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If a doctor lies to a patient, they go to jail.

If a civil engineer lies about the capacity of a bridge, they go to jail.

If a lawyer lies in court, they go to jail.

Why the hell are police officers not held to the same standard of professional responsibility??

I'm pretty sure a lot more doctors, engineers, and lawyers lie in a professional context than there are doctors, engineers, and lawyers in jail. Maybe they go to jail more than police, I have no idea, but surely a majority of the time they get away with lying.

> If a lawyer lies in court, they go to jail.

That’s absolutely not true, prosecutors regularly place themselves above the law without consequences.

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