Retired police chief eats crime tip in court

This crazy story comes out of Miami, FL.  A retired police chief who spent his life sending people to jail may go to jail himself.  The judge ordered the retired chief to provide information on an anonymous tip in a drug matter.  Retired chief refused and actually ate the piece of paper containing the information.  He did it to protect the tipster's identity.  His feeling is that if this person is made into a witness, people will not continue to provide anonymous tips to the police.  Do you think he did the right thing?

Here is a link to the full story:
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/03/17/crime-stoppers-director-doesnt-regret-eating-paper-to-protect-tipster/