Back in the real world, the police work much harder to prosecute the rich than the poor (despite the fact that it is much more difficult to prosecute them, they’re more competent, etc.), because police departments are run by politicians and their actual external incentive is to make the ruling regime look good. Ceteris paribus, bagging epstein makes you look way better than bagging virtually anybody else.
I imagine there’s some factionalism at play—“the rich and powerful” aren’t always all on the same side, but fortunes can turn and in that case the people trying to bag the rich dudes are in the crossfire.
Back in the real world, the police work much harder to prosecute the rich than the poor (despite the fact that it is much more difficult to prosecute them, they’re more competent, etc.), because police departments are run by politicians and their actual external incentive is to make the ruling regime look good. Ceteris paribus, bagging epstein makes you look way better than bagging virtually anybody else.
This sounds nice in theory but in practice, Denise George lost her job as DA.
I imagine there’s some factionalism at play—“the rich and powerful” aren’t always all on the same side, but fortunes can turn and in that case the people trying to bag the rich dudes are in the crossfire.