IT IS OFTEN said that power is corrupt, but absolute power is more corrupt and it leads to bigotry which manifests itself into the abuse of power against good governance practices.
ON CROWN HILL in Monrovia, a situation classic of the scenario leading to this editorial took place Monday morning, October 20, 2025, when a law enforcement officer and someone believed to work at the Temple of Justice were involved into a minor accident.
AT A CROSSWORD, a jeep belonging to a judge stopped to allow pedestrians-kids who were on their way to school to cross when another jeep driven by a police officer came from behind and hit the jeep that stopped to give free passage to the kids.
THE DRIVER OF the jeep that was hit disembarked and expressed outrage at the officer, who in turn responded angrily thereby igniting heated argument between the law enforcer and the judicial personnel.
SHORTLY, OTHER POLICE officers arrived on the scene and called for calm and both parties drove towards central, apparently to settle the impasse, having the law enforcer from his public display shown simplicity, in spite of being in the wrong by hitting the jeep belonging to a judge.
IN OUR MIND, no one should feel so big to accept wrongdoings, irrespective of the ranks and files to one’s credit in society.