Dutchy wrote:amber_fluid wrote:Corona Man wrote:2nd copper now identified and has also been stood down.
Still can’t understand how Laidley can fall so far from grace.... now if it had been Ross Lyon, that I get.
Why can fox sports and other media outlets publish footage of Ben Cousins being arrested continually and no one cares but photos of Laidley being arrested is somehow different?
Would it be different if it wasn’t a cop and a media outlet instead who released the photos?
Of course it is different, a cop has an privacy obligation, imagine if they didnt
Also the Ben Cousins drugs story and arrests are like mass shootings in America, it doesn't surprise you anymore as it is so frequent.
This is just a mess of a situation all round. Laidley is obviously on the gear and in a bad way and he has some serious charges to contend with which include stalking and threatening to kill.
Vic Police, as per any good public service they'll need to investigate, form a committee, have lots of meetings, reflect, use plenty of buzz words before the officers involved are sent to councilling and given a note for there file and stood down for 2 weeks whilst they are given free holidays to think about what they did.
The media will then start beating on about mental health now etc etc.