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>It serves no one to make a single prosecutor the scapegoat for a whole system and a whole set of bad laws that need to be changed. It sends a message that we
by matthewrobertso 14y ago
>It serves no one to make a single prosecutor the scapegoat for a whole system and a whole set of bad laws that need to be changed.
It sends a message that we are not satisfied with the way she ran her office.
>There are a thousand prosecutors who are no better just waiting to take that job.
Then they better learn from Ortiz's failure or be removed by the same process. Eventually someone will figure out that this kind of behavior is not acceptable.
>We're going after Ortiz because we think it will satisfy our outrage and grief.
No, I'm upset with Ortiz because this should not have happened. Absolutely no legitimate reason for them to pursue this if JSTOR has no problem.
- philwelch 14y agoIf you're removing anyone, remove Holder. Ortiz is just a fall guy. The entire DOJ is run this way, that's why Ortiz got the job in the first place. If Ortiz gets the sack, it will be as apologetically as possible, and her successor will be instructed to do the same damn things if not worse. If the Feds think our outrage will be satisfied by sacrificing one prosecutor, that's all they will do, and they will do it gladly, and that will be the end of that. They will sacrifice their pawn and checkmate us.