• TheTango@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    I have to be blunt on my reaction to reading this article. This is one of those “There’s no way that happened” stories. It just sounds too over-the-top to have actually happened.

    But it did.

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      Yeah, if their misconduct had been any less extreme/obvious, they’d probably plead ‘not guilty’ and get away with a slap on the wrist. Just my feeling…

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        they’d probably plead ‘not guilty’ and get away with a slap on the wrist.

        Let’s be clear - the only difference so far is the plea. Let’s see what actually happens at sentencing.

        And while I’m on my soapbox, I’m long past believing that a Police culture which discourages this sort of behavior would produce this sort of behavior as often as it does.

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      Reality is often stranger than fiction. This is the kind of story that would need to be toned down to be believable if it was turned into a TV series or movie.