Posted on 11/07/2005 11:49:31 AM PST by radar101
I hate to say it, but this is one of the few decisions from the 9th CCA that I happen to agree with.
You think it should be ok to lie?
"An officer that makes a false report of criminal conduct by a citizen is not only going to be prosecuted, but will also lose his job. "
LOL! BS! "Transferred" or "suspended with pay", maybe, but "lose his job"?? Rarely!
You have go to be kidding. Please explain.
See post # 6
Oh I see where you're coming from. OK I understand now.
You will perhaps forgive me if this seems like an ad hominem attack, but, following your logic...
exactly why shouldn't my sister's 16 year old daughter be able to file a false claim of rape against you, without fear of it costing her?
We can't have her feeling intimidated by you... can we?
Even if the complaint is not true?
I think you are comparing apples and oranges. No one is saying that you can't file a complaint against an officer, you can't file a FALSE complaint and get away with it.
False claims of police brutality from criminals are at least as common as false claims of torture by terrorists and are done for the same reason. These claims inflame the communities against the police and force the police to defend themselves from these lies rather than protecting the citizenry.
"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."
If the Ten Commandments were hanging on the wall in the 9th Circus, the panel would not have had so much difficulty understanding the basis for the law in question.
That kind of logic makes it OK for someone who doesn't like you to make false claims of pedophilia against you, "just because".
If the cops are bad, hang them. If they aren't, but you just hate that they caught you doing something wrong, and you decide to lie to take the heat off of you and put it on the cops, hang you.
I spent 24 years in the military and would hate to have a cops job, especially with a few giving the rest a black eye and making it OK to trash them all.
"False claims of police brutality from criminals are at least as common as false claims of torture by terrorists and are done for the same reason. These claims inflame the communities against the police and force the police to defend themselves from these lies rather than protecting the citizenry."
Thank you - you are correct. These tactics are used every day against LEO.
Perhaps beginning with the definition of 'is' and now shaving lie, falsehood, untruth and error, we Americans will speak a bit more carefully. I daily damn SLimbaugh for uttering the 'lie' homeopathy for profit.
Occifers are, er, "mistooken" a worrisome proportion of the time, and will scratch one another's backs by whitewashing. 2 occifers lying in synch vs. 1 citizen and the citizen will probably not just lose, but be found criminally liable.
If the cops cant stand the heat, get a new job.
It was already illegal to knowingly swear a false charge against anybody. This law simply set an elephant upon one side of the balance. The court demands that there be a similar elephant on the other side, or no go.
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