The case looks much stronger, and the culpability far more serious, in this case. Mayor Willie Brown is protecting his friends, which is the same thing these cops were indicted for.
Old habits die hard. They must think they are still immune from any prosecution and are proceeding like Janet Sterno is still A.G.
Much to the chagrin of others, I have always advocated mandatory drug testing for all public employees, elected officials and all employees of 501(c) tax-exempt corporations as a condition for their "non-profit" status. The 501(c) drug testing could be implemented as an IRS code. The Leftist non profit scam would dry up and blow away like aging dung, this is where such Leftist get their political power.
I also favor mandatory drug testing as an OSHA requirement. This includes testing for marijuana and alcoholism. The party is over. Let's have a real war on drugs, because this is at the root of a lot of the nonsense.