Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.

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    I liked the bit where the cop claimed the “attack” left an onion string on his uniform.

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      This should result in a Brady-Giglio impairment. When cops exhibit behavior (such as demonstrable lies), this conduct is supposed to be reported to the prosecutor’s office. If it happens in open court, this should be a guarantee. They maintain files on cops who are Brady-Giglio impaired, and can use the information to impeach their testimony or conduct in court proceedings. In most rational departments, once a cop has this mark against him, he is essentially useless as a cop since he really can’t testify to anything in court, making whatever work he did for a case irrelevant to the prosecution.

      That’s how it’s supposed to work. But (gestures broadly at everything), here we find ourselves.

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      I honestly don’t care what happens to this cop, but I hope this forever cements to people that cops don’t get the facts and details right, even in the most inconsequential of cases.

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        I hope it wakes people up to the fact that cops are lying shit bags who can and do lie about everything, any chance they get, even when it’s incredibly obvious to literally everyone that they’re lying.

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          They do it because they normally get away with it. And countless people have had their lives ruined by this behavior.