The optics are horrible, but there is probably a lot more to this story than meets the eye. He was charged with identity theft. It’s possible he deserved all this.
“We hang horse thieves. Those convicted of electronic identity theft we put in the electric chair!”
Deserved it? You guys don’t seem to realize that the petty criminal is not our concern, our larger worry is the law enforcement people, the city, county, and state agencies.
The bad guys come and go and we catch them as we can, but the cops are there forever and we need to get them under control, before they attain total immunity from our oversight.
When we capture them and video and learn what they are doing, and we still look for an excuse to ignore it and permit them to carry on, then we are heading for them to complete their choke hold on our budgets and everyday lives.