Again, he said/they said
Lochte lied in his original testimony, in American courts can lowers your testimony value
We are talking about Brazilian law here, in America we have different laws and our court system is innocent until proven guilty. We can not expect a Brazilian government to follow American laws because Lochte is an American.
Just like we can not and should not allow Saudia Arabian Shaheria law dictate laws in the United States. We can’t have it both ways.
They vandalized some else’s property, gun point or not, and I don’t know how Brazil handles pety crime, he was responsible for what he did (and the others are responsible for what they did)
An American in Singapore got canned 60 times for vandalizing a car. If he did that here, he probably would have just got probation.
And what lie did he tell in his original testimony? I've been asking this question for several days to people who claim he lied, and I have yet to hear a sensible response from anyone who has made this claim.
I say again, what pertinent lie did Lochte assert in his original testimony?
They vandalized some else’s property, gun point or not, and I don’t know how Brazil handles pety crime, he was responsible for what he did (and the others are responsible for what they did)
The Brazilian Police claimed that the Americans broke a mirror and a soap dish. They also assert that Lochte ripped down that advertisement, which so far is the only thing they have said which can be established as "true."
A couple of investigative reporters from USA Today have demonstrated that neither Lochte or the others did any damage to the bathroom in question. These reporters have put forth facts that clearly contradict the claims made by the Brazilian police department.
Ergo, the Brazilian police department has been caught in a deliberate and serious lie about what happened.
An American in Singapore got canned 60 times for vandalizing a car. If he did that here, he probably would have just got probation.
If someone can demonstrate that pointing a gun at someone and taking $400.00 from them is the normal way of handling minor damage to an advertising poster in Brazil, then you will have a strong basis for which to put forth your "differences in culture" argument.
But somehow I don't think this is normal and usual way of handling this sort of incident in Brazil.