It’s been a bad week for police
Posted by Josh Taylor / December 19, 2018
It’s been a bad week for the police. Three major stories broke this week about police officers breaking the law––sometimes without consequences.
Off-duty cop won’t be charged for putting girl in coma
Let’s start with Florida, just to get it out of the way. You all knew it was coming, anyway.
From WPTV: “Investigators say the Palm Beach County deputy was driving 53 mph (85 kph) in a 25 mph (40 kph) when his pickup ran the stop sign and smashed into a truck carrying Fox. The University of Central Florida aeronautics engineering student was comatose for a month and remains in rehabilitation.” He will not be charged because the stop sign was allegedly obscured by trees.
No jail time for child porn sheriff
Donny Lewis Dixon was arrested following an executed search warrant. His defense attorney denies that the search warrant revealed anything. “Dixon’s 12-month jail sentence has been suspended, providing he complete therapy and treatment, and avoid unsupervised contact with unrelated minors.”
Sheriff gambles with drug money
An anonymous report filed against Ohio sheriff Charles Reader says: “Reader just does whatever he wants and no one ever calls him on it. We are scared to death of him.” He has been accused of using drug-money from busts to gamble. Cleveland.com notes: “Reader reportedly declined to comment on the allegations. His lawyer, James Boulger, tells the Dispatch he’s “not aware” of Reader having a gambling problem but didn’t deny the sheriff might have gambled. Boulger says the complaint might be the result “bitterness” over layoffs in September.”
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