Except that LE in NC has proven itself to be crooked, as have DA's. It is the placing of LE and the Prosecutor's office on a pedestal that creates erroneous convictions and undermines the judicial process.
Who are
all these crooked LE people in NC? There have been some as well as a bad DA. But All? No. Just no. I've seen some ineptness though. Fortunately the vast majority of people do a good job and are honest, decent folk.
A blanket statement like "LE in NC has proven itself to be crooked" is simply false. There are honest and dishonest people in every profession and honest and dishonest people in every walk of life. I could say that "Lawyers in NC have proven themselves to be crooked" Because there have been a bunch of defense attorneys who have done dishonest things. Nothing is 100%. Yes, every.single.LE.person should be 100% honest 100% of the time. And we know that doesn't happen and it's not limited to NC. It happens everywhere in the world. We know the system is not perfect. It should be, but it isn't. But neither is every person in LE corrupt. Sorry, but they just aren't.
No one has put anyone on a friggin' pedestal.
Respect for those who have a long-standing record of good service? Sure. But people are human and humans can and do make errors. It doesn't make them corrupt when they do make an error (like Judge Stephens as one example).
Of course the pointing of fingers and insisting that
everyone or
most or a
significant number who work in any capacity with the court system or LE or any other government agency is corrupt and are looking to put innocent people behind bars is a common ploy by those who either have a specific agenda or live in a paranoid place filled with wide-reaching conspiracies who are trying to generate more paranoia with a big side serving of emotion. Yes, there have been wrongful convictions, and I'm not saying it has never happened. It has, and I'm so glad for organizations like the Innocence Project. But has it happened as
much as some claim and to include nearly every male spousal killer in NC and beyond? No.
(and before any panties get in a wad, that's a general comment, not directed to you Oenophile, or any specific person living or dead).
The logic used is akin to this: People cheat on their taxes and that's a fact. Therefore when you do your taxes you cheat on them (because people do cheat). And if you happen to make a mistake on your return that's cheating too. Because if it's not exactly perfect it means you cheated. There are no mistakes, only cheating.
That would be an insane statement to make because there are some people who cheat and a whole lot more who don't. The cheaters don't turn the honest folks into cheaters and it doesn't make honest people who don't cheat, cheaters. It doesn't make someone who made an error a cheater either. There are laws against cheating and consequences for those who do cheat and are discovered. There are also processes for people who made an error.
And there are laws and consequences for breaking the law for other professions, like LE.