Quote Originally Posted by Shinseikhaan View Post
I know that these incidents are crazy, but what exactly has the point of the thread become? That police forces need better regulation on who is allowed to become officer? Harsher punishment for thug cops?
In a sentence, I want some real, actual punishment for cops who break the law - and a dismantling of the system of silence and cover ups in police departments that protects them. Discussions on how to achieve that would certainly be appropriate. I think civilian oversight boards with full, constant access to all police documents and reports, and the power to discipline and fire cops, would be good. Something that's not the pathetic internal reviews that exist today.

The thread seems to have become a listing of abuses I use to prove that not only do abuses exist, but that they are systemic. Plus it means I don't start a new thread whenever I round up another batch of cop news items.

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