• freehugs@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago

      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.