Stabbing copper beats the rap
Read it and weep, friends...from Radio Prague's evening news e-out, 02.02.08, Year of Our Lord:
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Police officer who killed US man in Prague not taken in custody
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A Prague police officer charged with the stabbing to death of an
American man in the city on Tuesday night was not taken into custody. A
Prague court has rejected the proposal made by the state attorney's
office. The 27-year-old officer, who was drunk and off-duty when the
incident happened, reportedly attacked the 44-year-old American after a
fight broke out over they way the victim had parked his car. The
incident took place near the Sazka Arena in Prague 9.
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Is this sensationalism at its Czech journalistic best, or is there a deeper malaise in our criminal justice system?
Wait, I know the reason! The American guy provoked him!
::: slapping forehead :::
Of course, how silly of me!