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> The officers walk away with no punishment This has too much media attention, I doubt they'll get away with no charges for long, but it might take them some t

by Natsu 7y ago

> The officers walk away with no punishment This has too much media attention, I doubt they'll get away with no charges for long, but it might take them some time to get to the point of charging them. Ideally this would stay in the news until such time as the officers responsible were permanently removed from the force. They should never be permitted to be cops again and they should spend a long time behind bars as well.

jacobush 7y ago
I will be very surprised if they are found guilty of anything or even charged.
- brlewis 7y ago
  FWIW, it happens: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-pinheiro-ruling-20181109-story.html https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-pinheiro-ru...
  - jacobush 7y ago
    On a somehow slightly ironic note I cannot read about these uplifting events from the EU. :-) The EU is just not free enough, or something: "Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism."
    - brokenmachine 7y ago
      Easier to add that message than to have a popup for you to mindlessly click "agree" on.
      - jacobush 7y ago
        Is it? I don't think a cookie popup is the issue here. EU websites have those too. I think what's being done with the data they are collecting is the issue.
  - loeg 7y ago
    In the same sense that someone wins the lottery, yes.
xscott 7y ago
You should continue watching then. My bet is 50/50 odds of either nothing happening, or one of the officers gets suspended with pay (free vacation).
- misnome 7y ago
  You forgot: Fired! (and then immediately rehired in a different, nearby district)
- loeg 7y ago
  Suspended with pay, eventually he "retires" so nobody has to say anything about firing for cause, he finds a new job 20 miles away in the next town over with glowing references from all his cop buddies.
  - beatgammit 7y ago
    He's a real go-getter!
loeg 7y ago
They'll lose their jobs in this precinct and drift over to the next township and get rehired. It's money-laundering for police misconduct. As long as prosecutors refuse to charge cops for malfeasance, it will continue.
polotics 7y ago
Ideally? This cop should do at least five years on Rikers!

by Natsu 7y ago

jacobush 7y ago

I will be very surprised if they are found guilty of anything or even charged.

brlewis 7y ago
FWIW, it happens: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-pinheiro-ruling-20181109-story.html https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-pinheiro-ru...
- jacobush 7y ago
  On a somehow slightly ironic note I cannot read about these uplifting events from the EU. :-) The EU is just not free enough, or something: "Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism."
  - brokenmachine 7y ago
    Easier to add that message than to have a popup for you to mindlessly click "agree" on.
    - jacobush 7y ago
      Is it? I don't think a cookie popup is the issue here. EU websites have those too. I think what's being done with the data they are collecting is the issue.
- loeg 7y ago
  In the same sense that someone wins the lottery, yes.

xscott 7y ago

You should continue watching then. My bet is 50/50 odds of either nothing happening, or one of the officers gets suspended with pay (free vacation).

misnome 7y ago
You forgot: Fired! (and then immediately rehired in a different, nearby district)
loeg 7y ago
Suspended with pay, eventually he "retires" so nobody has to say anything about firing for cause, he finds a new job 20 miles away in the next town over with glowing references from all his cop buddies.
- beatgammit 7y ago
  He's a real go-getter!

loeg 7y ago

They'll lose their jobs in this precinct and drift over to the next township and get rehired. It's money-laundering for police misconduct. As long as prosecutors refuse to charge cops for malfeasance, it will continue.

polotics 7y ago

Ideally? This cop should do at least five years on Rikers!