Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNYPD officer busted with boyfriend for conspiring to peddle large amounts of fentanyl, heroin12ft.ioexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkNYPD officer busted with boyfriend for conspiring to peddle large amounts of fentanyl, heroin12ft.ioDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareOniiFam@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoCops that commit crimes should be given heavier sentences for serious crimes than common folk. Being given that level of authority should come with equal responsibility. Cops get away with way too much. They need to pay
minus-squareJudCrandall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoInstead it’s the opposite. Just this year in my little area of the world, four BPD officers were acquitted of embezzlement basically under the basis that they didn’t know it was illegal. But they love to tell you that ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Cops that commit crimes should be given heavier sentences for serious crimes than common folk. Being given that level of authority should come with equal responsibility. Cops get away with way too much. They need to pay
Instead it’s the opposite. Just this year in my little area of the world, four BPD officers were acquitted of embezzlement basically under the basis that they didn’t know it was illegal.
But they love to tell you that ignorance of the law is no excuse.