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I don't understand why lying by police, prosecutors or misbehavior by judges is not made into a serious crime that gets punished very harshly. These people are
by spaetzleesser 5y ago
I don't understand why lying by police, prosecutors or misbehavior by judges is not made into a serious crime that gets punished very harshly. These people are entrusted by society with a lot of power, often over death and life, so the standards should be very high.
- wpietri 5y agoYou are wondering why police and prosecutors don't do more to arrest and convict police and prosecutors?
- watwut 5y agoNo. The complaint is about different rules being applied to cops or prosecutors. Not just enforcement. There is no qualified immunity for civilians. The cops and prosecutors can lie, civilians can't. A cop can shoot merely when he feels afraid, that excuse don't apply to civilians. Stuff like that. Then you have judges who should be impartial, but do in fact treat accused cops and prosecutors differently.
- pjc50 5y agoAmerica's eccentric localism: there's no Federal Inspectorate Of Police to come in from out of town and do the prosecution. Within the local power structure the abuse of power is propped up because it supports power.
- AnthonyMouse 5y agoThere are a whole slew of federal laws that federal officials could use to charge local corrupt police officers. They just choose not to, because the FBI are cops too.