Police Union Shocked Prosecutor Isn't Hard Enough on Immigrants
A police union, apparently unfamiliar with the concept of discretion or rehabilitation, is accusing Steve Descano, the Commonwealth's Attorney for Fairfax County, of discrimination for policies that reduce charges and avoid deportation for undocumented immigrants. Their 'evidence' seems to hinge on the idea that treating immigrants as human beings is somehow preferential treatment—as if due
process and community integration are reserved for certain zip codes only. It appears their definition of 'justice' requires maximum carceral force, rather than nuanced legal judgment. One might wonder if these police groups have an unwritten quota for human suffering. The actual 'discrimination' here seems to be the police union discriminating against a prosecutor for not conforming to their
punitive worldview. How dare an elected official try to make the legal system less cruel and more equitable? The audacity of competence and compassion, truly.