[Cederfjard]

I agree with the spirit of your comment, but I wonder how it could translate into practice. It seems like it would be quite the boon to organized crime if you could rid yourself of a meddlesome cop simply by way of accusation.

[markovbot]

Where do you see anyone saying anything about punishing people based just on accusations? That's not something anyone in this thread is advocating for.

[Cederfjard]

>>> One may even wonder why a police officer accused of rape was not only still on duty, but even training other officers.

>> Because accusations are cheap enough to be weaponizable as a denial-of-service attack.

> Police officers are not held accountable commensurate to the incredible amount of power and influence they enjoy. They should be held to much much higher standards

Surely the context of this exchange is whether a police officer who has been accused of a crime still should be on active duty? Also I didn’t say ”punish”, I said ”get rid of”, which is effectively what happens if a cop is taken off duty pending investigation and potential court case.