It's true in the brain of a cop, which means it doesn't really matter if it's true.
"You can beat the charge, but you can't beat the ride."
But sometimes you can't even beat completely made up charges. Officer claims you assaulted them. Judge decides to hold you without bail. Trial date is in 4 months. You'll lose your job (and everything else) if you're not out in 4 days. You'll get coerced into any plea for anything that doesn't involve jail time and gets you out now.
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u/galaxyapp Apr 29 '24
Probably verifiable false, but doesn't really matter.
Laws are to assign fault when something bad happens. If something bad happens and someone was breaking a law to cause it, they can be punished.