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I think it's naive to assume that prosecutors will ever prosecute cops without massive public outcry, that police departments are at all capable of policing the
by tedks 11y ago
I think it's naive to assume that prosecutors will ever prosecute cops without massive public outcry, that police departments are at all capable of policing themselves (including documenting broken bodycams), or even that politicians are going to have enough teeth to stand up to the police unions.
It's so naive it borders on stupidity. Do you really think "documentation" would change anything? It'd just lead to "Oops, didn't know that was broken sarge, I'll get a spare." "Oops, looks like all the spares are gone. Sarge, can you order some more?" "Oops, forgot to order some spares. Maybe I'll get to it tomorrow."
Chicago is especially corrupt (as far as I know it's the only metropolitan police force with its own CIA-esque black site), but it's absolutely naive to think this can work anywhere. This is just the tip of the spear.