• tal@lemmy.today
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    23 hours ago

    Federal authorities have charged three current or former Louisiana police chiefs with taking bribes in exchange for filing false police reports that would allow noncitizens to seek a visa that lets certain crime victims stay in the U.S.

    Those charged are Oakdale Police Chief Chad Doyle, Forest Hill Police Chief Glynn Dixon, former Glenmora Police Chief Tebo Onishea,

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakdale,_Louisiana

    Population: 6,692

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Hill,_Louisiana

    Population: 605

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenmora,_Louisiana

    Population: 1,087

    Hmm. If all you need to get a pathway to citizenship is to find a dinky place in the middle of nowhere with a not-entirely-honest police chief, I’d be kind of surprised if it’s just Lousiana.

    The guy exploiting it probably would have had a better shot at this if he’d actually staged the crimes.

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      23 hours ago

      Emphasis should be on that “if,” because it’s entirely possible the Trump administration is just making shit up and hoping they can bully small town cops who have fewer resources (and probably have been sloppy on their paperwork for years)

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      23 hours ago

      The guy exploiting it also probably would have had a better shot at this if he’d actually staged the crimes.

      Right? Like next they’re just going to actually start hiring people to rob them.