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Originally Posted by horrorshow83
Yeah, that not being untrue is the saddest part. It's why no cop wants to arrest someone like Winston in a town like Tallahassee.
I think we tend to overestimate things like this. Maybe there are people within the department who care more about their hometown football team than their own careers, but I would wager that this is the exception rather than the rule. Hell, we just had a cop down here arrest ANOTHER cop for DUI when he could have easily let the drunk cop off/followed her home (he actually did follow her home but arrested her anyway).
Cops are going to get hate from the general population no matter what they do, headline-generating arrests are usually +EV for them from a career standpoint.
Plus, again, if it is true that this was first reported in January when Winston was still redshirted it isn't nearly as big a story as it is now, which is what makes me question whether to cop actually said it.