It would have taught them, that those crimes, obstruction of justice, are bloody serious. If people had been prepared to bang them up for these lesser things, then they wouldn't have gotten the chance do the big stuff. Even a day in the cells woulda been a day when they weren't hurtin' people. They woulda gotten aggravated, on edge.'Xactly the kind of state o' mind that gets to make mistakes.
Big city cops get to watch evil bastards do what they like because the bloody QCs are worryin' about their coffers and pickin' and choosin' what crimes they're going to do them for. Over an' over again. Pinchin' pennies instead making sure these guys were put away. Adding on charges, even charges that get dismissed in court, gets them to court in the first place, else you let them go.
So yeah, I ruined a few lives. And I lost my badge and got banged up myself for my troubles. I ain't sayin' that happenin' to me was unjust, am I?
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on 20/6/11 11:58 pm (UTC)Big city cops get to watch evil bastards do what they like because the bloody QCs are worryin' about their coffers and pickin' and choosin' what crimes they're going to do them for. Over an' over again. Pinchin' pennies instead making sure these guys were put away. Adding on charges, even charges that get dismissed in court, gets them to court in the first place, else you let them go.
So yeah, I ruined a few lives. And I lost my badge and got banged up myself for my troubles. I ain't sayin' that happenin' to me was unjust, am I?