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This can't be upvoted enough. You're right. The police are protected by their dependent partners, the prosecutors. Anyone who does this should at the very le

This can't be upvoted enough. You're right. The police are protected by their dependent partners, the prosecutors. Anyone who does this should at the very least be prosecuted for one of the following: 1. Interfering with a police officer 2. Obstruction of justice 3. Destruction of property Ask yourself why they aren't? Is it the police union? Is it a true explicit conspiracy? What world we we live in that people get 3 days suspension for breaking a recording device their management put in? Can you do this to the cameras at your work location?

JumpCrisscross 11y ago
> Ask yourself why they aren't? The prosecutors and the officers they're charging may be drinking buddies, or at least have collaborated professionally before. Prosecutors may also fear other officers being unhelpful in the future to the person who charged the latters' buddy. The prosecutor may also fear having to open every case that officer was involved in to retrial. The prosecutor, themselves, may have logged those cases as wins. In the end, the system will never work unless an independent prosecutor, with the power to investigate and bring charges, exists for police crimes.
- Ntrails 11y ago
  > In the end, the system will never work unless an independent prosecutor, with the power to investigate and bring charges, exists for police crimes. Surely that's a trivial and obvious step? That's why an independent branch of cops was instituted to investigate other cops etc. Like I don't mean to denigrate your point - I just mean "How hasn't this already been done?"
- ihsw 11y ago
  This right here is it -- the DA's and state's attorney's career advancement is tied to winning cases, and there is no better way to win a case than having the PD on your side. PDs that curry favor from their judicial counterparts get freedom from oversight. Both feed off of each-other, especially when confessions and plea bargains are the norm -- PDs coerce confessions and prosecutors coerce plea bargains, and justice remains un-served.

JumpCrisscross 11y ago

> Ask yourself why they aren't? The prosecutors and the officers they're charging may be drinking buddies, or at least have collaborated professionally before. Prosecutors may also fear other officers being unhelpful in the future to the person who charged the latters' buddy. The prosecutor may also fear having to open every case that officer was involved in to retrial. The prosecutor, themselves, may have logged those cases as wins. In the end, the system will never work unless an independent prosecutor, with the power to investigate and bring charges, exists for police crimes.

Ntrails 11y ago
> In the end, the system will never work unless an independent prosecutor, with the power to investigate and bring charges, exists for police crimes. Surely that's a trivial and obvious step? That's why an independent branch of cops was instituted to investigate other cops etc. Like I don't mean to denigrate your point - I just mean "How hasn't this already been done?"
ihsw 11y ago
This right here is it -- the DA's and state's attorney's career advancement is tied to winning cases, and there is no better way to win a case than having the PD on your side. PDs that curry favor from their judicial counterparts get freedom from oversight. Both feed off of each-other, especially when confessions and plea bargains are the norm -- PDs coerce confessions and prosecutors coerce plea bargains, and justice remains un-served.