Questão jurídica principal
Whether the disciplinary sanction violated equality of treatment because the other deputy received only a reprimand.
Decisão extraída
No. The situations were not comparable in the relevant respects: the appellant’s conduct was more serious and he had prior disciplinary incidents.
Fundamentação extraída
Equality under Art. 8(1) Cst. requires similar treatment only for similarly situated persons. The other deputy’s verbal provocation and reprimand did not make the cases equivalent; the physical and threatening reaction by the appellant was more serious and justified a harsher sanction.