Doug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoFired North Dakota police officer is charged with "simple assault" for brutal beating of 63-year-old manbismarcktribune.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1177arrow-down1external-linkFired North Dakota police officer is charged with "simple assault" for brutal beating of 63-year-old manbismarcktribune.comDoug Holland@lemmy.world to THE POLICE PROBLEM@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNeuromancerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYou’d use that in court to show how serious the fight was. Assaulting a police officer has two standard. It’s a higher punishment if you need medical care. So dudes would call an ambulance to get a band aid put on to qualify for the greater chargers. They received medical care. I am not anti-cop at all but I am anti-bullshit.
minus-squareRangerAndTheCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat I’m in the absolute fuck! Man thanks for the intel I really appreciate it. Better to be informed than not at all.
minus-squareNeuromancerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s why I hate plea bargaining so much. Guy is mentally Ill. Old. Maybe started a fight with a cop but how much of a threat is he? Yet he’ll get charged and got to jail/prison and is society safer ? He’ll plea because no way he can afford a lawyer.
You’d use that in court to show how serious the fight was.
Assaulting a police officer has two standard. It’s a higher punishment if you need medical care.
So dudes would call an ambulance to get a band aid put on to qualify for the greater chargers. They received medical care.
I am not anti-cop at all but I am anti-bullshit.
What I’m in the absolute fuck! Man thanks for the intel I really appreciate it. Better to be informed than not at all.
That’s why I hate plea bargaining so much.
Guy is mentally Ill. Old. Maybe started a fight with a cop but how much of a threat is he?
Yet he’ll get charged and got to jail/prison and is society safer ?
He’ll plea because no way he can afford a lawyer.