Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Charged with Soliciting Prostitution

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Charges dropped.

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1309179587105034243?s=19

Definitely the right call. Kraft is a clear and obvious scummy piece of sh!t but the actions of the police were outrageous and what he did shouldn't even be a crime anyway in my opinion.

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He was always going to get away with this.

Which he always should've even if he's an awful guy. It's absurd what he did is even a crime.

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I am shocked that a rich white guy got away with a crime!

Actually because of evidence being dismissed that should've been dismissed all charges in the sting are dropped, not just his. And this includes a bunch of guys who aren't all rich and most likely not all white. Kraft is a scummy sleazebag but this was the right call.

Anyone who thinks police are often abusive and is upset when they break the law themselves and is also upset about this decision is not consistent. The police were WAY out of line here.

He was always going to get away with this.

Which he always should've even if he's an awful guy. It's absurd what he did is even a crime.

It should be a crime for him, not for the woman involved.

There's plenty of evidence that criminalizing either hurts the women involved which is why Amnesty International opposes such but regardless police violating the Fourth Amendment is never a good thing even if you dislike one of the people they violate it against.

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Disgusting

Yes the actions of the police that sh!t all over the Fourth Amendment and violated the privacy of many that weren't even charged with a crime was indeed disgusting.

The proper answer to the Problem of Robert Kraft is to expropriate all his assets, and that (if it were to ever happen) would be a fine substitute for imprisoning him if the only way to imprison him is to violate his due process rights. These guys usually end up with cushy Club Fed prison experiences anyway.

He wouldn't be going to jail anyway for such a low level misdemeanor. He'd get a fine that would be equivalent to loose change under the mattress with his wealth.

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To elaborate:

Kraft did not get off because he's rich and white. He got off because the evidence against him and everyone else charged in the sting was obtained via very blatant Fourth Amendment-violating hidden cameras that also recorded many people who weren't even charged. Hence this evidence is "fruit of the poison tree" and per all legal precedent inadmissible in court. Since the prosecution had no chance of winning a conviction without the illegally obtained video evidence they dropped the charges not only against Kraft but EVERYONE charged from the sting, which no doubt includes many not-rich and not-white guys too. If Kraft hadn't been caught in it and news of this sting just came out due to the civil liberties violation it was, people would be outraged in the opposition direction.

It is not OK for police to blatantly disregard the Fourth Amendment and engage in illegal abuses of their power just because some rich white asshole is one of the people victimized by the police abuse this time.