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These cops are currently in court, being subjected to the law. If you read the judge's rulings, you can see that the opinions are not about the facts of the cas
by seti0Cha 4y ago
These cops are currently in court, being subjected to the law. If you read the judge's rulings, you can see that the opinions are not about the facts of the case but how the law applies to them. If they get the suit dismissed, it will have been done through legal means. So no, this isn't because the cops are above the law. The law may be constructed as to favor them unfairly, but that's an entirely other matter.
- TheCoelacanth 4y agoIf a court ignores the plain meaning of the law to dismiss a suit against the police, then the police are above the law.
- seti0Cha 4y agoThe same court had ruled against them previously. If they just wanted to let them off, why didn't they do it then? It seems to me the most reasonable explanation is that they were interpreting the law (IANAL but badly it seems to me in the second case) not ignoring it. That may amount to the same to you but I think there's a huge difference in terms of how to remediate the situation. To me, the answer is to amend the law so that it does what we want rather than just make blanket claims that can't be acted on.