Police Stories MMV: Still Not Getting Along
Is anyone surprised that police stories don't match arrestees?
1,806 arrested. "91 percent ended with the charges dismissed or with a verdict of not guilty after trial." 9/10? Is that an acceptable percentage?
"[T]he public should not rush to criticize officers simply because their recollections of events are not consistent with a single videotape."
True. The camera lies for anyone.
So, wonder what wil happen to those policemen who told one story and the videotapes told another?
1,806 arrested. "91 percent ended with the charges dismissed or with a verdict of not guilty after trial." 9/10? Is that an acceptable percentage?
"[T]he public should not rush to criticize officers simply because their recollections of events are not consistent with a single videotape."
True. The camera lies for anyone.
So, wonder what wil happen to those policemen who told one story and the videotapes told another?
posted by Gavin at
10:44 AM
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So, wonder what wil happen to those policemen who told one story and the videotapes told another?
Nothing, I presume. Unless the videotapes show them beating up suspects, I imagine the department's attitude would be, "No harm, no foul."
But there is a harm to all the people who were mis-arrested.
Hopefully they were treated ok. But this was the Party convention and this government has a terrible record on the way it deals with people who disagree with it. Maybe the police were trying to do their jobs. Maybe they were a bit overenthusiastic? Maybe they were asked to be?
But there is a harm to all the people who were mis-arrested.
I completely agree. But I can't imagine the department reprimanding any officers over it.
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