…that hasn’t already been said and will continue to be said, ad infinitum, about the local mainstream media’s current favorite tabloid-sleaze saga, the tragic case of the wife-abusing Tacoma police chief who fatally shot his estranged spouse and then himself.

Except this: Above-the-law misbehavior, control freakishness, and delusions of omnipotence among the law’s supposed protectors should come as no surprise.