The Dallas Police Ticket Scandal finally reached a conclusion with the firing of three officers and the suspension of one. The officers wrote false information on tickets. These tickets turned into warrants which led to the arrest of innocent defendants.
What was the police officer’s defense? Those falsely arrested were poor.
“None of these charges merit termination at all,” {Attorney] David Schiller said. “These are excellent officers who were out there every day working with the lowest common denominator … in an area that needed enforcement.”
My question- Why are no criminal charges being pursued? If we know the police filed false government documents they should be prosecuted. Craig Watkins could do a lot worse than spend time prosecuting corrupt police.
This is why we need the right to privacy, the right to not be stopped without cause, or the right to not be arrested on Class C misdemeanors- because without freedom we have no protection against government criminals.