Brickbat: Sorry, Not Sorry

Former Baton Rouge police officer Donald Steele was sentenced to one year in prison after being convicted of malfeasance in office. The conviction stemmed from a 2021 traffic stop in which a woman accused Steele of forcibly groping her. During his sentencing, the judge twice offered Steele a chance to reduce his prison time if he would apologize for the crime, but Steele refused to do so, only expressing regret for not issuing the woman a traffic ticket. His attorneys said apologizing would damage their plans to appeal the conviction.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

That's what it takes for a Louisiana cop to face punishment? I guess maybe it's because he didn't kick some of that grope up to the prosecutor's office.

[Adans smith]

Parish The thought.

[mad.casual]

One year for groping? He should've just jerked off on her unconscious, raped body and then said he was sorry like one of the plebes.

[Chumby]

Imagine the trouble a certain public official who now has full-blown dementia would have been in had team D not given him a free pass from touching, kissing, folding, groping, and sexualizing young children.

[SQRLSY]

When shit cums to choosing a hair-smeller-feller v/s a pussy-grabber, Scumby the Chimp-Chump will pick the pussy-grabber, any day, every day! Scumby the Chimp-Chump LOVES shit's pussy to be grabbed good and HARD!!!

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[Earth-based Human Skeptic]

Pictures, especially of the said groped area, or it didn't happen.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

You'll need work harder if you want them to let you grab them by the pussy. Civil service pay ain't cutting it.

[AT]

Race-swapping cops in Brickbats! *drink*

During his sentencing, the judge twice offered Steele a chance to reduce his prison time if he would apologize for the crime

Shady. See what the judge was doing there?

Difference between "found guilty" and "admitted guilty."

I wonder if the judge would have accepted, "A jury of my peers found me guilty of something I deny doing. I apologize for what that jury thinks I did to you, for sentencing purposes, but I will continue to seek justice and defend my innocence."

Probably not.

Worst part is, the appeal will probably take longer than the prison sentence.