Glad we might actually see some justice here but of course it only happens when the officers are black. The video must be horrific judging by the reaction of everyone who has seen it (including the police chief). They are already begging people not to riot.
I thought it was par for the course to fire the police officer so they can get a job somewhere else and flee the heat.
To fire yes and then rehire a county or two down, allowing the charging with second degree murder is a whole other basket that police departments and unions lay awake at night in cold sweat about.
i hope y'all haven't gotten to the point where a second degree murder charge is a plus on the curriculum. as in 'welcome to the punisher squad bucko'.
I more or less meant that cops fear legal repercussions for their actions, it's why those given leave or fired might be pissed but even then it's barely a slap on the wrist. Though as my previous comment mentioned I believe cops are also cool with removing those "not cop enough" from them (i.e. female cops, see the previous cops having sex with female cop scandal, or minority cops cuss it is structurally very much a good ole boys club). I also don't get the ‘welcome to the punisher squad bucko’.
i mean that those officers could get acquitted and then quickly hired by a reasonable and very well adjusted precinct somewhere. but perhaps i'm underestimating the fact that they were charged at all.
That is always a possibility sadly, however again this is a stage of legal enforcement most pig unions never wanted to get to (cops having to go to court to defend their actions). Now to a liberal this means the system is "okay and self regulating", but we know that's bullshit and these dudes deserve a firing squad since we know even if convicted they can be released early depending on their final sentencing.
IIRC there were/are police gangs in LA that require prospective members to kill someone to join, so anything's possible.