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Or, perhaps, judicial punishment. The official carve-outs for police misbehavior are unacceptable. And, unofficially, prosecutors are strongly disincentivized t
by sdenton4 5y ago
Or, perhaps, judicial punishment. The official carve-outs for police misbehavior are unacceptable. And, unofficially, prosecutors are strongly disincentivized to prosecute cops: they're the DAs primary witnesses in many cases.
- gruez 5y ago>Or, perhaps, judicial punishment I don't think that's what the parent poster was advocating. see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28713675 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28713675 >The official carve-outs for police misbehavior are unacceptable. And, unofficially, prosecutors are strongly disincentivized to prosecute cops: they're the DAs primary witnesses in many cases. Don't disagree with you on any of those.
- conductr 5y agoThe carve outs make sense on paper and maybe more so at the time they were written. But now the mountain of evidence displaying how humans can not be trusted with that type of power/responsibility is overwhelming.