Let that rattle around in your head for a few. This wasn't some beat cop. It was a Police Commander, torturing suspects, lying about it under oath, later convicted and sentenced to four years in prison and they still can't strip him of his pension.
Who paid for his defense during the investigation and trial? The taxpayer.
Who pays for his incarceration? The taxpayer.
Who pays for his attorney to argue his case in front of the Pension Board? The taxpayer.
Who's going to pay this multi-million dollar settlement? You guessed it. The long suffering taxpayer.
These cases do nothing if not confirm the fact that we are a two-tiered society with our Government masters having every advantage. And even when they're convicted of serious crimes we will still have to pay them for the rest of their natural lives.
Seems fair to me. Not.
Let that rattle around in your head for a few. This wasn't some beat cop. It was a Police Commander, torturing suspects, lying about it under oath, later convicted and sentenced to four years in prison and they still can't strip him of his pension.
That's why I think that public officials that engage in that level of abuse of power should forfeit their lives
police, Prosecutorial and official misconduct should be tried by grand jury outside the regular courts and should result in very severe sentences if found guilty
The Fraternal Order of Police paid for his defense.