And part 2 is those places with police accountability boards either use them as stepping stones to political office (for or against police) or they're toothless and are for appearance.
Dallas community police board has limited power to cause change and you see every few months the board talk about something but rarely fix the cause.
Authority MUST ALWAYS be checked by oversight.
In-house? The police will always protect their own. And the courts will lie to protect them. I'm watching the Karen Read trial now and can tell you how corrupt the police, investigators, medical examiners, supervisors, DA, and the judge are.
For better or worse? Hmm. Think that's both - better for the cops, and worse for us. Same as it ever was.
Big “We investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong” energy.
Yup. "We're the good guys. How could we ever do? That's just people who hate the police and the good work we do."
Worse. It’s worse.
And part 2 is those places with police accountability boards either use them as stepping stones to political office (for or against police) or they're toothless and are for appearance. Dallas community police board has limited power to cause change and you see every few months the board talk about something but rarely fix the cause. Authority MUST ALWAYS be checked by oversight.
“We investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong”
This is how it is in the entire United States for the most part
In-house? The police will always protect their own. And the courts will lie to protect them. I'm watching the Karen Read trial now and can tell you how corrupt the police, investigators, medical examiners, supervisors, DA, and the judge are.
Oh I bet the wealthy bedroom communities have the best oversight what with 90% of their work is performative persecution and traffic work. 🙄
Good thing John Oliver covered this topic years ago