Does it happen when the law arrest a drug kingpin or whatever and they off the cops something like 10mil a piece to let him/her go? Has anyone ever actually taken it? Or is movie trope?

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Does it happen when the law arrest a drug kingpin or whatever and they off the cops something like 10mil a piece to let him/her go? Has anyone ever actually taken it? Or is movie trope? - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

Probably a trope. Low level cops don’t just stumble on kingpins. It take a large, coordinated investigation. You can’t just pay off the arresting officer, you’d need to pay off dozens at a minimum. And someone would say something. Maybe not to their boss, but at a bar, etc.

I can imagine paying them off to let you go in that moment. The arresting officer could just tell his boss I’m sorry he escaped. Or you could pay to delay the investigation.

Then you just flee the US jurisdiction and they never get to see you again!!!

Meanwhile everyone back at HQ is radioing and asking “did you get him? Why is there 20 minutes of silence?”

People can think. I can’t imagine how this works when you’re being backed up by dozens of people

That’s why you also buy off a high ranking dude so that no one questions the 20mins.