Re:Group Opposing Sex Work Gave Money to Prosecutors: Got St...
by greenyoda on Saturday March 24, 2018 @01:02PM
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But that's not the point of this article. The article says:
"Nor is there any mention of the fact that Demand Abolition, in exchange for providing approximately $191,667 in funding to the King County prosecutor’s office over four years, asked Seattle-area law enforcement to carry out regular arrests and prosecutions of buyers with the goal of disrupting demand."
The question is whether it's appropriate for a group of citizens to be able to fund a prosecutor's office and expect it to arrest people in return for its funding.
How would you feel if some anti-drug group gave your local prosecutor money and told them they had to aggressively arrest pot users?
Should prosecutors be allowed to accept money from private groups at all? Or should they be funded entirely by taxpayer dollars, distributed by elected officials?
"Nor is there any mention of the fact that Demand Abolition, in exchange for providing approximately $191,667 in funding to the King County prosecutor’s office over four years, asked Seattle-area law enforcement to carry out regular arrests and prosecutions of buyers with the goal of disrupting demand."
The question is whether it's appropriate for a group of citizens to be able to fund a prosecutor's office and expect it to arrest people in return for its funding.
How would you feel if some anti-drug group gave your local prosecutor money and told them they had to aggressively arrest pot users?
Should prosecutors be allowed to accept money from private groups at all? Or should they be funded entirely by taxpayer dollars, distributed by elected officials?