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Originally Posted by Ashington
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.
I didn't mean that cops sitting on the investigation was a 'rah-rah' cheerleader thing. I meant that: (a) general police culture is a presumed guilty one until the suspect is of a high profile; and that (b) it's sad that these amateur athletes are exalted to such a high profile by their environments.
Can't really speak for the cultures around many ACC football schools, but how many SEC and Big-12 QBs are having their football "careers" ending before it actually begins (becoming an NFL player being that beginning)?
It's a culture of creating false glory days for the future and, in too many cases, above the law in the present day. I understand the existential nature of celebrity causing that; it's just so lol that these kids are celebrities.