The full sentence went > Leaving it up to local voters makes it sound like it's ok for a police dept to misbehave, eg harass minorities or evade accountability

The full sentence went > Leaving it up to local voters makes it sound like it's ok for a police dept to misbehave, eg harass minorities or evade accountability, as long as the majority voters in that city/county are ok with it. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority