Nobody is condemning all law enforcement officers as being corrupt. However, Lake County, while being a rural county, is not some Southern backwater out of the 1930s. And it's clear that the entire Sheriff's Department heirarchy is involved in this cover up. I am not talking about every sheriff's deputy, but those who pull the strings there. Not only that, but the state attorney general's office was asked to investigate. They refused, thus effectively covering up for the county.
Finally, it's not a matter of punishing Perdock (the sheriff's deputy), although most of us do believe that if you do something seriously wrong, and also in violation of some laws or rules, you should be punished. It's also a matter of the fact that in seeking to cover up for the real culprit - Perdock - an innocent party is being put through the wringer. This whole thing really shows how corrupt our entire political system is, in my opinion.
Finally, it's not a matter of punishing Perdock (the sheriff's deputy), although most of us do believe that if you do something seriously wrong, and also in violation of some laws or rules, you should be punished. It's also a matter of the fact that in seeking to cover up for the real culprit - Perdock - an innocent party is being put through the wringer. This whole thing really shows how corrupt our entire political system is, in my opinion.
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