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You think they should be... Handed positions by whom?
You think a Sheriff hand picked by Desantis is gonna be better?   Maybe if it came down to the federal level?
All the way down from the new Supreme Court  v2.0  Where precedent doesn't matter.
Being accused of a crime is just about as bad as being convicted from a publicity point of view. Arrest records, charges, mugshots, etc are made public and then spread by news media, blogs, and even extortion sites. An arrest alone (even with no charge or conviction) shows up on a background check. And then, when they decide you're innocent, nothing new is published and none of the old things are redacted, so you remain guilty in the eyes of the public. You will always look like a guilty criminal in Google search results. It's insane how it works. >

This is why fair judicial systems have a blanket ban on publishing names and pictures of the accused until sentenced guilty.
Not the vindictive systems though. >

The counter-argument to that is that our justice system is transparent. The media and public know who is being arrested and charged, so the government is held accountable and can't be doing misdeeds in secret.
I don't know what the answer is or which evil is worse but I can see how keeping things secret has problems too. >

I think the answer is either a published retraction and/or deletion of the original article if the person is found not guilty or the record is expunged. >

Retractions always go at the part of the paper no one ever reads >

I've always said newspaper retractions should go in the same place with same size font as the original article >

Sheriffs are out here trying to get tik tok famous.
Breaking laws for likes. >

I’m from the area. This guy spends a ton of his budget on marketing. >

Imagine if they spent that money on better initiatives like more appropriate training and community involvement. >


Imagine if they spent that money on better initiatives like more appropriate training and community involvement.

I imagine he wouldn't be reelected? >

Probably not. And that's why police shouldn't be elected.