Former Tuxedo Park police Chief Robert Culhane could have faced jail time and probation. Instead this morning a judge said his public embarrassment and loss of career was punishment enough.
Yeah. Why on earth would anyone expect an "Only One" to face the same felony conviction as a regular citizen, not to mention being categorized a "prohibited person" ?
[Via Declan]
3 comments:
David you asked, "Why on earth would anyone expect an "Only One" to face the same felony conviction as a regular citizen"
I can answer that for you. The mind set of the judge and most judges would be that. The cop has been reduced to a piece of dirt by not being in the ranks of government employment any longer. The judge knows that government employees see the everyday American as a stupid piece of filth and to be force to become one again is the worst thing that could happen to them.
After all government employees make it perfectly clear that they are above the normal everyday American taxpayer.
AveJoe, unfortunately I think you've nailed it.
As Orwell put it, some animals are more equal than others. It's also called "equality under the law". How much equality one is entitled to, seems to depend on how close one is to the government. While many people mistakenly believe that the nature of equality implies a consistent value, in real life equality has a highly variable value. Ordinary citizens, like the folks at Red's, don't even qualify for equality, while government agents, such as ATFU'ers, are entitled to a whole lot of it.
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