• Officers beat pretrial detainee to death in jail’s ‘blind spot’ as punishment, feds say (archived link)
• Wisconsin DA dismisses 40 cases because of police officer credibility concerns
• Cops were told man was 'armed' with fake gun, killed him anyway, and didn't tell the public they knew the gun was fake (archived link)
• Retired Portland police officer among dozens charged in human trafficking sting (archived link)
• New Jersey police officer arrested for child pornography
(archived link)
• Massachusetts police lieutenant gets 4-6 years in prison after confessing to child rapes (archived link)
• Ohio cop fired for allegedly exchanging nude images with an underage girl
(archived link)
• Pennsylvania detective sergeant charged with stealing drugs from community medication collection program (archived link)
• 'I felt like my son was safe': Mother demands jail reforms in wake of inmate deaths (archived link)
• Kentucky police officer indicted after body camera video shows bloody confrontation
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I'm reminded of a comedy skit I can't find right now where they talk about how it was once illegal to remarry. I won't spoil the punchline but it was revoked as soon as it inconvenienced the rich.
So I suggest a (theoretical) social experiment: anyone who is sick of this BS joins the force and start pulling this acab shit against those in power.
Pull over politicians, the 1%, nra lobbyists and ceos/executives or anyone with a net worth over $5 million, and have one of these accidental mishaps (bodycam activation is optional).
I estimate that it won't take more than a dozen "whoopsies" at most, then watch how fast cops are held to account!
Tyreek Hill was handcuffed on his way to game day, and Scottie Scheffler was arrested at the PGA championship. Nothing happened in either of those cases.
This doesn't work.
They've got the money and connections to make their little traffic stop go away while simultaneously making your life/career a living hell.
They would just make a campaign donation to whatever public figure was in charge of the police and tell them to stop pulling over the rich/wealthy/etc.
The cops will almost immediately roll over when confronted by the wealthy/powerful individual. I remember watching a video that was talking about law enforcement, and they showed two examples: a cop pulling over a working-class minority woman, and a cop pulling over an older wealthy white gentleman.
Cop 1 approaches the woman's car aggressively, very short and demanding, wants things now, doesn't want excuses, etc. The typical "respect muh authoritay" kind of interaction, and issues her a ticket for whatever speeding offense there was.
Cop 2 pulls over an older gentleman in a nice SUV. As soon as they stop, old guy aggressively gets out of his vehicle and starts shouting at the cop about "You better run that plate and understand who you're dealing with!" The cop very politely asks him to get back in his vehicle while he figures it all out, and the entire time, this guy is ripping into this cop and he's apologetically trying to gobble the older guy's balls in his entire interaction.
Cop ends up giving the older guy several apologies and a warning (despite him speeding before) because he was one of the local judges.
We, the little guy, don't matter.