I wanted to take this opportunity to share an issue that might have otherwise gone unnoticed which has been on my mind and the idea of it happening is beyond crazy. All of our lives we have heard of cheating scandals and infidelity as an extremely common concept amongst celebrities, family, friends, media, peers etc. But how about an authoritative figure who is supposed to be serving in the department of law enforcement and protecting civilians throwing this duty aside and engaging in this very abysmal act that can be and is in some cases rightfully argued to be a crime. A Police Officer located in Maryland that is actively on duty chooses to do exactly just that. The married cop named Franceso Marlett who is 34 years old was making out with his mistress Virginia Pinto in broad daylight outside a children’s park in the parking lot during peak playtime with children roaming around the area. To make matters worse they were also in the vicinity of a highschool. As if this wasn’t bad enough already that a married cop who is currently on the job is seen behaving so unprofessionally near a setting with children around, the officer then chooses to get in the back of the squad patrol vehicle and engage in sexual intercourse. This can and does lead to an average person facing sexual offense charges and being registered as sex offenders in order to keep the community safe; but even though there is body cam footage and plenty of secondary evidence from the footage supplied by bystanders and witnesses at the scene of the crime the officer was just given a slap on the wrist by by being suspended but still getting paid. The officer’s mistress Virginia Pinto is also a member of service as a former veteran which speaks volumes of how some people completely disrespect the enormous obligations that a serious post in these career fields require. The cop’s wife Paula and mistress Pinto have been beefing on social media sharing the most insane blows to each other. The former veteran now mistress Pinto takes pride in proudly claiming that she and Marlett have been doing this for years and they are truly in love with each other going as far as to say that they have not been hooking up but rather they are in a relationship. In the past, Marlett has been awarded with a bronze medal of honor for his heroic actions but more significant than this is the fact that he has been suspended several times with serious cases against him which he was not correctly punished for. The Police Department themselves have come out with their own outrageous statements. All in all, this case begs the question of how privileged some races can be avoiding any accountability and awakens everybody to the degree of character within the people who are supposed to behave to the extent of the best role models and utmost citizens of the community.
English 2100 Fall 2023: What Goes Unsaid?
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