• Zombiepirate@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Because if we start holding cops responsible for their crimes we might scare away all the other cops who want to do crimes.

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        5 months ago

        We might scare the white cops away that also do the same shit. *FTFY

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      5 months ago

      One is being charged because they took the stand in a trial in which someone was convicted for a crime…due to their false report.

      However, I’d say they should each be indicted on each count of false reports and false arrests.

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    In a particularly troubling incident, the FBI found that these two officers had unwittingly taken the murder weapon from a wanted murderer—but they were so focused on their scheme, they failed to ask for his name and released him.

    That is a special level of both corrupt and incompetent.

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    5 months ago

    They also illegally searched children because they were so lazy on responding to a ShotSpotter (which by the way, also has its share of criticism and abuse) response that they took a legal firearm from their mother (who were waiting on a bus and told them that she had a firearm when asked) and said they found it near the scene of the shots fired. One of the cops then said “this never happened” as they left.