• three_trains_in_a_trenchcoat@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Not just a rich man, the nepo baby of a Democratic party power broker, apparently

    FTA:

    “Unfortunately, when politics pervades justice, the rule of law becomes subordinate to influence and power…a conviction can be rendered meaningless not by the verdict of a jury, but by the intervention of political power and connections,” the ACPO spokesperson wrote. “Justice must be blind to status, relationships, power, and expediency; when it is not, the community loses faith in the very system meant to protect it.”