• Codex@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Yes, everyone just likes using an old study. It’s certainly not because data on police misconduct is basically impossible to collate, or that cops are very rarely prosecuted for any crimes they commit and so there’s no public record of their misconduct.

    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-its-still-so-rare-for-police-officers-to-face-legal-consequences-for-misconduct/

    Note how even this article ends with a law professor who was former police saying that law enforcement doesn’t work on cops, so we need “alternative means” of punishing them. The cops are a protection racket and a gang, and former cops still hold the blue line. One apparently can’t even write an article in America critical of the police without softballing the solution.

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      4 months ago

      Police need to use something similar to the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) that the military abides by. This article eloquently explains this better than I can.

      "If we are willing to provide military equipment and training to our local law enforcement, let us also share their higher standards of behavior with police. "

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      4 months ago

      Your post has nothing to do with mine. Let me spell it out: ACAB. And I’m quite certain I’ve suffered at their hands more than you. Bet money.