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I honestly don't think Berghdahl's actions, given his postion & available options, were unreasonable.
He made a poor life decision under the encouragement & enticement of a state office and found himself in a situation that he clearly couldn't handle. In other theaters, people in Berghdahl's position have resorted to murder (fragging in Vietnam, for example) to get out.
Militaries need to provide an option to allow soldiers to extract themselves if they can't handle what is happening, IMHO - otherwise the service is honestly not as voluntary as it's made out to be, and problems like the scenario played out by Berghdahl & his company will be a recurrent problem.
Not surprisingly, this is not a flattering look at our justice system in motion.
Law and Order ≠ Justice
This is the 'system working', huh.
I said this like 3.5+ years ago now but it remains true:
Does there exist some sort of judicial overwatch? a Judge putting words in the mouth of a cop to justify her ruling is a bad look for everyone involved.
Law and Order ≠ Justice
That's actually even more damning because it could show the judge altering her reasoning in a post hoc fashion to hide the fact that she realized the cop never said there was a bulge. I'm not sure how easy it would be for the cop to just amend his testimony though to say "oh and there was totally a bulge" but whatever.
Also the cop she talked to, Steve whatshisnuts
Holy fuck
update: this assessment is perhaps too kind to cops
Yeah, today's episode focusing on East Cleveland...perhaps some local police forces should be disbanded in favor of state police for better accountability?
Law and Order ≠ Justice
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"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
We shouldn't be voting on judges in the first place.