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[โ€“] Cypher@aussie.zone 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There should be riots over this.

Police must be held to higher standards and should not be shielded from public scrutiny.

[โ€“] bestusername@aussie.zone -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not that simple.

My father in-law works in the prison system, we keep that quiet, my wife uses her mother's name, having her dads face and name released to the public, could put my family in danger.

It could be the same for this cop.

[โ€“] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Or, alternatively, he could just not drink and drive. Yes it is that simple.

[โ€“] No1@aussie.zone 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Everyone is equal, but some people are more equal than others.

[โ€“] Marin_Rider@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

if its good enough for Joe public its good enough for this tosser

[โ€“] bestusername@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm in two minds.

Mind 45%; could it result in the person and/or their family being targeted?

Mind 55%; yeeeah fuck that guy, double fucking standards, do the crime, so the time/public humiliation.

[โ€“] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Who is going to worry about my family if I'm an idiot who gets arrested for DUI?

[โ€“] sqgl@beehaw.org 0 points 10 months ago

What do you mean by double standard? If it happened to me or you we wouldn't be identified publicly.

Holding cops to a higher standard is admirable but there are plenty of examples of where they aren't even held to the same standard so perhaps we should be fixing that first?