Simms said Wagner's testimony could "affect all of his existing cases. When an officer gives false testimony under oath, that negatively affects the officer for good." [More]That's all it could negatively affect?
In-the-court's-face perjury to obtain a fraudulent conviction against a citizen can't affect an Only One's employment and freedom?
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I used to think perjury by cops should result in the same sentence they tried to pin on the victim.
Now I'm thinking that given the severity of the damage to justice and society when they don't get caught, and the rarity of getting caught, that we should sentence them the same as we'd sentence a "civilian" for murdering a cop, even if the perjury is supporting a fraudulent traffic ticket.
If cop-killing is worse than baby-killing because cops represent society, then cop perjury is worse than other crimes because the cop is breaking society's trust. You guys want to be placed on a high pedestal? Then don't go attacking that pedestal's foundation unless you want to take a very hard fall.
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