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Get an out of city lawyer. There's bound to be a good lawyer in NC that wants to take on the popo. When there's a case against a cop here, most people won't even talk to a local lawyer.
And yeah, a cop hit a car pulling out of a KFC down the street from where I used to live while he was in pursuit, doing almost 100mph without his lights on, at 3pm, on a busy road. He killed the mother and small child in the car as well as himself. The official report put her something like 75% at fault for pulling out in front of a cop who didn't have his lights on. A man lost his and child, while his other child lost its mother and sibling. Then there's Sacramento where cops seem to run into people as a sport.
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I fucking hate this shit. Where's the accountability? These guys basically know that they can fuck up as badly as they want to and they'll be fine. It just adds to their already inflated egos. If you fuck up and kill a kid for grabbing a pager, you deserve to face the same charges a civillian would face. If you fuck up and run into a stopped car, you deserve to pay the price. And yes, the city should have to be responsible for having a fuck up on their payroll. I understand the whole "line of duty" thing. All I'm saying is that there needs to be a hell of a lot more accountability while in the line duty.
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