On Dec. 1, Denver Rocky Mountain News columnist Bill Johnson wrote about a cop by the name of Trooper Mitchell Brown , who had, Johnson claimed, worked for the Virginia state police department. Now, most daily newspaper columnists make good money.
Editors usually prefer that they get their facts right.
Apparently, those rules don't extend to Johnson, who didn't even bother to pick up the phone, call Virginia and confirm that Trooper Brown, in fact, existed. Turns out he doesn't exist and never did. Of course not. The Lousy Cop' is a darn good piece of writing. Whoever wrote it should be commended.