• bricklove@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    I feel this whole case is everything wrong with the justice system (aside from him actually facing consequences). A corrupt cop with a history of violence gets attacked in an overpopulated and understaffed prison where folks are punished instead of rehabilitated.

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      1 year ago

      Right, none of these things should have happened at all. It’s just a negative feedback loop of incompetence and corruption.

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        1 year ago

        This person spent a career throwing people into this exact system. Eagerly, if my perception of his past behavior after watching his entire trial is at all representative.

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        1 year ago

        I’m of the opinion that, while the premise is agreeable it simply isn’t possible to rehabilitate police officers.

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        1 year ago

        If someone can be rehabilitated, I believe that implies that they can be unhabilitated. It kinda implies that people aren’t inherently bad / don’t do bad things without something causing them to. If your dog shits inside because you forgot to take it out, do you punish it? If so, congratulations on being consistent, -ly an asshole.