‘High likelihood’ hundreds of CT state police troopers falsified thousands of traffic tickets, auditor says
‘High likelihood’ hundreds of CT state police troopers falsified thousands of traffic tickets, auditor says
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ACAB without further political content is empty and useless. Whether it is an army of repression in the hands of the rich and powerful, a tool to enforce and maintain social/economic inequalities by force and threat of violence towards the underclass is a reason for ACAB. Whether in every class/social mobilization cops are always on the side of the rich and powerful to maintain inequality and injustice (even though they are legal) is a reasone to state ACAB. Not because they are a different breed of humans with a biological determinant to be unjust and cruel.
So be ware of content free ACAB and Antifa rhetoric that can be misleading towards a meaningless cop-hate. It is very much a class issue that cops are hated for a very good reason and for a long lasting history of grounds to be hated.
Both money and power can corrupt people to do great injustice for personal/individual gains and for providing the service as a role to the bosses. Whether it is a state sponsored official force to repress or an unofficial repression group of fascists, they both ultimately serve their masters well.
Apolitical ACAB/antifa is as dangerous as political apathy.
True, automatic ACAB could be problematic. But when you go to the article you find out why people think this way. Accountability is completely lacking in policing.
Each of those three internal charges is considered to be a “serious offense” that can result in troopers being fired.
But Moore, who had two additional charges sustained, received a 10-day suspension and Richter a two-day suspension. Both were transferred to new units. Bentley and Gouveia retired as the investigations began, avoiding discipline altogether; they are now collecting pensions of more than $70,000 annually.
Richter retired in 2021 and is collecting an $83,500-a-year pension.
Moore was later arrested on workers’ compensation fraud charges for allegedly continuing to run his side business while out on disability for the state police. He pleaded not guilty and his court case is pending. He remains employed by the department, which paid him $111,170 last year.
The department kept the matter in-house for years until Hearst Connecticut Media unearthed internal investigation records last summer.