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Even if it is a criminal offense, a prosecutor still has to bring charges. No prosecutor is ever bringing charges against a cop unless there is an absolute medi
by qingcharles 6mo ago
Even if it is a criminal offense, a prosecutor still has to bring charges. No prosecutor is ever bringing charges against a cop unless there is an absolute media frenzy that pushes it beyond the point it can be ignored.
Prosecutors need cops. Cops bring them cases. Cops testify in their cases. If they piss off the cops they can't do their job.
- Zigurd 6mo agoThis is fixable. Many jurisdictions have a provision for outside prosecutors appointed by courts.
- qingcharles 6mo agoThey do, special prosecutors, but the court has to appoint them. The bar is extremely high for getting a judge (80% ex-prosecutors) to appoint a private attorney or outside-jurisdiction prosecutor as a special prosecutor. Again, sadly, almost never happens.
- Zigurd 6mo agoI have to agree it almost never happens. It needs to be normalized among the public and institutionalized in governments.