[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

Yep...you nailed it.

When you have an entity, that fails to punish and police their own (unlike the military) and will go to bat (and usually win), especially when the union should be wanting them gone also, prosecutors and the "elected leadership's" options...are extremely limited.

The last I checked, no military branch enjoys "qualified immunity"...which is a big part of the problem.

In other words, the military takes care of their problems...without the impediment of a strong union.

And for my first 18 years, I can vouch that the threat of "your parent's are going to know about this" doesn't carry near the same fear/dread of "your father's CO is going to hear about this."



Then add on the OP's comment, in the first post...



...and it's easy to determine another BIG part of the problem.

Combat soldiers have a non-legal or moral quasi-immunity due to a "fog of war" situation. And they can get pardoned also. That can happen to Police, occasionally also. I imagine that is one reason why juries give them lots of leeway. That's why some Police feel "untouchable" and can get out of control. Society is on the cusp of changing attitudes on this, however. My opinion----I am not a legal scholar.