Israelites, Pharisees & Sadducees In The 21st Century Church

Arpaio was investigated for politically motivated and "bogus" prosecutions, which a
former US Attorney called "utterly unacceptable". Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon has called
Arpaio's "long list" of questionable prosecutions "a reign of terror".
Fa Zheng
Fa Zheng, a Chinese man, was appointed as the Administrator ( 太 守 ) of
Shu commandery ( 蜀 郡 ) and "General Who Spreads Martial Might" ( 揚 武 將 軍 ) by Liu
Bei. He oversaw administrative affairs in the vicinity of Yi Province's
capital Chengdu and served as Liu Bei's chief adviser.
During this period of time, he abused his power by taking personal revenge against
those who offended him before and killing them without reason. Some officials
approached Zhuge Liang, another of Liu Bei's key advisers, and urged him to report Fa
Zheng's lawless behaviour to their lord and take action against him. However, Zhuge
Liang replied, "When our lord was in Gong'an ( 公 安 ), he was wary of Cao Cao's
influence in the north and fearful of Sun Quan's presence in the east. Even in home
territory he was afraid that Lady Sun might stir up trouble. He was in such a difficult
situation at the time that he could neither advance nor retreat. Fa Xiaozhi supported and
helped him so much, such that he is now able to fly high and no longer remain under
others' influence. How can we stop Fa Zheng from behaving as he wishes?" Zhuge
Liang was aware that Liu Bei favoured and trusted Fa Zheng, which was why he
refused to intervene in this matter.
Police Officers
In dictatorial, corrupt, or weak states, police officers may carry out many criminal acts
for the ruling regime with impunity.
Individual officers, or sometimes whole units, can be corrupt or carry out various forms
of police misconduct; this occasionally happens in many forces, but can be more
common where police pay is very low unless supplemented by bribes. Police officers
sometimes act with unwarranted brutality when they overreact to confrontational
situations, to extract a confession from a person they may or may not genuinely suspect
of being guilty.
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