[Shots]

"The potential penalties associated with the offenses charged include up to 10 years imprisonment and up to $150,000 in fines on the charge of official misconduct and up to six months incarceration and $1,000 in fines on the shoplifting offense."

Leave it to the media to blow it way up because it involved a cop, Gees the average john or Jane doe gets a slap on the wrist a fine perhaps and its over but this cop ,might get 10 years for a stupid nutrition bar???. What is wrong with this picture? sure he was wrong but you do not have to make it look worse then it is

[Screamname]

Believe what they say. When a cop commits a crime, no matter how low that crime may seem on the scale, the Judge usually throws the book at them. Even more so if the media focuses on it. Yet the exact opposite happens when it involves members of Congress.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Gees the average john or Jane doe gets a slap on the wrist a fine perhaps and its over but this cop ,might get 10 years for a stupid nutrition bar???. What is wrong with this picture?

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Nothing at all. Zero tolerance for dishonest cops. They are entrusted with immense power, and should be out at the first hint of abuse. We’d all be better off if cops were more wary about getting caught and punished for wrongdoing. But that is very hard to do given the thin blue line. So the penalty needs to be stiff (which is why they hanged horse thieves.)