the way you do and might continue to do so unless they find themselves being charged with a crime. Then they love the hell out of the Bill of Rights.
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SrEditor
8 years ago
I would say that part of the problem with this show is that "Walt is always right." So his breaking and entering and trodding all over the Constitution are shown to the viewer as justified, because he always finds the criminal. If they showed us a few innocent people having their rights violated, we'd be a lot less sympathetic with his means to an end.
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