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I don't understand. Why is it fair if that decision just happens a bit further up the chain? What's the difference?
by mattmanser 9y ago
I don't understand. Why is it fair if that decision just happens a bit further up the chain? What's the difference?
- rblatz 9y agoPaper trails, and accountability.
- stefco_ 9y agoThere is a paper trail and oversite further up the chain. This might improve if officers all wear body cameras, but for now, it can create a situation where some demographics get an unfair amount of attention from the police while unaffected demographics are completely unaffected. Because records are not systematically kept, it is easier for a systematic asymmetry to remain obscured.
- steanne 9y agonot agreeing with it here, but i CAN see a difference: paperwork and accountability. when a cop lets someone go, it happens before the incident has any records that someone could use to audit the decision.
- curun1r 9y agoBeyond the other answers you've received that mention the paper trail, district attorneys are elected officials and police officers aren't. The citizens of a city choose the district attorney as a proxy to make decisions for them. They don't have that input when it comes to choosing police officers. The competitiveness of local elections and the level to which voters are informed aside, that is an important difference.