Washington judge tosses case against man who "assaulted a police officer's knuckles with the back of his head"
https://web.archive.org/web/20231020004404/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/judge-cites-vindictive-prosecution-tosses-case-against-wa-man-beaten-by-police/
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cmbabul@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y
Good on this judge, lawyer should be disbarred for bringing the case to court
alquicksilver@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
I hope the case is publicized enough that tons of people write complaints to his state bar.
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
squiblet@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y
He’s a prosecutor.
grue@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
So? Prosecutors have discretion.
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
If he was obligated to do it I retract my statement, otherwise i stand by it
squiblet@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah, you're correct. I wasn't trying to contradict but only add context. Prosecutes can be disbarred and the main issue is that he did choose to do this, apparently egregiously.
Moyer1666@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y
I thought this was the onion at first...
OniiFam@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y