Posted on 04/10/2015 2:51:49 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Dozens of cases involving four former Fort Lauderdale police officers accused of engaging in racist exchanges have been dropped by the Broward State Attorney's Office.
The cases dropped include eight misdemeanors, 12 felonies and one juvenile case. Seventeen more cases are expected to be dropped...
James Wells, 29, Jason Holding, 31, and Christopher Sousa, 25, were fired last month after racially charged text messages were brought forth to the police department by 22-year-old Alex Alvarez’s ex-fiancee.
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Just asking, 'cause it sure looks like some real perps might walk. Shouldn't each case be looked at individually??
“Four numb skulls exchange racially charged texts and get their laughs making racially charged videos....does that automatically make their arrests invalid?? “
YES, at least in Rand Paul’s little world.
Ugh.
The issue is, do the charges rely on the word - or chain of custody - of these guys? If so, the prosecutor really can’t present them In court. ...and that’s with giving them the benefit of the doubt that it was just a joke.
OJ walked because of this crap...
Racial bias can create doubt as to whether the offender was arrested without prejudice.
On the surface it would seem, but even without the revelation of Detective Mark Fuhrman’s use of the N word, OJ’s release was sealed by the selection of that particularly jury. It had nullification written all over it.
These four officers were complete idiots.
Another day and more cops that need firing and likely jail time. Leaves you wondering what else is going on, how much injustice served. Cops have for too long been given protection to trample the constitution, peoples rights, and peoples lives. Every one of us is at risk. Maybe if enough get held accountable, things might improve though I seriously doubt it until they get consistently and very publicly thrown in jail.
Perhaps -- if there is an issue of probable cause for the arrest. Even in the absence of a probable cause issue, while the arrest might be good, the chances of a conviction based upon the testimony of these ex-cops is slim to none, and so why spend the limited resources on a prosection.
Possibly; something to bear in mind when people brag of dodging jury duty...
I swore to myself long ago I’d never dodge that duty if it came upon me. I got called once, but the defendant pled out before the start of trial.
I’ve been called twice, showed up, and never got seated on a trial. In my current job it is difficult, but I didn’t fight it.
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