'Better at Spotting Logical Fallacies Than Guns Concealed in Waistbands,' Cop Pursues Harvard JD
Deciding that he might be a better fit in another job, a young Baltimore police officer with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland found he had at least one other good option.
This fall, Adam Braskich, 26, will begin studying for a juris doctor degree at Harvard Law School, reports the Baltimore Sun.
“I realized fairly early on that I’d probably make a better prosecutor than a police officer,” he tells the newspaper. “I’m better at spotting logical fallacies than guns concealed in waistbands.”
Nonetheless, it’s clear that Braskich brings skills and experience to the law school class that are likely to be unusual at Harvard. While taking a walk in late 2009, on an LSAT study break, he happened upon a liquor store armed robbery in progress, the Sun recounts.
Braskich opened fire, wounding one of the suspects, and gave chase to the other, eventually capturing him. He says he regrets having had to hurt someone, but there was no other way to deal with the crime.
“It was a really eye-opening experience,” he says, “to learn just how easy it was to shatter somebody’s life.”
After he earns his law degree, Braskich hopes to return to Baltimore to work as a prosecutor there.
