WaPo has reported on a incident where a Baton Rouge police officer was speeding in his Corvette at 94 MPH and crashed into a SUV, killing a baby. Now, the officer will not be charged with anything, not even charged with a speeding charge:
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WaPo: Baton Rouge police officer crashed Corvette speeding at 94 MPH, killing a baby, officer won't be charged with anything, not even with speeding
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Is a civil case the only way to see justice in a case like this?
Gross that the prosecution framed it as "well we could get involved, but we'd have to sprinkle some crack on the mom of the dead infant to be fair and balanced, and we thought it best for everyone to just move on."
Gross that the prosecution framed it as "well we could get involved, but we'd have to sprinkle some crack on the mom of the dead infant to be fair and balanced, and we thought it best for everyone to just move on."
Now, his job being a WHITE police officer in the south... that definitely swayed him.
But not all cops guys. Im sure the outrage from "the good ones" about this will kick in any day now. Just be patient.
The cops also arrested the mother for negligent homicide because they said the baby was not properly secured.
Fucking scum.
At least that piece of shit DA had the sense to not actually charge her.
Fucking scum.
At least that piece of shit DA had the sense to not actually charge her.
let me drive a corvette at 90mph and crash into a suv killing a 1 year old and see how many charges i catch
Moore, the district attorney, said prosecutors chose not to pursue a speeding charge against the officer because, under Louisiana law at the time, it could have interfered with their ability to eventually bring a more serious charge of negligent homicide. Allen, however, says he's not aware of any reason the district attorney couldn't pursue multiple charges at once.
The window for prosecuting a speeding violation passed last month. If the district attorney had come to a decision on negligent homicide sooner, Moore acknowledged, they could have pursued the other offense. But he maintained that deliberations simply took too long.
DA couldn't be bothered.
Not only does the cop go free, which would be disgusting on its own, but they also wanted to charge the mother with homicide. What the fuck!!!
See, even entertaining the idea that cops are not automatically above the law, makes you too biased to ever be a juror in such a situation.
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Not only they let the cop walk away but they tried to blame the mother for a corvette hitting her car at almost 100mph.
The Fuck did I just read.
The Fuck did I just read.
More like purposely did it so the statutes would pass and he had his excuse.
As if a traffic violation somehow precludes a homicide charge.
I've always said that criminal acts involving police should always be handled by a state or better, federal prosecutor. Make the law. There's just too much conflict of interest to expect a prosecutor to charge a police officer knowing he has to work with police on other cases t o get convictions, which are the sole currency for prosecutors to advance.
I remember in 2013 some cop, on-duty at least, was recklessly driving in the wrong lane over a routine traffic stop in a high speed pursuit and got himself killed. Guy got full honors and made me late to work one day because of the sprawling funeral blocking up highways. It doesn't matter how dumb you are, you'll always be protected and honored in the right town.
While it sounds blatantly heinous it also seems there were legitimate concerns that a trial would've lead nowhere, I don't have any decent grasp on the law to tell if the safety infractions could really muddy the law to the point of placing no culpability on the cop which sounds insane, but perhaps the argument that ''it wouldn't have happened in the first place'' goes a long way in trials.
Yea, DA's and their underlings are just as bad as the cops in many cities. If this was a black or Hispanic non cop he'd already be in jail for life.
It really says something when the only time a cop speaks out against the system is when they're ex-cops.
You see how he calls him an officer, despite being off duty? He wasn't a police officer at the time but still gets that leeway. Fuck that DA. Also convenient how they "deliberated" just long enough that the window for prosecuting on some charges passed.
White America has given police a license to do whatever the fuck they want with impunity.
Sounds like That DoJ guideline about the president being exempt from prosecution also applies to the police.
The system is designed to work this way. You cannot have such blatant conflict of interest designed in the justice system and not expect stuff like this to happen.
If the county or state had any balls they would vote in a more progressive DA. As it stands they like the status quo.
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