A Detective Sabotaged His Own Cases Because He Didn’t Like the Prosecutor. The Police Department Did Nothing to Stop Him.
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Seems like they should subpoena him and hold him in contempt if he refuses to answer rather than just ask nicely and shrug when he doesn't do what he's supposed to
That and not having the lead detective testify really shouldn't hurt your case that much if you have any actual evidence
But they have to play nicey nice if they want the
state funded street thugspolice to cooperate at all! If they were to make the police have to follow rules, the police will just let lawlessness reign!You know who usually testifies to the jury about that evidence... the lead detective.
Hope the victims' families find a way to secure some form of justice here.
Trash fucking cop got ppl killed because of this for sure.
If the Circuit Attorney says that he's on a list where he can't be trusted to bring cases to court, then why is he still prosecuting criminals if the case will fall apart in court?
I don't understand why he still allowed to operate as a detective.
Somebody didn't read the article... (I only skimmed)
He's retired, but the trials are still going on.
Skimmed as well and must've skipped the paragraph that had that sentence 😅
He's been put back in uniform but cases take a while to get to court.
This is what it looks like when the real criminals are running the whole fucking system.
#ACAB
If your case is so shit that it falls apart without the testimony of one non-witness then maybe that's just fine.