The late Director of the FBI, John Edgar Hoover passed away on this
date, May 2, 1972. In loving memory of him, we will post 4 quotes from him,
which shows that law enforcement officials should think of murdered victims and
their families.
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John
Edgar Hoover
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QUOTE 1: Have you ever
thought about how many criminals escape punishment, and yet, the victims never
have a chance to do that? Are crime victims in the United States today the
forgotten people of our time? Do they receive full measure of justice? (as cited in Isenberg, 1977, p. 129)
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A criminal on death row
has a chance to prepare his death, make a will, and make his last statements,
etc. while some victims can never do it. There are many other crimes where
people are injured by stabbing, rape, theft, etc. To some degree at least, the
victims right to freedom and pursuit of happiness is violated. - J. Edgar Hoover [PHOTO SOURCE: https://quozio.com/quote/j2kbsh2mzxrv/1170/a-criminal-on-death-row-has-a-chance-to-prepare-his-death] |
QUOTE 2: A criminal on death
row has a chance to prepare his death, make a will, and make his last
statements, etc. while some victims can never do it. There are many other
crimes where people are injured by stabbing, rape, theft, etc. To some degree
at least, the victims right to freedom and pursuit of happiness is violated.
QUOTE 3: When the assailant
is apprehended and charged, he has the power of the judicial process who
protects his constitutional rights. What about the victim? The assailant may
have compassion from investigating officers, families and friends. Furthermore,
the criminal may have organized campaigns of propaganda to build sympathy for
him as if he is the one who has been sinned against. These false claims are
publicized, for no reason, hence, protecting the criminal (Isenberg, I., 1977).
QUOTE 4: [Whoever
did this] must be exterminated, and they must be exterminated by us. {On the perpetrators of the Kansas City Massacre of 1933, as quoted in Public
Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 by
Bryan Burrough (2004: Penguin), p. 51}
AUTHOR: John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2,
1972) was the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of
the United States. Appointed director of the Bureau of
Investigation—predecessor to the FBI—in 1924, he was instrumental in founding
the FBI in 1935, where he remained director until his death in 1972. Hoover is credited
with building the FBI into a large and efficient crime-fighting agency, and
with instituting a number of modern innovations to police technology, such as a
centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories.
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