Damn, a lot to unpack there. These off-duty cops were directly employed by the torturers and one of them personally delivered the victim to a townhouse full of drugs, weapons and implements of torture? Seems like a few steps beyond placing them on “modified duty” are probably warranted.
Also, defense lawyers are gonna try for whatever arguments they can, but this is just ridiculous:
Really? The “he’s a wealthy holder of a degree in philosophy” defense? Thankfully the judge remained unconvinced and bail was denied.
Life imitates art. There was a recent episode of the Rookie that involved a recurring character (Skip Tracer Randy) becoming a bitcoin billionaire and then becoming the target of some kidnapping attempts.
Decentralization and deregulation is great until it shoots you in the foot.
As an aside, this entire meme coin thing is so unbelievably stupid and I can’t grasp why it’s a thing (beyond “it’s a con makes money”).
While you could argue about the intrinsic value of digital assets like BTC and ETH, you can at least buy things with them. These stupid Trump crypto ventures are inherently worthless, yet they are able to gain huge profits from nothing.
My coworkers are T fervent followers of this sect. I keep quiet because I don’t understand anything about economics or computers and because I think it shouldn’t be more advantageous than normal investments.
They tried to explain it to me once, but it sounded so complicated, a mix of new age with conspiracy theories about end times, autocratic governments and magical thinking.