New York Attorney General as a "cop on the beat"- a cop protecting the criminal and bashing the victim

Nothing reveals certain problems better than statements in election campaigns.

For example, after the disgraceful departure from the position of the New York State Attorney General of the holier-than-thou Eric Schneiderman, there is a new rising star on the horizon, a U.S. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney trying to get into the NYS AG seat.  

Along with announcing that he will seek a Democratic nomination to run for NYS AG, Maloney reportedly claimed the following:

First, Maloney does not even try to hide that the job he is seeking is the "best job" in New York "politics" - so, he is seeking it not for the people, but for his own career, likely to catapult himself later on to higher offices, like a federal judge, a U.S. Attorney, a NYS Governor (the usual path) and then the U.S. President.  Born in 1966, he still has time for that.

As to "doing so much good", I have been writing forever about the many hats that the NYS AG is wearing, which has nothing to do with "doing good".

For example, I wrote about the claims of NYS AG Schneiderman about himself as defender of civil rights.

With statistics showing that Eric Schneiderman is actually representing civil rights VIOLATORS, defending them against their victims - to the point of asking courts to punish victims of civil rights violations for bringing such lawsuits.

Here is my blog article further analyzing statistics of how exactly a NYS AG was "doing good" in quashing civil rights lawsuits, predominantly of the poor and underprivileged New Yorkers whose civil rights were violated by the powerful.

Yet, in the election campaign all New York Attorney General candidates NEVER even mention their role of quashing civil rights and defending civil rights violators.

I wonder, how so?

They know "the law" under which NYS AGs are representing public officials sued for civil rights violations by victims of such violations, right?

They know they are going to be doing it as soon as they are elected, right?

So, why not say it openly - I WILL BE FAITHFULLY BLOCKING VICTIMS OF CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND DEFENDING PERPETRATORS OF THESE VIOLATIONS.

I WILL BE FAITHFULL ASKING FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST THE VICTIMS FOR DARING TO ASK FOR A LEGAL REMEDY.

Because that's the truth, that's what NYS AGs are doing.

To tell people the truth in an election campaign is an intolerable concept in "New York politics"?

By the way, civil rights violations are federal crimes, 18 U.S.C. 242.

So, a NYS AG, in representing public officials sued for civil rights violations, is defending potential criminals - the ones he must prosecute.

But, that conflict of interest never occurred to the New York Legislature to change.

Possibly, because NYS AG represents - instead of investigating and prosecuting for civil rights violations - them, too.