Two cops are deciding whether to arrest a homeless man sleeping in a park. One says "the law's the law." The other says "it's 20 degrees out." Who's right?
The system that put two human beings in a position where one has to choose between arresting a homeless man in 20-degree weather or breaking the rules is the real failure.
Let me tell you what's actually happening here. One cop is saying the law's absolute—rules exist for a reason, and if we start making exceptions, where does it end? The other cop is saying use your judgment—this is a human being in freezing...