My comments weren't about Higgers, it was was about the slanderous comment towards the police, labelling someone a grubby cop based on what we know doesn't sit well with me. I have full respect for the police, they often have to deal with society at it's lowest ebb, it's a hard task and not made easier when people make slanderous comments or generalise without knowing the full facts.
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TOCC you can ride the high horse all you like. Generally I respect most coppers as well.
But there are plenty of examples of police abusing their powers. Don't for 1 minute think that ALL police do the right thing all the time. That is just living in a fantasy world.
I stick by the grubby copper remark. Obviously it was an ill conceived charge brought by a police officer that, under scrutiny by Police Prosecutions had no chance of success and was dropped or NETO'd. Surely, even to you, that would mean that the charge should never have been brought in the first place. That charge and defending it in the first instance probably cost Higgers $10,000 (or thereabouts), damage to his reputation. embarrassment to his wife and family, worry for him, the Reds and Wallabies possibly looking at him differently etc etc.
The copper walks free with no penalty (hopefully marked on his record). He got his moment of fame from his colleagues.
Pretty sad for the victim here.
