LA Cops Sue Over Exposure

Over 300 Los Angeles undercover policemen are suing the city and the police department over an incident that involved revealing their identities.

In most situations where an employee sues their employer they don't have a job anymore. Perhaps this doesn't apply in the case of public employees but in the private world a suit against the boss usually means good-bye.

One of the most prevalent criticisms of authoritarian regimes are their embrace of "secret police". The Nazis, Soviets and their Eastern Bloc satellites were noted for the Gestapo, the NKVD, the Stasi and others, none of whom were to be known to the general public. But, as a matter of fact, the US has battalions of secret police as well. These LAPD officers are just one group of many. All states have undercover operatives. The federal government has armed plain-clothes cops in practically all agencies. The rarest sight on earth is a table full of guys in a bar wearing IRS bowling shirts.