“But... acting like them (one standard for me and another for thee) won’t fix the problem.”
Agreed on that. Just remember that when you (cops that is) seem bent on ticking people off, people aren’t as likely to be nearly as fair in their standards. That is the price of arrogance.
I’m just saying I suspect the local police aren’t being nearly as critical of his claims about how he was driving as they would a non cop.
More than the unions, we have to stop letting cops investigate their own. I remember this headline a while back. “The Pima County Sheriffs PD has investigated the actions of the Pima County PD and could find no sign of wrong doing.”
Gee, you think?
Absolutely. I seem to remember a fairly recent Reason magazine article on some statute that police unions have gotten passed in most states that gives them additional "rights" during investigations that the general public doesn't have.
It's a total travesty of justice.
Not that it matters in this case. I really don't care what the bike rider did or didn't do that may indicate a share of fault.
No *real* father with two brain cells to rub together, delivers a beat down to an accident victim instead of seeing to the medical needs of his child, or instead of comforting her if injuries are minor or in front of his child period because violence is traumatizing to pre-schoolers.
No matter how many ways I slice it, the guy was engaged in thug rage and stupid. Now he's dead. Stupid is as stupid does.