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>So yeah, it happens; it's just a spectacularly bad idea for the police to do it. If they hadn't declined to file charges, my friend and another murder victim would probably still be alive today Sorry about your friend, but why is it a "spectacularly bad idea" for police to do so? What alternative do they have? If the sole victim is unwilling to cooperate with the investigation and subsequent trial, their chances of…
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My Dad was a police officer for 41 years and, by chance, he is visiting me. I read him your comments. Based on his 41 years of extremely high level investigative experience (including lead investigator in more sexual assaults than he cares to remember) , you literally don't know what you're talking about. He laughed at your comment and said, "Wow, another asshole armchair investigator with no experience." First, the…
Both you and your dad sound like complete assholes to be throwing that term around, esp. when all I did was ask a question. Of course, your dad is a cop, so being an asshole is normal there.
Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with.
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Both you and your dad sound like complete assholes to be throwing that term around, esp. when all I did was ask a question. Of course, your dad is a cop, so being an asshole is normal there.
As you know, because we've warned you before, this is unacceptable behavior on HN. We've banned this account. Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with.
And WTF are you going to do if I create another account anyway?
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OK, but that still doesn't explain why it's a "spectacularly bad idea" for police/DA to not bother prosecuting in cases like this. What exactly are they supposed to do when they don't have a cooperative victim? Why is it not-stupid for the victim to avoid the costs of an adversarial court case, but it's stupid for the DA to avoid a case that he or she is guaranteed to lose?
My Dad was a police officer for 41 years and, by chance, he is visiting me. I read him your comments. Based on his 41 years of extremely high level investigative experience (including lead investigator in more sexual assaults than he cares to remember) , you literally don't know what you're talking about. He laughed at your comment and said, "Wow, another asshole armchair investigator with no experience." First, the…
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Ok, I wrote a tampermonkey extension to hide the effects of being downvoted: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/9d681310f4714277a37832643c... It removes scores from your comments and replaces your karma counter with "(9999)". HN is much more pleasant now.
Hah, that's a cool solution.