It is wasted strategy in these times to chase the symptom instead of the cause.
Casing the symptom joins you to, and leads you to do the work of
Posted on 03/11/2013 1:39:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An Ohio man who was exonerated after spending 13 years in prison for murder cried as a federal jury found that two Cleveland police detectives violated his civil rights by coercing and falsifying testimony and withholding evidence that pointed to his innocence.
The jury's verdict on Friday, which included awarding $13.2 million to David Ayers of Cleveland for his pain and suffering, brings an end to the legal battle he's been fighting since his arrest in the 1999 killing of 76-year-old Dorothy Brown.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
What the hell is wrong with people...
I have no idea......
Yeah, but they're paying it in cigarettes and doritos from the prison canteen.
The cops deserve 2 years for every year he served.
Spend a day or two in L.A County then get back to us.....you haven't a clue.
Sorry, but I cannot agree. The first clause of your statement is true; the second is not.
Cops who lie to the court are evil, wicked, heinous, and despicable, and they do it all the time. And, yes, I know they are allowed to lie to suspects they interrogate. I get that, but it is NOT what we are talking about on this thread.
Cops are not allowed to lie under oath. They are not allowed to lie in depositions, to the grand jury, in court, or to obtain a warrant. They are not allowed to suborn perjury. To do any of these is a crime, and they should be prosecuted for it.
Furthermore, when cops (or anyone in a position of authority) commits these crimes, they undermine faith in the system.
When policemen break the law, there isn't any law. Just a fight for survival. - Billy Jack
I would suppose that depends on whether you like sleeping with Bubba.
What pisses me off more than anything is after someone is exonerated the DA and cops usually stand by their “conclusions” and say they got the right man.
So, spend all our energy hating cops instead of electing good men?
“Because power corrupts, society’s demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.”
- John Adams -
Straw man argument. The two activities are not mutually exclusive.
I could just as easily turn it around and say, "So, ignore wrongdoing by cops so we can spend all our energy fighting corrupt politicians?" How much sense does that make? None.
And, BTW, I do NOT hate cops. I know a bunch of them because I am a first responder myself (not a cop, however). Most are decent and honest, but a very sizable fraction fall short of what is acceptable, and the rest cover up for them.
With power comes responsibility, and cops have power--a lot of power--because they are the citizen's first contact with the justice system. Cops make the initial decision to arrest or let go. Once in the criminal justice system, a citizen is punished whether he is found guilty or not. He is out time, money, and perhaps his freedom for a time even if the charges are eventually dropped or he is found not guilty.
The more power one has, the higher should be the standard to which they are held.
Gov. workers, in this case police officers, should be held responsible for crimes they commit via the abuse of their authority.
If the public has to pay out for corrupt officials, they may decide dishonesty and moral corruption in politicans and government authority is not cool anymore. Otherwise. the whole nation will look like Detroit.
Absolutely correct. Anybody who depends on the "justice system" for justice is a fool.
Dick Peery
This article does not name assistant prosecutors Mark Mahoney and Perry Kendall who tried the flawed case nor say the Cuyahoga County prosecutor fought DNA examination for years after Ayers first asked in 2004. Now the same office is investigating police who fired 137 shots to kill two unarmed people in November.
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I don’t disagree with you!
It is wasted strategy in these times to chase the symptom instead of the cause.
Casing the symptom joins you to, and leads you to do the work of
Oh yea if people really knew the levels of corruption they would freak out.
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