[Welsh Rabbit]

"On my first day back to work I was given a 40-hour suspension without pay for 'criminal activity' because I had been indicted," Lara continued. "My professional career is shot. It's now been three years after the event and I am still a patrol lieutenant. It was made clear to me when I returned to work that I would never see any advancement."

Why is the Tuscon PD being so harsh on him if he was cleared of the charges?

[kublia khan]

He is the sacrificial lamb; if the Tuscon PD takes a benevolent attitude toward him now the BATF will began to take an unhealthy interest in the department. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". If the BATF is surveilling you how do you get a credible drop and what happens when you get caught with it?????????

[Still Thinking]

Well, Tucson and presumably the Tucson PD is full of liberal Democrats. Therefore what he was probably guilty of was NOT committing a crime. Democrats only coddle actual criminals.

[Smokin' Joe]

Why is the Tuscon PD being so harsh on him if he was cleared of the charges?

How many 'throw down' weapons are legal or just plain hot? Think about it. Once they start sniffing buttcracks everyone in the PD is going to be trying to CYA. The guy is going to be a pariah instinctively with the others, out of self-preservation.