Two Cincinnati thugs were caught doing what thugs typically do: confirming another thug's lies.

This is why I call them "thugs" in general. Many thugs would not engage in gratuitous violence against the public. But nearly all of them will support the lies of their brother or sister thug who has done so.

The few who value truth above thug solidarity, who refuse to lie to get another thug off the hook for a crime, those deserve the honorable title of "police officer".

The number of thugs that lie is far greater than the number that kill, so punishing the liars is crucial.