Re:The Chutzpah of a Police Union in Santa Ana, California
by logfromblammo on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @05:41PM
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You are making this out to be an accusation, when it is, in fact, a public release of damning evidence.
There is no dispute that the cops in the video did what they were recorded in doing. The argument is literally that the prosecutors should not consider the publicly available evidence when determining whether the cops should be charged with a crime.
The union is not bound by the state's rules of evidence. It can make an independent assessment of the facts available to it and decide whether the union would be better served by keeping those guys in it and defending them to the last, or by cutting them loose and preserving its reputation for the remaining members.
It is all down to the operating principles ensconced in its own articles of organization.
What goes beyond the pale? If Joe Sixpack sat down and ate a live baby, feet first, and it was caught on video, which then went viral on YouTube, would the union still go to bat for him?
There is no dispute that the cops in the video did what they were recorded in doing. The argument is literally that the prosecutors should not consider the publicly available evidence when determining whether the cops should be charged with a crime.
The union is not bound by the state's rules of evidence. It can make an independent assessment of the facts available to it and decide whether the union would be better served by keeping those guys in it and defending them to the last, or by cutting them loose and preserving its reputation for the remaining members.
It is all down to the operating principles ensconced in its own articles of organization.
What goes beyond the pale? If Joe Sixpack sat down and ate a live baby, feet first, and it was caught on video, which then went viral on YouTube, would the union still go to bat for him?