Comments on: Police misconduct roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/03/police-misconduct-roundup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:21:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: MattS https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/03/police-misconduct-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-348305 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:21:45 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=69243#comment-348305 In reply to SPO.

“So what are those victims supposed to do?”

Bend over and smile.

]]> By: Canvasback https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/03/police-misconduct-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-348304 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:50:31 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=69243#comment-348304 I lived with some Filipinos in Los Angeles in the late ’80s. Marcos loyalists. They warned their daughter against going to work for the LAPD. They told her police work is a political job. That’s still true.

]]> By: SPO https://www.overlawyered.com/2018/03/police-misconduct-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-348303 Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:54:22 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=69243#comment-348303 “Internal NYPD files show that hundreds of officers who committed the most serious offenses — from lying to grand juries to physically attacking innocent people — got to keep their jobs, their pensions, and their tremendous power over New Yorkers’ lives”

Ok, so why no charges? So what are those victims supposed to do? Suck on a lemon? You can guarantee that if a victim decided to retaliate, that victim, who arguably is far less culpable, would be charged and convicted.

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