He was arrested because the dealership swore to an arrest warrant for a stolen vehicle. It is not the job of the officers to determine the validity of a piece of paper but only to serve the warrant.
Say all you want about out of control cops, but in this case, they were doing exactly what their job spelled out, legally and ethically.
I would wager that this dealership was allowed to keep their Chevrolet franchise because of politics and that in itself leads to far bigger questions of those who survived the the GM bailout and rapes of the investors. It was the local people who lost their jobs and the GM and Chrysler Bond Holders who lost everything in that payoff to the unions, not to mention the non-union workers for Delphi.
True. And now their job is to issue an arrest warrant against the dealership employee for the false report.
One thing that bugs me about the story, they make no mention of confiscating the vehicle when the arrested Sawyer. Wouldn’t they do that, if it was considered, potential stolen property? They arrest the suspect, but don’t take the evidence?
It was the local people who lost their jobs and the GM and Chrysler Bond Holders who lost everything in that payoff to the unions, not to mention the non-union workers for Delphi.””
Accounts Payable got stiffed & preferred/common shre holders lost their holding to the Unions.
Did they get to deduct these losses on their income taxes?
“they were doing exactly what their job spelled out, legally and ethically.”
No, they didn’t. They failed to investigate to a reasonable measure. They are not supposed to simply take anyone’s word at anything and then act on it. They are not a robotic organization.