What usually happens when you disobey direct orders from your boss?
But let's just follow this scenario out. Okay, so you disobey orders and go to where the protests are. You see some schmucks trying to prevent the forward movement of a pickup truck, with guns drawn. You go in and arrest he two idiots. We'll even avoid the obvious part of the scenario where the angry mob does all they can to prevent you from arresting the two schmucks. Okay so you take them in to book them. I'm guessing the booking part might go as planned. And then somewhere in the process, possibly before they're even booked, your boss finds out, but let's say after booking to make things simple. What happens to the two schmucks? Probably released the same night while your ass is in deep ****. But maybe the union can help keep your job. Or not. I don't know. But betcha the two schmucks are released soon after booking without charges. Now, add in the part where the angry mob DIDN'T let you do your job. So after all that, how worth the hassles was arresting the two schmucks?
And when I say schmucks, I mean *******s. And the one looked kinda like he's also a **********. But I'm trying to cut down my use of asterisks. So schmucks.
Wow. Just ****ing wow.
"Yeah, I know they committed criminal confinement with a weapon, a felony. But man, it's just not worth it to arrest them. And what if the crowd gets mad? Hoo-boy, we can't have that. Let's go run radar on Southport Road where it's safe. Maybe we can catch some scofflaw going 10 over the limit."