The Lucifer Effect, August 2008

This is the first in a monthly series of posts in which I will highlight various forms of police brutality and/or abuse of power. I decided on the name "The Lucifer Effect" because it describes what often happens to people when they are put in positions of power over others. Yes, I borrowed the name from Philip Zimbardo's 2007 book called The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn