A US embassy staffer accused of possessing indecent images of children, was detained at his south London flat and flown out of the UK in August, without being first questioned by British police.

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[–] 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Add protecting pedophiles to the list again boys.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's okay everyone, they've been reassigned.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    So the US diplomatic corps is taking a leaf from the Catholic Church's book.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    Jfc is Donny competing with the fucking Vatican at pedo protection?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago
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    [–] 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I'll just remember the massive coverup of the presidents involvement in the rape and trafficking of children. This is pretty small beans comparatively.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I'm sure we can remember both

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  • [–] 21 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, this is a classic US thing to do!

    Remember the death of Harry Dunn:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Harry_Dunn

    There are plenty of other stories of the US helping their service members and families avoid local justice.

    I am not that pissed about the service members, because the US and the host country of their foreign bases usually have a deal where the service member can't stand trial in the country and that they will handle their own punishments in the service.

    However, to my knowledge, this doesn't extend to dependents.

    Which is why the above case pisses me off way more than other cases involving service members.

    In general I think it is a decent agreement that the nation to which a service member belongs to takes the responsibility of maintaining discipline among their ranks, but the punishments dealt out by the nation tend to be rather mild, and seem to forget that the service member is representing the nation in the host country, and their behavior is detrimental to the nations interests, and thus should have a harsher punishment.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    It's not just the US, wealthy gulf states do this too

    Where i live, in the mid 2010s a saudi student killed a pedestrian and his embassy got him out before the trial, which prompted a lot of local reporting about how common it is, especially for saudi nationals, to get embassy support in fleeing criminal charges.

    I'm sure russia and china must do the same if your family is connected enough.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    Checks out with the pedo president

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Remember this in particular? How can this move the needle that's already buried somewhere beyond the dial? Any time I hear the word pedophile I think of American conservatives by default.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Child predators are a big part of American culture it seems.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Pedos protecting other pedos...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Republican babbling about protecting children.

    Republicans aren't into the business of listening.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    They flew him back to where pedophilia and child abuse are legal for government officials and the Epstein class.

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